World news about “ECB” published by euronews.
Draghi hails eurozone stablity Ten month on from his “whatever it takes” to save the euro speech, the head of the European Central Bank has told a gathering of bankers in the City of London… 24/05/2013
Trichet, call it ‘austerity’ or ‘danger control’ With Europe still mired in recession, euronews asked the former President of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, to consider the results of… 23/05/2013
The new face of the World Trade Organisation Russia has agreed to extend the term of its loan to Cyprus and reduce the interest rate to provide additional financial relief to the island. At the same… 10/05/2013
Nikkei breaks 14,000 barrier for first time in 5 years The Nikkei stockmarket index in Japan has surged above 14,000 for the first time since 2008. It is in response to the central bank’s agressive doubling of… 07/05/2013
ECB’s Draghi wants austerity and growth European Central Bank President Mario Draghi is telling eurozone government they have to keep control of their spending, and particularly the countries with… 06/05/2013
Central banks surprise Central banks worked hard during the Labour Day week. Both the US Federal Reserve and the European Central bank held their monthly meetings and both managed… 03/05/2013
ECB cuts interest rates, looks for ways to help companies borrow The European Central Bank has cut its main interest rate for the first time in 10 months, in an attempt to get the recession-mired eurozone growing… 02/05/2013
Cyprus approves bailout – just Cyprus’s parliament has approved an EU bailout which includes provisions to impose substantial losses on richer bank depositors and wind down the island’s… 30/04/2013
What more does the ECB need to cut rates? The European Central Bank is widely expected to stimulate economic growth by cutting interest rates soon. Weaker than expected statistics from Germany… 26/04/2013
Merkel says ECB should put up interest rates for Germany Germany’s finance minister has said his country will stick to its austerity course despite mounting criticism and others in the eurozone should keep focused… 25/04/2013
Eurozone weakness makes ECB interest rate cut more likely Economists increasingly believe that the European Central Bank is about to cut interest rates for the eurozone. The feeling is that Mario Draghi and his… 24/04/2013
Cypriot bank workers protest over pensions threat Bank workers in Cyprus took to the streets in protest over concerns for their pensions. Public shock at last month’s collapse of Popular Bank, the… 05/04/2013
Central banks respond to crisis challenge Japan is the latest central bank to take dramatic measures to boost a moribund economy. The Bank of Japan’s new governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, shocked markets… 04/04/2013
ECB holds rates despite Cyprus As expected, the European Central Bank has kept the cost of borrowing unchanged at a record low of 0.75 percent. ECB President Mario Draghi and his… 04/04/2013
Eurozone inflation falls for third straight month Inflation in the eurozone was down for the third month running in March. The first assessment by the EU’s statistics agency, Eurostat, was that inflation… 03/04/2013
European markets at close: 21.03.2013 21/03/2013
Moscow talks on alternative deal to prevent Cyprus going broke Talks continue in Moscow as the government of Cyprus tries to put together a deal to prevent the country’s bankruptcy by the next week. The European… 21/03/2013
Shock in Cyprus over bailout levy on bank deposits Cypriot savers have been queuing at cash machines – after waking up to the news that Brussels plans to enforce a levy of up to 10 percent on bank deposits as… 16/03/2013
Eurogroup and IMF agree on Cyprus bailout After ten hours of talks the deal was struck! Eurozone finance ministers and IMF chief Christine Lagarde agreed to a ten billion euro bailout for Cyprus –… 16/03/2013
Portugal’s deficit cutting timetable ‘to be eased’ Portugal is reportedly to get more time to cut its budget deficit. As part of Lisbon’s 78 billion euro bailout, inspectors from the ‘troika’ of lenders –… 11/03/2013
ECB talks about cutting interest rates but doesn’t The European Central Bank has held off cutting the cost of borrowing in the eurozone – for now. For the eighth straight month the benchmark interest rate… 07/03/2013
Draghi dismisses currency war talk Europe Central Bank head Mario Draghi has been trying to play down worries about currency wars. At the European Parliament on Monday, he responded to… 18/02/2013
ECB’s Draghi sees Spain on the right track European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi thinks Spain is on the right track towards economic recovery. In Madrid to address members of parliament during a… 12/02/2013
Euro slumps on ECB Draghi’s comments The European Central Bank has said it will monitor what impact the stronger euro is having on the region’s economy to make sure it does not derail the… 07/02/2013
Eurozone lending slides again Bank lending to businesses and individuals in the eurozone remains weak, with loans to companies and households contracting again in December. The low… 28/01/2013
Banks to pay back ECB crisis loans The European Central Bank says it is about to receive repayment of more than 130 billion euros of crisis loans that it made to the region’s lenders. The… 25/01/2013
ECB keeps rates unchanged, sees recovery later in 2013 The eurozone economy will recover later this year and there are already some signs of stabilisation, according to the European Central Bank. On that basis… 10/01/2013
ECB holds interest rates steady As expected, the European Central Bank has kept the cost of borrowing unchanged. Its main interest rate remains at a record low of three quarters of one… 10/01/2013
Banking measures set to restore confidence – Draghi The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has heard that new European Central Bank powers to oversee eurozone banks will help restore… 17/12/2012
Eurozone bank supervision: how it works The deal reached in Brussels by European Union finance ministers on Thursday to create a single supervisor for the eurozone’s banks is the latest move… 13/12/2012
Italy passes debt test Italy’s borrowing costs fell at its latest auction of short-term government bonds. That means Rome has passed the first debt test since technocrat Prime… 12/12/2012
The end of tax avoidance? How to make more profit and pay less taxes? It looks like some companies have found ways to do that, but in the UK lawmakers and consumers are not happy with… 07/12/2012
ECB predicts bleak 2013, keeps rates unchanged The European Central Bank has issued a bleak forecast for the eurozone economy. The experts there said it is likely to shrink next year, as it has this… 06/12/2012
ECB holds interest rates, forecasts grim 2013 As expected, the European Central Bank kept its main interest rate unchanged on Thursday at a record low 0.75 percent for the fifth month running. The … 06/12/2012
Talks on European banking union end in failure Talks between EU finance chiefs ended on Tuesday without an agreement on a proposed European banking union. Ministers met in Brussels earlier to discuss how… 04/12/2012
No relief in crisis until next year, says banking chief There is light at the end of the financial tunnel. That’s the view of Mario Draghi. But the European Central Bank President warned there will be no immediate… 30/11/2012
Italy’s borrowing costs fall below one per cent Italy’s borrowing costs for six-month debt fell to the lowest average level since April 2010. Exactly one year ago Italy was borrowing at a massive 6.5 per… 28/11/2012
Greece waits for eurozone decision What to do with a problem like Greece, a seemingly enduring crisis? Eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday ruled out an immediate decision… 12/11/2012
ECB ready to wait for bailout requests The European Central Bank has confirmed that it is ready to buy bonds of debt-strained governments, but requires those in need to sign up to a European… 08/11/2012
ECB holds on rate while launching OMTs The European Central bank has surprised no-one by keeping interest rates at three quarters of a percent. The ECB wants to be sure the record low rate is… 08/11/2012
Draghi’s first year in power One year ago ECB President Mario Draghi took office in the midst of tough times and since then has introduced a raft of measures against the eurozone… 02/11/2012
One year on, how’s the ECB’s Draghi doing? As Mario Draghi marked his first year in the job as president of the European Central Bank, the eurozone economy remained troubled and the feeling was that it… 01/11/2012
Eurozone crawls towards bank oversight Eurozone leaders have agreed there will be a single supervisor responsible for overseeing the region’s banks from next year, but the details of how that… 19/10/2012
Tales from the ECB Alex Taylor: “One of the key players in the continuing doom and gloom surrounding the euro is the European Central Bank. What exactly is its role? Does it… 11/10/2012
Greek reforms praised by ECB’s Draghi The president of the European Central Bank has given Greece a pat on the back for the economic reforms it has made so far, but Mario Draghi said there was… 09/10/2012
ECB mulling issuing bond insurance The eurozone, through the ECB, is considering providing insurance for buyers of government bonds for the first time. The leap forward is being seen as a… 04/10/2012
OECB holds fire on rate cut Having taken to the unusual retreat of Brdo castle in Slovenia, quitting their tower in Frankfurt to incant over the ECB runes, the interest rate has stayed… 04/10/2012
Merkel and Draghi urge reforms German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi have used speeches to the Federation of German Industries to urge eurozone… 25/09/2012
Portugal’s borrowing costs dip There was good news for Portugal on the borrowing front on Wednesday. Despite big anti-austerity protests there last weekend, investors were keen to buy… 19/09/2012
Thumbs up for ECB bond buying plan The European Central Bank has launched an unlimited bond-buying programme to lower interest rates. But there are strict conditions, including governments… 07/09/2012
Europe Weekly: Super Mario rides to the rescue The summer holidays may be over but Europe’s leaders appeared to return with fresh vigour this week to deal with the bloc’s woes. The European Central Bank… 07/09/2012
Markets cheer ECB bond buying, Germans unsure It seems the world’s financial markets do consider the European Central Bank’s latest moves to tackle the region’s debt crisis are bold enough. On Friday… 07/09/2012
Markets buoyed by ECB bond buying plan Shares rallied on Thursday as investors welcomed the European Central Bank’s aggressive sovereign bond buying plan. Europe’s stock market indexes reached… 06/09/2012
ECB to buy eurozone countries’ bonds with strict conditions European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi has given some details of his plan to “save the euro”. The bank will buy government bonds of struggling eurozone… 06/09/2012
Draghi prepares to unveil bond buying plan Under pressure to slash the borrowing costs of the eurozone’s weakest member states, ECB chief Mario Draghi is due to unveil his latest bond-buying plan on… 05/09/2012
German court set to back emergency European bail out fund German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, believes Germany’s Constitutional Court will give the green light to the establishment of a permanent European… 03/09/2012
Draghi tells Germans ECB action needed for stability The European Central Bank has to use “exceptional measures” at times to meet its mandate of keeping inflation in check. So said ECB President Mario Draghi… 29/08/2012
Will ECB ‘save the euro’ plan be enough? The European Central Bank is trying to ease fears about its plans to “save the euro” by buying the government bonds of those eurozone countries that come… 28/08/2012
European markets at close: 24.08.2012 24/08/2012
Germany’s Schaeuble defends ECB Germany’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has been defending the European Central Bank’s presumed plans to help save the eurozone. In an interview with… 24/08/2012
ECB support hopes help Spanish borrowing costs The amount of interest that Spain had to pay fell at its latest short-term debt auction on Tuesday. That implies investors believe the European Central Bank… 21/08/2012
Merkel backs ECB’s Draghi The world’s financial market have been given a boost by apparent support from German Chancellor Angela Merkel for European Central Bank intervention to calm… 17/08/2012
European markets at close: 14.08.12 14/08/2012
Investor sentiment in the eurozone falls again Investor sentiment in the eurozone has fallen for the fifth straight month in a row to its lowest level in over three years. A separate index for the… 06/08/2012
Europe Weekly: Super Mario sees light at the end of the tunnel In this week’s Europe Weekly, the European Commission looks at how to help the construction industry which continues to flounder as the crisis continues… 03/08/2012
Central banks dash hopes Two central bank meetings in one week. Investors were waiting for action from the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. The ECB’s president had… 03/08/2012
Spain and Italy content with ECB moves The leaders of Spain and Italy, meeting in Madrid, welcomed the ECB’s promises of help even as Spain’s borrowing costs shot up again because there was no… 02/08/2012
ECB’s ‘Save the euro’ moves some way off Under pressure to ‘Save the euro’ the European Central Bank is gearing up to buy Italian and Spanish government bonds on the open market – but not yet. … 02/08/2012
Draghi says ECB working on plans for bond purchases “The euro is irreversible” was the headline from European Central Bank head Mario Draghi at the bank’s monthly policy meeting, but exactly what it will do to… 02/08/2012
Eurozone support chorus grows French President Francois Hollande and Germany’s Angela Merkel on Friday echoed European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s pledge by saying they will do… 27/07/2012
European markets at close: 26.07.12 26/07/2012
ECB’s Draghi to the euro’s rescue? The head of the European Central Bank has pledged to ensure that the euro’s future. Mario Draghi’s signalled was that the ECB will take on the financial… 26/07/2012
Draghi calls for bold action from governments Members of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee at the European Parliament have been told governments must take bold action to resolve the debt… 09/07/2012
Record low eurozone rates – too little too late? After the latest EU summit, the European Central Bank has cut interest rates. But at the same time, it resisted pressure to do more. It seems that ECB head… 06/07/2012
Eurozone rate cut to boost growth The European Central Bank has cut borrowing costs to a new record low trying to breathe life into a weakening eurozone economy. The main interest rate was… 05/07/2012
ECB cuts rates to new low As expected the European Central Bank has cut borrowing costs to a new record low. The benchmark interest rate has been reduced from 1.0 percent to 0.75… 05/07/2012
ECB tells Athens don’t hope for bailout revamp The European Central Bank has told Greece not to waste time trying to renegotiate its international bailout and water down the austerity measures demanded… 02/07/2012
Spain’s yields break seven percent barrier Spain’s borrowing costs have shattered euro-era records. The yield on 10-year bonds hit 7 percent on Thursday morning. The move comes after ratings agency… 14/06/2012
ECB vs debt crisis: 0-0 Euro 2012 has kicked off in Poland and Ukraine. That gives the crisis-weary European public a bit of a distraction. Apart from that, there was not much… 08/06/2012
ECB tells governments ‘you fix the crisis’ The European Central Bank did not cut interest rates at its monthly policy meeting on Wednesday, making it clear to eurozone governments that they have to do… 06/06/2012
EU edges towards eurobonds and fiscal union With the ECB continuing to hold back from buying eurozone member’s bonds calls are getting louder, especially in the light of Greece possibly leaving the euro… 04/06/2012
Draghi: ‘EU must clarify euro vision’ European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has urged European leaders to clarify their vision for the euro, saying the ECB cannot fill the policy… 31/05/2012
Spain’s bank bailout plans boost borrowing costs Spain’s shaky banks, the country’s indebted regional governments and Madrid’s plans for helping them have pushed up its borrowing costs to unsustainable… 29/05/2012
Foreign investors shun Italy and Spain Foreigners are increasingly not interested in buying Italian and Spanish government bonds according the Fitch credit ratings agency. It said the number of… 23/05/2012
Greece could say goodbye to the euro What was once dismissed as unthinkable is now talked about openly. Greece could leave the euro. In fact US bank Citigroup puts the chances of an exit within… 14/05/2012
Draghi holds his fire – but for how long? Several weeks ago, ECB president Mario Draghi told a German newspaper that the worst of the euro debt crisis was over, but it seems things have not gone… 04/05/2012
ECB: Europe needs growth but austerity too The European Central Bank continues to resist pressure from financial markets for it to fight the sovereign debt crisis by buying Spain’s government bonds… 03/05/2012
EU inflation cools but long-term outlook uncertain Inflation slowed slightly in Europe in April; in the 17-member eurozone it is now 2.6 percent, still above the ECB’s 2 percent limit, although it is… 30/04/2012
ECB wants more effort from banks and governments European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has refused to commit to more support for banks or governments as the eurozone debt crisis enters a new phase… 25/04/2012
Spanish debt threatens fragile eurozone It was an uncomfortable week for investors. After a first quarter of an almost constantly rising share prices, markets were reminded that we are still sitting… 06/04/2012
No change in eurozone interest rates The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged at a record low of one percent on Wednesday. Recent grim economic indicators and renewed concerns… 04/04/2012
ECB warning on EU competitiveness The President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi says a growing gap in comptetitiveness between eurozone members could make it more difficult to keep… 13/03/2012
Greek debt deal: what it means If Greece had not achieved its bond swap deal the eurozone’s financial system could have been destabilised and the euro undermined. So vital was it to… 08/03/2012
ECB pumps massive funds into finance system This past week was rather like the start of spring for the finance world after a stormy winter with the help of the European Central Bank’s massive financing… 02/03/2012
Banks not using most ECB cash for loans Eurozone commercial banks may have borrowed over one trillion euros from the European Central Bank in cheap long-term loans, but they are not lending most of… 02/03/2012
Banks grab latest ECB cheap loans The European Central Bank unleashed a second round of low-interest loans to banks on Wednesday totalling 529.5 billion euros. The massive credit infusion is… 29/02/2012
‘Troika’ gives Portugal a bailout thumbs up Portugal has passed the third review by inspectors from the European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank — who said it was “on… 28/02/2012
Italy short-term borrowing costs plummet Italy’s short-term borrowing costs have fallen to their lowest in 17 months. The amount of interest Rome had to pay to sell 12.25 billion euros of six-month… 27/02/2012
Troika inspectors review Portugal bailout Portugal is the latest stop for officials from the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank on their debt crisis tour… 15/02/2012
ECB ready to help Greece by not taking bond profit European Central Bank policymakers have said that they do not want the bank to make a profit on the Greek government bonds it bought at well below face value… 15/02/2012
