Fed’s Bullard: ‘Relatively soft landing’ feasible for Fed, ECB
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank may both be able to execute a “relatively soft landing” that avoids a harsh recession for their respective economies…
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank may both be able to execute a “relatively soft landing” that avoids a harsh recession for their respective economies…
FRANKFURT – Euro zone countries are spending more than they will get back to cushion the economic hit from the Ukraine war via fuel subsidies and other support measures, the…
By Frank Siebelt FRANKFURT – The German academic behind the European Central Bank’s biggest court setback is weighing legal action against the ECB’s new bond-market shield, which he sees as…
By Francesco Canepa and Giselda Vagnoni FRANKFURT/ROME – The European Central Bank seems almost certain to face a test of its resolve to rein in excessive bond yields in coming…
FRANKFURT – The European Central bank will raise its interest rates until inflation falls back to its 2% target, the ECB’s President Christine Lagarde said in an interview with Germany’s…
FRANKFURT – Euro zone inflation is set to be higher than forecast just a few months ago and even longer-term expectations are moving above the European Central Bank’s 2% target,…
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank raised its interest rates for the first time since 2011 on Thursday and unveiled a new bond-buying programme to keep borrowing costs in check…
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank should model its upcoming bond-buying scheme, aimed at capping borrowing costs for Italy and other indebted countries, on the one it announced during the…
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT – The euro’s tumble towards parity against the dollar has pushed the European Central Bank back against a wall, leaving its policymakers with…
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank plans to gradually revamp its 344 billion euro ($358 billion) corporate debt portfolio to favour greener firms, it said on Monday, taking another step…
FRANKFURT – Euro zone inflation hit yet another record high in June as price pressures broadened, and its peak could still be months away, firming the case for rapid European…
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa SINTRA, Portugal – European Central Bank policymakers put on a brave face at their annual gathering in the hills above the Portuguese capital and…
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank has shifted the timing of its policy announcements and press conferences, unveiling its decisions later than in the past and shortening the lag between…
BERLIN – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner urged the European Central Bank on Wednesday to take swift action to get inflation under control. “My impression is we have been in…
(Reuters) – Euro zone governments should not expect unconditional support under the European Central Bank’s new tool to stop borrowing costs from rising too far for the most indebted countries,…
FRANKFURT – The influx of Ukrainian refugees into the European Union could gradually ease labour shortages in the euro zone as some of those fleeing the war are likely to…
KYIV – The European Central Bank will inevitably raise interest rates more slowly than the U.S. Federal Reserve given the different economic circumstance in the euro zone, Italian Prime Minister…
FRANKFURT – The euro zone will avoid a recession this year and growth will accelerate noticeably after bottoming out in the second quarter, a key European Central Bank survey showed…
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) – Gearing reinvestments of pandemic-era bond purchases back into stressed markets may not be enough to prevent unmanageable divergences in borrowing costs across the euro area…
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank raised its inflation projections once again on Thursday but cut its growth outlook as the conflict in Ukraine continues to weigh on confidence, consumption…
A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. There’s little doubt the European Central Bank will on Thursday confirm it will pull the plug on years of…
(Reuters) – BofA Securities now expects the European Central Bank to hike interest rates by 150 basis points this year including 50 bps moves in July and September, it said…
By Dhara Ranasinghe, Tommy Wilkes and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON – The European Central Bank looks all but certain to announce on Thursday that its years of bond-buying stimulus are over…
MILAN – Deutsche Bank economists have ramped up expectations over European Central Bank policy tightening and now expect one of the two interest rate hikes in the third quarter to…
By Francesco Canepa and Tom Wilson FRANKFURT -Cryptocurrencies will pose a risk to financial stability if the emerging sector maintains its rapid growth of the last two years and financial…