European Central Bank
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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Euro-Area Economy Keeps Cruising Speed as Outlook Improves
EghtesadOnline: The euro-area economy maintained its robust growth pace at the end of last year, setting the stage for another solid performance in 2018 that may sway European Central Bank policy…
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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…
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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…
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ECB should think about when it wants to wind down bond buys: Lautenschlaeger
EghtesadOnline: The European Central Bank should start thinking about how it wants to return to normal monetary policy and when it wants to wind down it bond purchases, governing council member…
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Time may be nearing for ECB stimulus exit: Weidmann - paper
EghtesadOnline: The time may be nearing for the European Central Bank to start discussing the end of unprecedented stimulus as growth and inflation are both moving in the right direction, Bundesbank…
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So, is it actually the euro zone that's strong and stable?
EghtesadOnline: The deluge of cash poured into the euro zone economy in recent years by the European Central Bank appears to have finally resulted in solid - and more importantly, steady - economic…
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Weidmann Says ECB Is Starting to Debate Changing Guidance
EghtesadOnline: The European Central Bank is starting to debate whether to reflect the euro area’s improving economic prospects in its policy guidance, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said.
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Euro up near 1-month high after ECB rate hike talk, dollar drifts
EghtesadOnline: The euro edged up near a one-month high against the dollar in Asian trading on Monday, after some European Central Bank policymakers raised the possibility of hiking interest…
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Euro zone inflation jumps past ECB target
EghtesadOnline: Euro zone inflation surged to a four-year high last month, zooming past the European Central Bank's target and piling pressure on rate setters to open talks about when and how…
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Merkel suggests euro is too low for Germany
EghtesadOnline: German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested on Saturday that the euro was too low for Germany but made clear that Berlin had no power to address this "problem" because monetary…
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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…
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Euro exchange rate is too weak for Germany: Schaeuble
EghtesadOnline: The euro's exchange rate is too low for Germany and the European Central Bank's expansive monetary policy has boosted the German economy's export surplus, Finance Minister Wolfgang…
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Draghi Reticence on ECB Tapering Can’t Stop Inflation Chatter
EghtesadOnline: If Mario Draghi intends to avoid a year of cross-talk about rising inflation among his European Central Bank colleagues, he might want to do some jawboning of his own.
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Draghi Sticks to Ultra-Easy Policy
EghtesadOnline: European Central Bank President Mario Draghi Thursday announced the institution’s monetary policy would remain unchanged and asked for more patience as the economic recovery continues.…
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ECB to hold steady, Trump takes office
EghtesadOnline: European Central Bank officials are unlikely to make any change in policy on Thursday, while data from the United States will help the Federal Reserve decide whether to immediately…
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S&P sees ECB staying in support mode until 2018
EghtesadOnline: Rating agency Standard and Poor's said it did not expect the European Central Bank to switch away from its supportive monetary policy before 2018, despite signs that inflation…
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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…
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Asian shares rise as markets look to ECB after Italian jolt
EghtesadOnline: Asian shares rose on Wednesday as investors covered short positions and looked to the coming policy meeting of the European Central Bank for comfort after a referendum defeat…
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Asian shares rise as markets look to ECB after Italian jolt
EghtesadOnline: Asian shares rose on Wednesday as investors covered short positions and looked to the coming policy meeting of the European Central Bank for comfort after a referendum defeat…
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Bank Stocks Propel Global Equity Gains as Yen Slides With Crude
EghtesadOnline: Stocks climbed, boosted by a rally in financial shares, amid optimism that the European Central Bank will this week commit to prolonging its bond-buying program. Crude and the…
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Stocks Fluctuate With Bonds as ECB Meeting Looms; Crude Retreats
EghtesadOnline: U.S. stocks fluctuated near all-time highs, while emerging market assets rose as investors speculated the European Central Bank will extend its monthly bond purchases to stoke…
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Euro steady near three-week high, big bets on market volatility
EghtesadOnline: The euro held steady near a 3-week high on Tuesday while bets on market volatility stayed close to their highest since June’s Brexit vote ahead of this week's European Central…
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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…
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Flight of financial activity from UK likely in 'hard Brexit': ECB's Lane
EghtesadOnline: There is likely to be a significant flight of financial activity out of Britain if companies are no longer regulated on equivalent terms to those in the European Union after Brexit,…
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Dollar Advances Before ECB as Stocks Mixed With Oil Above $51
EghtesadOnline: The dollar strengthened versus all of its major peers ahead of a European Central Bank policy meeting, while European stocks retreated and Asian shares advanced. Mexico’s peso…