ECB flags trade tariffs, competitiveness gap as risks for growth
The ECB sees rising trade frictions and regulatory barriers as risks to eurozone growth, with US trade policy uncertainty and ...
ECB can keep cutting rates even if Fed takes it slow, Vujcic says
The European Central Bank could cut interest rates three more times this year even if its U.S. counterpart moves more slowly ...
ECB's Lagarde signals inflation relief, urges push for a digital euro
ECB President Christine Lagarde told the European Parliament that inflation is easing and rate cuts are taking effect but ...
ECB 'not quite there' with rate cuts but cautious flexibility needed, Kazimir says
European Central Bank interest rates have room to fall further given weak growth and a slowdown in inflation, but uncertainty ...
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Trump tariffs could hit the eurozone hard: The ECB should ease credit
The ECB’s focus should be firmly on what it can prevent—which, at this juncture, is a recessionary trap. The next ECB meeting on 6 March is a quarterly economic review.
TEXT-Statement From the ECB Following Policy Meeting
In particular, the decision to lower the deposit facility rate – the rate through which the Governing Council steers the monetary policy stance – is based on its updated assessment of the inflation ...
ECB's chief economist makes case for measured policy easing
The European Central Bank should ease policy at a measured pace to balance the risk of needlessly depressing growth and ...
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Rates Spark: Bessent and payrolls key as we end a tumultuous week
Tariff threats switched on and off, Bessent laser focussed on the 10yr yield, and next up is payrolls Friday. Meanwhile, a ...
STOXX 600 notches fresh record high; FED, ECB meetings in focus
Germany's consumer confidence edges lower heading into February. France (CAC:IND) -0.32% The pan-European Stoxx 600 (STOXX) gained 0.47%, closing at a fresh record high of 534. Tech stocks led ...
Central Banks Grapple With Uncertainty in 2025's Foggy Economic Landscape
Among the G10 central banks which oversee the world's most heavily-traded currencies, three of the four that met last month - ...
EUR/GBP tumbles to near 0.8300 as traders brace for ECB’s Lagarde speech
EUR/USD is off the lows but remains in the red above 1.0300 in the European morning on Monday, pressured by a stronger US ...
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‘Neutral’ rate not driving monetary policy, say ECB officials
ECB vice-president Luis de Guindos on Wednesday ... said the neutral rate “may not guide policymakers meeting by meeting”, but it was still a useful benchmark. “Prolonged deviation will ...