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Dollar Under Pressure; Euro Steadies Before ECB

EghtesadOnline: The dollar’s miserable week continued, with the greenback slipping against most major peers as traders digest the latest comments from White House officials. The euro was steady before the first ECB policy decision of the year, while stocks were mixed and crude gained.
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Publish Date:25/January/2018 | 11:30
Faster economic expansion will likely help offset euro rally's effect on price growth

ECB Worried About the Euro? Economists Say ‘Not So Much’

EghtesadOnline: European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said last week that the euro’s recent rise shouldn't be “over-dramatized,” a notion that economists seem to agree with.
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Publish Date:05/September/2017 | 06:52

ECB 's Lautenschlaeger welcomes inflation rise but says too soon for rate move

EghtesadOnline: European Central Bank board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger has said the ECB needs to wait to see if inflation stabilizes in its target zone of just under 2 percent before interest rates can be raised, but that she hopes its bond-buying program can be scaled down before year-end.
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Publish Date:19/February/2017 | 05:03

Prices rise and businesses grow, but ECB probably not for turning

EghtesadOnline: A sharp rebound in euro zone inflation and a better-than-expected business outlook are certain to fire up demands from some hardliners for the European Central Bank to choke off it ultra-generous monetary policy.
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Publish Date:04/January/2017 | 14:55

ECB tells Monte dei Paschi it needs to raise $9.2 billion

EghtesadOnline: The European Central Bank has told Monte dei Paschi it needs to plug a capital shortfall of 8.8 billion euros ($9.2 billion), higher than a previous 5 billion euro gap estimated by the bank, the lender said on Monday.
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Publish Date:27/December/2016 | 04:58

Monte Paschi confirms ECB rejected request for more time to raise capital

EghtesadOnline: Troubled Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena confirmed on Tuesday that the European Central Bank had rejected its request for more time to raise capital, a move that piles pressure on the Italian government to inject money into the bank.
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Publish Date:14/December/2016 | 24:28

Lower for longer, ECB scales back asset buys

EghtesadOnline: The European Central Bank trimmed back its asset buys in a surprise move on Thursday but promised protracted stimulus to aid a still fragile recovery, and dismissed any talk of tapering the program away.
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Publish Date:08/December/2016 | 21:33

ECB 's Lautenschlaeger 'skeptical' of further policy easing

EghtesadOnline: The most prominent hawk on the European Central Bank's board defended the bank's ultra-loose monetary policy on Monday, but added that she was skeptical of further interest rate cuts or other forms of easing.
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Publish Date:08/November/2016 | 08:23

Asian Stocks Mixed, Europe Advances

EghtesadOnline: Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors reassessed the global economy following the International Monetary Bank’s global growth cut. They were also awaiting corporate earnings reports and the European Central Bank’s policy meeting later in the week.
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Publish Date:22/July/2016 | 08:55

ECB May Keep Rates on Hold

EghtesadOnline: The European Central Bank, widely expected to hold fire on monetary policy this week, was likely to prepare the ground for more stimulus measures in September, as the economic fallout for the eurozone from Brexit became clearer, analysts predicted, AFP reported.
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Publish Date:19/July/2016 | 15:33

ECB 's Holzmann Eyes Return to Positive Rates

EghtesadOnline: European Central Bank policymaker Robert Holzmann hopes to see the end of negative interest rates by the time his six-year term ends, he told an Austrian tabloid, praising new ECB Chief Christine Lagarde for fostering collegiality among his peers.
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Publish Date:09/December/2019 | 10:50

Departing Draghi Leaves Divided ECB to Lagarde

EghtesadOnline: Departing European Central Bank President Mario Draghi will leave a conflicting legacy after chairing his final governing council meeting on Thursday, credited with saving the euro but dividing the institution with his easy-money policy.
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Publish Date:22/October/2019 | 13:06

Draghi Backs Further Euro Integration

EghtesadOnline: The outgoing president of the European Central Bank has called on euro countries to commit to further integration in what is a controversial and divisive topic among the 19 nations.
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Publish Date:01/October/2019 | 11:45

Brent, WTI Prices Fall by Over 1%

EghtesadOnline: Oil prices dropped by more than one % on Friday as clouds gathered over the global economy after the European Central Bank ( ECB ) warned of continued weakness and fresh data showed Chinese exports and imports slumped last month.
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Publish Date:09/March/2019 | 15:05

ECB Is Said to See Scope to Wait for July to Signal End of QE

EghtesadOnline: European Central Bank policy makers see scope to wait until their July meeting to announce how they’ll end their bond-buying program, according to euro-area officials familiar with the matter.
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Publish Date:21/April/2018 | 13:53

ECB Indecision Fuels Euro Slide, Dollar Rebound After Jobs Miss

EghtesadOnline: The euro fell and the dollar pared losses on reports European Central Bank officials may still be a ways away from detailing plans to scale back asset purchases, reversing earlier moves triggered by below-consensus gains in U.S. jobs and wages.
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Publish Date:02/September/2017 | 05:34

Dollar stuck near six-week low vs. yen as "Super Thursday" events loom

EghtesadOnline: The dollar wallowed near a six-week low against the safe-haven yen on Wednesday, with traders cautious ahead of Britain's general election, a European Central Bank policy decision and testimony by former FBI Director James Comey.
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Publish Date:07/June/2017 | 06:03