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The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... sustainable inflation path toward 2 percent... There should be no ambiguity on the willingness and ability of the Governing Council to act if needed." BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda is scheduled to speak today and more likely than not, he'll be echoing ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... minutes of the European Central Bank's (ECB) 15-16 July meeting revealed the three things that are keeping the governing council members awake at night - Greece, China and the Fed. While the ECB maintained that growth in the region would recover modestly ...

Plus ca change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... without saying how it got the information." Then this by Bloomberg on the 12th of the same month: "The ECB's Governing Council held a phone conference Thursday to raise the allowance for the Greek central bank to provide Emergency Liquidity Assistance ...

Tug o' currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... June," It's just for the summer.A Then again, maybe not... if you heard what French central bank chief and ECB governing council member Christian Noyer's comment. "The purchase program will continue until the end of September 2016 and beyond if we do ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... "Bang" is more apropos in this context, so I'm keeping it - officially launched QE following its 22 January Governing Council meeting. Decisions, decisions: "First, it decided to launch an expanded asset purchase programme, encompassing the existing ...

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... classic "Maybe This Year" provides an apt background song heading into last night's European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council meeting - most particularly, her plea. "If you love me, make it this year Make it now..." But alas, financial markets got ...

A trillion euros is in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... away Super Mario: Question: You have changed the Introductory Statement, which was signed off by the entire Governing Council, to include a reference value to the balance sheet. Does that mean that you now have an official balance sheet target? My second ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... rates could remain lower for longer... to avoid the worst outcomes". There, too, is European Central Bank (ECB) governing council member BenoA(R)t CA"urA(C)'s jaw: "We will start within the next days to purchase the assets that are foreseen under our ...

Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... 2.8%, Italy's FTSE MIB dropped by 3.9% and Spain's IBEX-35 dropped by 3.1%. At the conclusion of the 4 September Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) - when the bank announced that it would "purchase a broad portfolio of simple and transparent ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... already hammered out the details of its purchases of non-financial private sector assets unveiled at its September Governing Council meeting and scheduled to be announced and started at its 2 October meeting. As determined as the G20 which pledged over ...