DAVOS (Reuters) – China’s reopening after debilitating pandemic restrictions is likely to add to global inflationary pressures as the world’s second-largest economy ramps up commodity consumption, European Central Bank (ECB)…
PARIS (Reuters) – European Central Bank (ECB) member Francois Villeroy de Galhau reaffirmed on Wednesday his determination to bring inflation in the euro zone down to around 2% by 2024…
PARIS (Reuters) – Interest rate hikes by the European Central Bank will need to come at a “pragmatic pace” in the coming months, French ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau…
LISBON (Reuters) – European Central Bank’s governing council member Mario Centeno said on Tuesday the current process of interest rate increases is approaching its end. The central banker, who was…
PARIS (Reuters) – The French and broader European economy should not suffer any “crash” or “hard landing”, European Central Bank (ECB) member and Bank of France head Francois Villeroy de…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel asked the German public for patience in bringing down inflation, warning in an interview with broadcaster N-TV on Thursday that the impact of…
(Reuters) – The inflation outlook requires the European Central Bank to continue with its strong policy response, and interest rates will need to go into “restrictive” territory and stay there…
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The European Central Bank (ECB) has a longer way to go in raising interest rates than the Federal Reserve, but ultimately won’t raise its rates to the…
LISBON (Reuters) -The probability of the European Central Bank returning to 75 basis-point interest rate hikes is now “very low”, ECB Governing Council member Mario Centeno said on Friday, warning…
PARIS (Reuters) – European Central Bank (ECB) member and Bank of France head Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday the fight against inflation wasn’t over, adding it should peak…
DUBLIN (Reuters) – European Central Bank policyamker Gabriel Makhlouf said he could see scenarios where the ECB pushes interest rates beyond 3% and that he was not sure that euro…
(Corrects first paragraph to say rates ‘may have to move into restrictive territory’, not ‘would have to’) By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is likely to…
DUBLIN (Reuters) – European Central Bank governing council member Gabriel Makhlouf told journalists on Monday that he expects the bank’s Dec. 15 policy meeting will likely settle on a 50…
BANGKOK (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned on Friday that some European governments’ fiscal policies could lead to excess demand, and that fiscal and monetary policies need…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Real interest rates in the euro zone have already risen “quite a bit”, the European Central Bank’s chief economist said on Thursday, in comments suggesting he thought…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation has not peaked and it risks turning out even higher than currently expected, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday, hinting at a…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation has not peaked and the risk is that it will turn out even higher than currently expected, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde kept her options open as to the size and number of the ECB’s future interest rate hikes on Monday, saying this…
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will likely increase interest rates by smaller increments next year if further hikes are needed, governing council member Gabriel Makhlouf was quoted as…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone wage growth could keep pushing up inflation for years but this does not signal a permanent shift in wage dynamics and current indicators underlying inflation may…
LONDON (Reuters) – European Central Bank board member Isabel Schnabel pushed back on Thursday against calls from many of her colleagues for smaller interest rate increases by the ECB, saying…
MILAN (Reuters) – Inflation in the euro area will hover around its current level over the next few months before starting to decline at some point during the first half…
By Sergio Goncalves and Andrei Khalip LISBON (Reuters) – Further consolidation of Portugal’s banking sector is inevitable, European Central Bank member Mario Centeno told Reuters on Wednesday, calling “remarkable” the…
MADRID (Reuters) – The euro zone economy will likely show negative growth rates in the fourth quarter while inflation will still remain high before starting to slow down in the…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel opened the door on Tuesday to smaller interest rate increases by the European Central Bank but said there was still a long way…