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Economy

Eurozone to get its first interest rate hike in 11 years next month

The European Central Bank will hike interest rates in July in a bid to tame inflation.

Economy

Watch: What is inflation and what can be done about it?

Inflation is at a record high across the world.

World News

How is Europe preparing for cyberattacks?

Contingency plans are being drawn up and scenarios tested to see how Europe could withstand any cyberattacks amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Economy

Europe faces tough call on stimulus amid omicron fears

The European Central Bank is being pulled two ways: It's caught between a scheduled end of its pandemic stimulus and growing alarm about the new omicron variant of the coronavirus.

16 December 2021

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Economy

Eurozone finance ministers celebrate 20 years of European currency

Eurozone finance ministers celebrate 20 years of European currency

7 December 2021

Money

Euro banknotes set for first full redesign in 20 years

The European Central Bank will create focus groups to create a shortlist of potential themes for the new euro banknotes.

6 December 2021

Economy

EU and US central banks signal 'not just yet' to interest rate hikes

ECB President Christine Lagarde said an increase to policy rates next year is 'very unlikely'.

4 November 2021

World News

Soaring energy prices push Europe's inflation to decade high

Inflation in the Euro area reached 3.4% in September, its highest level since 2008, boosted by a jolting 17.4% increase in energy prices.

Earth News

Climate change protest in Frankfurt targets financial sector

In Germany hundreds of protesters marched past the European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt to challenge the role the financial sector plays in climate change.

Money

Everything you need to know about the ECB’s new e-euro

The European Central Bank has grand plans to create a digital version of the euro to rival Bitcoin and government-backed cryptocurrencies. Is there any space left for it?

World News

Europe's central bank will allow higher inflation to hit climate goals

The bank said it would do more to take the impact of climate change into its monetary policy, saying that global warming could have “profound implications” for price stability.

Tech News

Euroviews. Central bank digital currencies: a hammer in search of a nail?

CBDCs are on the rise, as regulators fight back against decentralised finance. But as leading economists from Globesec argue, they're a solution in search of a problem.

Europe News

Brussels begins legal action against Germany over ECB ruling

The case relates to a May 2020 ruling issued by the German constitutional court that challenged the competences of both the European Central Bank and the European Court of Justice.

Europe News

Europe's recovery must focus on investment, says ECB chief

Christine Lagarde told European lawmakers on Monday that the recovery from the pandemic needs to focus on investment.

8 February 2021

Economy

Coronavirus downturn helps accelerate move to green economy, says ECB

"The fact we have this downturn does create some room for accelerating what needed to happen anyway: the green deal and digitisation," said the ECB's chief economist Philip Lane.

21 October 2020

Economy

Europe's recovery uncertain amid COVID-19 second wave, says ECB chief

"The second wave of the epidemic in Europe, particularly in France, and the new restrictive measures that accompany it add to [the] uncertainty," said Christine Lagarde, head of the European Central Bank.

19 October 2020

Money

A digital euro? ECB assessing safe alternatives to cryptocurrencies

According to the central bank, some 79 per cent of all euro area payments at points of sale are still cash transactions, amounting to more than half of the total value of all payments.

Economy

ECB nearly doubles stimulus programme to tackle virus economic fallout

As the ECB pumps more money into the Eurozone economy to prop up businesses with cheap credit, President Christine Lagarde warns that the speed and scale of the recovery are "highly uncertain".

Europe News

Counting coronavirus funds: a look at EU's plans for the recovery

Ahead of Commission's announcement on the recovery fund and EU budget to fight the economic fallout of the pandemic, we look at what the EU has put forward so far to help European countries rebound from the crisis.

Germany

Euroviews. The German Constitutional Court struck a blow to EU integration. This is how we can save it ǀ View

In a single decision, the German Constitutional Court struck two blows at the heart of European integration: its common currency and the primacy of EU law. The next weeks will tell us whether it will lead to disintegration or further integration.