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ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... straight month that euro area inflation had been below 1.0% -- or as dear Christine of the IMF calls it "low-flation". The ECB targets 2.0% inflation. It was precisely this threat of "low-deflation" turning into de-flation that Super Mario hinted at ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... refinancing rate unchanged at 0.25% and... more "forward guidance". In his post-meeting press conference, ECB President Mario Draghi assured you, I and Irene (one more time) that, "We talked about lower interest rates, a lower deposit facility rate ...

Crimea makes it domestic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... Central Bank (ECB) - is perturbed. It voted to keep interest rates unchanged overnight. According to ECB President Mario Draghi, "When we look at the specific situation in Ukraine, and if we look at that in a fairly, I would say, from -- from a purely ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... minds." Draghi has every right to be concerned. Despite recent improving economic indications in the region, the ECB president still considers the fledgling recovery "weak", "uneven" and "fragile". He can't afford another made in America crisis visiting ...

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
... the tail risk around the European sovereign debt crisis by bringing bond yields (borrowing costs) down through "outright" ECB purchases of bonds issued by euro area members in the secondary sovereign bond markets. A real shame Virginia because a year ...

Withdrawal anxiety

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013

Out of the woods and into?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013

Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... the afterglow of central banks' reassurances. More so after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the European Central Bank (ECB) replayed those commitments...just in case they missed it the first time. In the case of China, the PBOC not only talked ...