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Asian shares tread water as Fed meeting looms

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 08:32

MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1 percent, after Wall Street logged losses, with U.S. trading volume at its lowest in a month as markets awaited the Fed outcome.

Asian shares edge up, brush off soft China data

Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015, 09:34

US stock futures rose 0.4 percent from late US levels in early Asian trade while Japan`s Nikkei rose 0.4 percent. MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.3 percent.

Eurozone growth not strong enough to create jobs: ECB

Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015, 22:30

Growth is picking up in the 19-country eurozone, but not enough to create jobs in the region, a member of the European Central Bank`s executive board said in an interview published Friday.

Eurozone growth revised up to 0.4% in second quarter

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 17:11

The 19-nation eurozone grew by 0.4 percent in the second quarter, official data showed on Tuesday, revising upward a first estimate that triggered worry the crisis in Greece had destabilised growth in Europe.

Asian stocks sag as China stocks wobble after trading resumes

Last Updated: Monday, September 7, 2015, 09:03

The index had already dropped earlier in the session following Friday`s Wall Street slide, triggered after the August U.S. jobs report failed to give a clear view on the Federal Reserve`s interest rate hike.

ECB flags beefed up QE as growth, inflation outlook fades

Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 21:29

The European Central Bank cut its growth and inflation forecasts on Thursday, warning of possible further trouble from China and paving the way for an expansion of its already massive 1 trillion-euro plus asset-buying programme.

ECB could ramp up bond purchase programme if necessary: Draghi

Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 21:09

The European Central Bank could ramp up its contested bond purchase programme, extending it beyond September 2016 if needed, ECB president Mario Draghi said on Thursday.

ECB cuts growth, inflation forecasts for 2015-2017

Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 21:06

The European Central Bank on Thursday cut its forecasts for both economic growth and inflation in the single currency area over the next few years.

Nifty surges 106 points on value-buying, upbeat global cues

Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 20:25

Snapping a three-day losing streak, Indian markets Thursday staged a pullback rally on the back of frantic buying as the benchmark Nifty index soared by 106 points to close above the 7,800-level amid upbeat global cues.

ECB seen cutting inflation outlook, hinting at more policy action

Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 17:38

The European Central Bank is set to cut its inflation forecasts on Thursday but hold back from concrete policy action, promising only to beef up its bond-buying programme if growth and inflation prospects weaken further.

ECB holds rate steady as focus on inflation, China

Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 17:35

The European Central Bank held its key interest rates steady on Thursday, a spokesman said, amid investor concern over the economic fallout from the slowdown in China.

China, eurozone weaken despite world awash with cash

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 1, 2015, 18:55

China`s giant manufacturing industry contracted while British and eurozone growth eased in August, rattling markets and reinforcing expectations interest rates may fall again or stay near zero for longer.