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Euro edges lower after ECB comments; commodity currencies fall
The euro edged lower on Friday after European Central Bank officials made mixed comments, while expectations of a 50 basis points (bps) rate hike...
ECB sees inflation stabilizing around 2% target
Euro zone inflation is increasingly likely to stabilize around 2% but the European Central Bank should be ready to change course if the outlook...
ECB has ‘extra space’ before first rate hike, Lagarde says
The European Central Bank (ECB) has given itself “extra space” between the planned end of its money-printing program this summer and the first interest rate hike...
EU raises inflation forecasts on supply disruptions, energy crisis
The European Commission on Thursday raised its inflation expectations for this year, but is still expecting prices to move below the European Central Bank’s target...
ECB to let bank capital relief expire as watchdogs tighten reins
The European Central Bank (ECB) said it will let key pieces of regulatory relief expire as watchdogs across the region tighten the reins after...
European, U.S. regulators tell banks to prepare for Russian cyberattack threat
The European Central Bank (ECB) is preparing banks for a possible Russian-sponsored cyber attack as tensions with Ukraine mount, two people with knowledge of the...
Trust ECB to stabilise inflation, Lagarde tells citizens
Eurozone citizens worried about rising prices can trust the European Central Bank (ECB) to stabilise inflation, ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday, according...
Euro-area activity drops to nine-month low on resurgent virus
Euro-area economic activity slowed as rising coronavirus cases hurt service providers to offset an improvement in manufacturing output. Inflation pressure eased a little, according...
ECB heads into pivotal policy meeting with inflation and Omicron infections rising
With inflation surging and the Omicron Covid variant expected to spread through the region, the European Central Bank (ECB) has the unenviable task of presenting its...
ECB official says cryptos aren’t socially, economically useful
Crypto-assets show no signs of benefiting society or the wider economy, European Central Bank Executive Board member Fabio Panetta said, according to Bloomberg.
While advocates...