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Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... Q&A session -- after the ECB Governing Council met and decided not to change monetary policy settings - president Mario Draghi commented that, "...the US budget shutdown is a risk, if it is protracted. At the present time, the impression one has is that ...

Central banks rule

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... (cure-all) for anything and everything that ails economies and financial markets. It's also the ECB. Recall ECB president Mario Draghi's "whatever it takes" and forward guidance, "The governing council expects the key ECB rates to remain at present or ...

OMTs - one year on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... to expect everything." It's a shame that this is happening almost to the day when European Central Bank President Mario Draghi announced the technical framework of his Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) programme on 6 September last year. The programme ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... cent to $US168.2 billion, revealing some ongoing strength in the Chinese economy. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's comments that the European economy appeared to be stabilising and fresh German trade showed a pickup in exports. At 0755 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... gains in the leading indices. Stocks also got an upward boost from fresh comments by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, who said the ECB could take additional steps if economic conditions warranted, Peter Cardillo of Rockwell Global Capital ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... horror Grexit stories and speculations to appreciate its potential impact on the financial markets. As ECB president Mario Draghi said earlier this month, "Cyprus's economy is a small economy but the systemic risks may not be small." Ergo, Super Mario ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... significantly visible improvement in the labour market. I don't have to remind you that only last week, ECB President Mario Draghi almost said the same thing, "Our monetary policy remains accommodative... We are far from having an exit in mind". Soon ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... and all a,-4 billion worth Italy planned to sell, sold. And why not? Super Mario is here. Last night, ECB President Mario Draghi left no room for interpretation when he said that, "Our monetary policy remains accommodative... We are far from having an ...

Any reason will do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... thought. Are the days of wine and roses going? Gone? Turns out it was all because of this statement by ECB President Mario Draghi: On the exchange rate, the first thing is that the appreciation is, in a sense, a sign of the return of confidence in the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... lower following the lead of international markets overnight after comments from European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi. At 0646 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was DOWN 11 points at 4,883. In comments at a press ...