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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... mostly fell, but Tokyo reversed early selling to add to the 10 per cent rally since the Bank of Japan's surprise monetary easing announcement last week. Tokyo added 0.44 per cent, or 74.85 points, to 16,937.32. However, Seoul slipped 0.19 per cent, or ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... following a soft lead from Wall Street, while Tokyo tacked on another huge set of gains after last week's surprise monetary easing by the Bank of Japan. Tokyo, which surged more than four per cent at the open, ended 2.73 per cent higher, adding 448.71 ...

100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... announced the completion of QE3 (29 October); and, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) expanded its quantitative and qualitative monetary easing measures (31 October). It'll be interesting to know the RBA's thoughts on how these changed policies change (or not) ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... markets rallied and the US dollar pushed past 111 yen after Japan's central bank said it would expand its vast monetary easing scheme and the United States released forecast-busting economic growth data. Japanese stocks clocked up gains of almost five ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... 23,702.04. After a two-day meeting the US central bank's policy committee said it would bring an end to six years of monetary easing as the economy gets back on track. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 14.305 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 5370.18.

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... response to reports that the European Central Bank might widen its stimulus program. Speculation about further monetary easing in the eurozone pushed the euro lower, while the US dollar gave up some of its US gains in early Japanese trade. Tokyo - which ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... weaker than expected eurozone inflation data cemented expectations that the European Central Bank would implement monetary easing later this week. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies dropped 0.41 per cent to 6,836.30 points, while Frankfurt's DAX ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... mixed after a tumble on Wall Street, with Tokyo weighed by a stronger yen as the Bank of Japan held off fresh monetary easing measures and said the economy was picking up. Tokyo slipped 0.24 per cent, or 33.08 points, to 14,042.17, while Seoul lost 0.15 ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... dollar advanced against the yen, but the gains were capped by expectations the US Federal Reserve will keep its monetary easing policy in place well into the new year. Tokyo jumped 2.19 per cent, or 307.85 points, to 14,396.04 thanks to the pick-up in ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... Morgan Stanley's co-chief global economist Joachim Fels saying, "We are at the cusp of another round of global monetary easing". Hip, hip... Mo' money for you and for me and the entire human race. Yes Virginia, be happy for even 'the maestro' (Alan Greenspan) ...