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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 ...

May Day happy day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... unlimited lending to banks until mid-2014. These were both largely expected. What weren't were: "Third, the Governing Council decided to start consultations with other European institutions on initiatives to promote a functioning market for asset-backed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... effects will remain a challenge over the next decade," Weidmann - who also sits on the European Central Bank's governing council - told the Wall Street Journal. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed as a rebound on Wall Street settled nerves after a ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... rates at its last policy meeting of 2012, but the revelation by ECB head Mario Draghi that some members of the governing council supported a rate cut was enough for markets to take pause though milestones were still hit in Germany and France. In Britain ...

AVCAL appoints new chair

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... The Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association has appointed David Brown as the new Chair of the governing Council. Brown, who has been a Member of the Council for the past three and a half years, formally takes over the role at the next ...

Sovereigns need not apply

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... officially denied weeks of gossip that it's gonna mint fresh euros. Sovereigns need not apply. Following last night's governing council meeting, where the ECB announced another 25 bps reduction in interest rates to 1.0% as well as new measures to help ...