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Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... extending mitigation measures. "France expanded a daily 12-hour curfew nationwide starting Saturday, while German Chancellor Merkel said she was leaning toward a tougher lockdown, which could last until April," FactSet said. "Italian officials also strengthened ...

Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... wave to Europe has returned. So much so that governments are re-imposing restrictions. As per Factset: "German Chancellor Merkel said it will restrict the size of gatherings and fine people who flout rules but indicated there would be no national lockdown. ...

Chief economist update: Comeback COVID

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... quarantine. Leaders have so far refrained from harsher mitigation measures seen at the start of the outbreak. German Chancellor Merkel this week called on Europe to act with coordination to take targeted measures. Her stance was echoed by French President ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... Money). It may not come to that for it looks like Trump's getting results. Reuters reports German Chancellor Angela Merkel saying that "she would back a lowering of European Union levies on imports of US cars". "The United States currently imposes ...

Eurozone splintering is biggest risk in Brexit fallout

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... presidential elections this weekend, while Germany, the Netherlands and France will elect their leaders in 2017. Will Angela Merkel, the glue that has held Europe together for the past decade, retain her position to lead the continent through its next ...

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... further legislation must follow, including a total overhaul of Greece's judicial system." "But that is just the start, as Mrs Merkel had warned it would be at a previous summit last week. Greece must also enact further pension reforms, open up professions ...

Temporary trial separation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015

Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... constituency why we are willing to lend more than 3 billion Euros to Cyprus," Michael Fuchs, deputy parliamentary leader of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party, said in an interview with BBC Radio 4 today. "Why should Germans bail out these people ...

An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... plea, but agreed they would discuss it further on 1 or 2 July." ( International Business Times ). Germany's iron lady, Frau Merkel said "nein" but would talk after the referendum on 5 July. To be sure, it ain't over till the 5 July referendum. The Greeks ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... banking and technology stocks as well as optimism over the Greek debt crisis. Dealers welcomed news German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande would meet with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at an EU-Latin America summit ...
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