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Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... at €1,350 billion - is almost double that. It's not the size that matters... What is historic is the fact that EU leaders agreed to agree. Recall the fiscal funding disputes between "austere" countries, led by Germany, and the PIGS (Portugal, Italy ...

Mirova chief labels ethical investing pledges hollow

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... exhaustive. Let everyone make commitments on their sector, and then we can ask the state to do its job." The letter called on EU leaders to not allow COVID-19 to derail work on sustainability. Its requests included supporting the Green Deal and upholding ...

Chief economist update: So much Brexit uncertainty, so little time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... Latest reports suggest the PM will return to MPs before 21-Jan for a vote (Guardian)." May's planning to meet with EU leaders in Brussels later this week (although I don't know what else could be achieved when EU president Juncker have already ...

Chief economist update: Capex and credit and the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... announcing immediate retaliatory tariffs on US products including pork bellies, apples, grapes, blueberries and flat steel. "EU leaders already had drawn up a list of American imports worth several billions of dollars that would be subject to tariffs ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... kidding yourself Virginia if you thought that there'll be handshakes all around just on day one of the scheduled two-day EU leaders' "emergency summit" on Greece's bailout... it's not the last minute. That will be tomorrow night. That's when the fat ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... Minister Alexis Tsipras edged closer to securing a massive revamp of its huge bailout after making his case to sceptical EU leaders, while a Ukraine ceasefire was agreed. In local economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... LONDON - European stock markets closed higher as investors took heart from upbeat Chinese and US economic data and EU leaders adopted a seven-year budget for the 27-member union. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies rose 0.78 per cent to 6,276.98 ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... 0.92 per cent to 3,420.28. Madrid's IBEX 35 index climbed by 0.34 per cent to 7,678.50 points as Spain said it hoped EU leaders would progress rapidly at a summit this week towards a direct recapitalisation of the country's troubled banking system. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... European stock markets closed mixed Wednesday and the euro climbed, with all eyes on central bank policy decisions after EU leaders pledged to do everything possible to save the single currency. The European Central Bank meets on Thursday, with expectations ...

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... be a strong motivator. There's likely gonna be more squabbling, more bickering, more game of chickens played but the EU leaders' actions last week proved once again that when it comes to the crunch, they're ready to compromise for the simple, yet overriding ...
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