FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank could cut households’ fuel bill by raising interest rates but that would weigh on industrial output and boost unemployment, …
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank could raise interest rates back to zero already this year to fight high inflation, Belgian central bank chief Pierre …
By Francesco Zecchini CERNOBBIO, Italy – The European Central Bank plans to raise interest rates some time after winding down its bond purchase programme in …
FRANKFURT – Euro zone inflation is “very high” but the European Central Bank needs time to assess the net impact of higher energy prices on …
FRANKFURT – Euro zone inflation is increasingly likely to stabilise around 2% but the European Central Bank should be ready to change course if the …
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank has told banks to cut lending to the most indebted borrowers, which could poke a hole in their balance …
FRANKFURT – European Union lawmakers should not grant banks exceptions from new global rules designed to avoid a new financial crisis, highlighting risks relating to …
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank will tighten banks’ access to its liquidity from July by phasing out exceptionally easy collateral rules introduced at the …
FRANKFURT – Cryptocurrencies are being used to avoid sanctions levied against some Russian individuals and the European Central Bank has warned firms in that industry …
PARIS – The European Central Bank (ECB) needs to look beyond short-term swings in energy prices and focus on underlying inflation trends, ECB policymaker Francois …
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank should consider Greece’s economic progress when it decides whether to keep granting it funding despite its ‘junk’ credit rating …
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank should continue to normalize policy and raise interest rates, possibly as soon as this year, if the inflation outlook …
FRANKFURT – Much of the underlying inflation in the euro zone is a factor of high energy prices and will likely fade over time as …
By Balazs Koranyi and Jan Strupczewski FRANKFURT/VERSAILLES – The European Central Bank is working on a financial facility to let millions of Ukrainian refugees convert …
By Mike Dolan LONDON – The European Central Bank’s decision to keep on tightening despite fear of war and stagflation has been criticised as either …
By Yoruk Bahceli and Dhara Ranasinghe – Euro zone sovereign bond yields soared and the euro dipped on Thursday after the European Central Bank said …
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank has no intention of raising interest rates until some time after it has ended its bond buying at the …
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank raised its inflation projections on Thursday but cut its growth outlook as the conflict in Ukraine is likely to …
A look at the day ahead in markets from Sujata Rao After the U.S. S&P 500 index saw its biggest one-day gain since June 2020 …
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE – The euro took a breather on Wednesday ahead of this week’s central bank meeting, while commodity currencies eased from recent …
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON – The European Central Bank’s plans to dial back stimulus have been upended by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. …
FRANKFURT – European Central Bank policymakers meeting last month agreed that the first interest rate hike in more than a decade was drawing closer as …
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank should hold off on removing any more stimulus for now as the war in Ukraine raises uncertainty and the …
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT – European Central Bank policymakers remain open to accelerating their exit from bond buys even as the war …
MILAN – Italian lenders increased their domestic government bond holdings in January, European Central Bank data showed on Friday. Their portfolio rose to 419.62 billion …
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS – The European Central Bank will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the economic outlook after Russia’s attack on Ukraine at the …
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank should keep a steady hand rather than tighten its policy in the face of external shocks like scarce supply …
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank may need to end its bond buys sooner than earlier thought given mounting inflation risks, ECB policymaker Gaston Reinesch …
FRANKFURT – European Central Bank policymakers will meet for “an informal get-together” next Thursday afternoon on the eve of a gathering of European Union finance …
FRANKFURT – The property market is a “key vulnerability” for euro zone banks as the rise of remote working since the pandemic dents demand for …
FRANKFURT – Euro zone housing costs rose sharply last year, boosted by soaring German property prices and adding to already uncomfortably high overall inflation, a …
By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU – The European Central Bank will raise its deposit rate in the second half of this year, and not wait until …
FRANKFURT -European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde faced a backlash in the European Parliament on Monday from conservative lawmakers criticising the ECB’s green strategy as …
By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT – As guardians of stability in prices and financial markets, the last word central bankers want to be associated with is …
A look at the day ahead in markets from Sujata Rao. “Gradual”, “data-dependent” – those were the words ECB President Christine Lagarde used to soften …
FRANKFURT – Euro zone companies expect wages to rise by 3% or more this year as workers demand to be compensated for inflation and it …
FRANKFURT, Feb 3 – The European Central Bank kept policy unchanged as expected on Thursday, staying on track to provide copious stimulus this year even …
LONDON – Deutsche Bank closed its short trade on the euro and recommended clients to enter into a long euro/dollar trade on Thursday after the …
By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON – Record euro area inflation rates mean price pressures will top the agenda for European Central Bank policymakers meeting on Thursday. …