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Waiting for the ECB to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... eurozone. The European Central Bank (ECB) could be announcing something (anything) to ease monetary policy when the Governing Council meets two days from now on the June 5th. Inflation's crying for action. Eurostat's preliminary on the region's consumer ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... in June. President Draghi told us so earlier this month. "At the end of this discussion, I would say that the Governing Council is comfortable with acting next time but before we want to see the Staff projections that we come out with in early June. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... Mario Draghi strongly suggested the bank could ease monetary conditions in the euro area next month, saying the "governing council is comfortable with acting next time". The euro dropped to $US1.3765 from $US1.3840 late in New York on Thursday. HONG ...

Action! in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... promised action on monetary policy long enough. While the ECB announced no changes in monetary policy after its Governing Council meeting last night - the benchmark rate at a record low of 0.25%; the deposit rate at zero; the marginal lending rate at ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... gave a strong suggestion that the bank could ease monetary conditions in the euro area next month, saying the "governing council is comfortable with acting next time". London's FTSE 100 index of top companies rallied 0.63 per cent to close at 6,839.25 ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... to defend the current stance, but rather to increase meaningfully the degree of monetary accommodation... The governing council is committed - unanimously - to using both unconventional and conventional instruments to deal effectively with the risks ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... four, in case they aren't the same two) expected the European Central Bank (ECB) to announce that it's 24-member Governing Council has decided to ease monetary policy in the region this day. It doesn't matter what form it takes - negative deposit rates ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 19 points at 5,357. Slovak central bank chief and ECB Governing Council member Josef Makuch said the bank was prepared to combat deflationary risks threatening the recovery in the eurozone. ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... days when the debt limit will be reached. The European Central Bank is too. In his 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 ...

Central banks rule

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... 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 lower levels for an extended period of time". Without them, you, I and ...