Hints and tips:
...That’s a problem here: the world doesn’t need Eva Fàbregas’s hundreds of metres of pink latex and inflatable balls, “Pumping” (“I have fun, I mix materials, I play . . ....
...Edward Morse, head of commodities research at Citigroup, said: “[There are], no concrete next steps beyond having a review meeting, and no procedure for moving to production cuts.”...
...Which means we’re already not far off from the ¥34,000bn that the central bank was pumping into the market at the height of its QE programme back in 2004/2005....
...They had earlier tried to plug the leak with absorbent polymer, sawdust, newspapers and concrete....
...Mario Draghi, Italy’s central bank governor, said in a Financial Times interview earlier this month that “concrete proposals” were under discussion to tackle such banks, without giving details....
...In his interview, Mr Draghi also reveals that the ECB is discussing “concrete proposals” for dealing with banks that are so weak that they have become dependent on ECB offers of unlimited liquidity....
...The fuel rods seem to have melted to some extent, adding to the risk of an explosion inside the reactor’s steel and concrete containment vessel....
...After the collapse of Lehman Brothers investment bank in late 2008, the ECB started pumping liquidity into the eurozone banking system on an unlimited basis....
...The news was a boost for the ECB, marking a reduced reliance on the unlimited liquidity it has been pumping into the banking system since the collapse two years ago of Lehman Brothers, the US investment...
...The European Central Bank is to extend the emergency liquidity it is pumping into the eurozone financial system as it steps up pressure on national authorities to restore confidence in the region’s banks...
...This is because of the Swiss National Bank pumping money into the market to prevent its currency strengthening against the euro. The last time the SNB intervened was on May 19, according to traders....
...Erik Nielsen at Goldman Sachs said Thursday’s meeting might not yield concrete measures, “but I think the language will be measured and leave lots of doors open”....
...But the shale is less porous than concrete, so it’s quite difficult to extract,” he says....
...As Sir Terry says, it takes a decade to build a store network and another 10 years to build a brand, yet he had promised concrete results from Fresh & Easy within just two years of opening....
...Built by Martin Elsaesser, one of the Weimar republic’s most important architects, the Grossmarkthalle features a vast concrete roof constructed using the then-revolutionary Zeiss-Dywidag method and is only...
...The offers of unlimited 12-month liquidity, at the 1 per cent policy interest rate, have dominated the so-called “enhanced credit support” strategy, and in June saw the ECB pumping €442bn ($653bn, £396bn...
...of business journalists in Frankfurt, Mr Weber noted the temporary arrangements “will run out” and added that “the Greek government and those who hold responsibility see the clear need to implement now concrete...
...In co-operation with the US Federal Reserve, the ECB was at times pumping more than $100bn at a time into the eurozone financial system via its liquidity-providing operations, helping meet banks’ needs for...
...The first such offer, in June, saw it pumping in €442bn in 12-month liquidity in an attempt to help restore normal working in financial markets....
...Jürgen Stark, an executive board member, told journalists at an “ECB watchers” conference in Frankfurt that he hoped early in 2010 “to be in a position to present concrete results about the enhancement of...
...When the financial market crisis first erupted in mid-2007, the ECB led the way among the world’s central banks in pumping in extra liquidity to ease tensions....
...Rather than launching large-scale asset purchase programmes that bypass the banks as the Fed has, the ECB has focused on pumping liquidity into the banking system....
...But the ECB has been making healthy profits on the measures, writes Ralph Atkins....
...On Wednesday the ECB joined with the Bank of England and Swiss National Bank in pumping more than $250bn (€185bn, £144bn) into markets....
...The European Central Bank led the way in pumping-in extra liquidity when the financial market crisis erupted last August....
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