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Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... rate hike". And then there are these tweets from Reuters' chief markets correspondent Jamie McGeever: 52 mentions of sterling in BoE Inflation Report today vs 42 in May's. 68 mentions of "productivity" in today's BoE Inflation Report vs 84 in May's. ...

Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... peak to the end of January this year, the A$ has weakened by 17.5% against the US$, 10.2% versus the yen, 9.8% against sterling, 4.7% versus the euro and 11.9% on a trade weighted basis. It's like what Bruce Lee termed, "the art of fighting without fighting"... ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... economic growth. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed 0.43 per cent to close at 6,399.73 points on Wednesday, but sterling was under pressure after minutes from the latest Bank of England meeting showed no rush to raise interest rates. In Paris ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... to 4,461.22 points, while Frankfurt's DAX index ended virtually unchanged, edging up 0.01 per cent to 9,799.26 points. Sterling hit a two-year euro high in anticipation of victory for the "No" campaign before recoiling. The British pound began strongly ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... looked ahead to a policy meeting of the US Federal Reserve and the looming referendum on Scottish independence. However, sterling steadied, while the euro firmed, and the ruble tumbled. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index shed 0.18 per cent to close at ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... that is a disappointment," he said. LONDON - European stock markets have slumped as investors took profits while the sterling remained cowed over the uncertainty posed by Scotland's independence referendum. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closed ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... growth, which pushed back expectations that BoE interest rates could climb before the end of the year. That in turn pushed sterling lower against the euro and dollar. Frankfurt's DAX 30 jumped 1.43 per cent to 9,198.88 points on bargain-hunting a day ...

Easy CBs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is also wary that a premature tightening could derail the recovery - especially given sterling's strength (my two cents worth) - and that below 2% target inflation gives them legroom to keep policy easy for quite a while ...

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... July 2013 - the time when speculations of another UK recession were rife. But this, your royal majesty, is the problem. Sterling's strength being already a 'de facto' tightening of monetary conditions and could potentially reverse the economy's positive ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... strengthening economy but... it's concerned that tightening policy would put more upward pressure on an already strong British sterling. It's up 1.7% against the greenback this year to a 5-year high of around US$1.69 and by 13.6% from its 2013 lows. ...