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  • 13/03/2012 | World

    ECB Draghi: 'We are alert to the risk of inflation although it's not materializing'

    European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said today that the euro zone's economy appears to be stabilizing but inflation risks were not currently materializing as a large output gap remained.

  • 04/04/2012 | World

    ECB's Draghi: Exit strategy talk is premature

    ECB President Mario Draghi said today that the euro zone inflation outlook did not warrant a retreat from loose monetary policy given the poor state of the bloc's economy.

  • 03/05/2012 | World

    Wall Street drops, European shares end flat on ECB, US data

    US stocks fell as economic data sent mixed signals on the recovery a day before the April payrolls report. Meanwhile, European equities erased early gains to close broadly flat.

  • 29/02/2012 | World

    Banks gorge on 530 billion euros of ECB 3-year funds

    Banks grabbed 530 billion euros at the European Central Bank's second offering of cheap three-year funds today, fuelling hopes that more credit will flow to businesses and government borrowing costs will ease further.

  • 08/03/2012 | World

    European Central Bank holds rates at 1%

    The European Central Bank held interest rates at 1.0 percent for the third month running today, pausing to assess the impact of a dramatic sweep of measures that has unsettled some at the bank.

  • 08/03/2012 | World

    European Central Bank slashes euro zone's growth forecast

    The European Central Bank lowered its euro zone growth forecast after holding interest rates at record lows today, and said things would have been much worse without its dramatic action to pump a trillion euros into the banking system.

  • 20/01/2012 | World

    Greece debt swap talks drag into weekend

    Greece and its creditors will continue negotiations on a debt swap on Saturday, after late-night talks edged them closer to a vital deal but failed to clinch an agreement.

  • 27/01/2012 | World

    ECB's Draghi: liquidity measures avert euro zone crunch

    The European Central Bank's loans to banks have averted a major credit crunch but credit remains seriously impaired in parts of the euro area, ECB President Mario Draghi said at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

  • 09/02/2012 | World

    ECB's Draghi sees some signs of euro zone stabilisation

    Tentative signs of stabilisation in the euro zone economy remained over the past month but uncertainty remains high, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said today after the ECB held interest rates at a record low of 1.0 percent.

  • 08/12/2011 | World

    European Central Bank cuts rates to record low on recession fears

    The European Central Bank cut interest rates by a quarter of a point today to counter the twin threats of recession and deflation in the euro zone, and is expected to unveil fresh measures to help banks hurt by the bloc's debt crisis.

  • 21/12/2011 | World

    Banks take 489 billion euros in 3-year ECB loans

    Europe's banks borrowed nearly 490 billion euros from the European Central Bank at its first-ever offer of three-year loans today, encouraging demand for the euro and stocks on hopes the funding will ease the two-year old debt crisis.

  • 11/01/2012 | World

    Fitch ratings: ECB must do more to prevent 'cataclysmic' euro collapse

    The European Central Bank should ramp up its buying of troubled euro zone debt to support Italy and prevent a "cataclysmic" collapse of the euro, David Riley, the head of sovereign ratings for Fitch, said today.

  • 24/11/2011 | World

    Sarkozy, Merkel agree to stop sniping on ECB crisis

    France and Germany agreed today to stop arguing in public over whether the European Central Bank should do more to rescue the euro zone from a deepening sovereign debt crisis.

  • 30/11/2011 | World

    Italy PM says to meet budget goal, not seeking IMF aid

    Prime Minister Mario Monti pledged measures to ensure that Italy meets its goal of balancing the budget even if economic prospects worsen, and said no approach for help had been made to the International Monetary Fund.

  • 06/12/2011 | World

    Geithner backs EU crisis plan, stresses ECB role

    US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner threw his weight behind a Franco-German plan to tackle the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis and said the European Central Bank had to play a major role in any solution.

  • 16/11/2011 | World

    France, Germany clash over ECB crisis role

    France and Germany, Europe's two central powers, clashed over whether the European Central Bank should intervene more forcefully to halt the euro zone's accelerating debt crisis after modest bond purchases failed to calm markets.

  • 17/11/2011 | World

    Greek protests as France, Spain face squeeze

    More than 30,000 Greeks took to the streets of Athens in a protest rally that marked the first public test for a new national unity government that must impose painful spending cuts and tax rises if the country is to escape bankruptcy.

  • 23/11/2011 | World

    Germany and France clash again over ECB role in euro crisis

    Germany and France clashed today over whether the ECB should take bolder steps to stem the euro zone debt crisis, with Chancellor Angela Merkel issuing one of her starkest warnings yet against fiddling with the central bank's strict inflation-fighting mandate.

  • 26/10/2011 | World

    Eurozone aims to ramp up rescue fund, details deferred

    Euro zone leaders intend to multiply the capacity of their rescue fund around fourfold to one trillion euros but details of how they plan to draw a line under Europe's worsening debt crisis will not be nailed until next month, sources said.

  • 03/11/2011 | World

    ECB cuts rates to 1.25% in surprise move

    The European Central Bank cut its main interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.25 percent as the euro zone's worsening debt crisis outweighed the concern over persistently high inflation.

  • 16/11/2011 | World

    European Central Bank steps in to counter bond rout

    The European Central Bank stepped in to stem an accelerating sell-off of euro zone government bonds today, traders said, after the United States called for more decisive action to halt a spreading sovereign debt crisis.

  • 11/10/2011 | World

    Trichet warns euro zone's sovereign debt crisis has become systemic

    European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet issued the dramatic warning as chairman of the European Systemic Risk Board, created to avoid a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis, amid growing fears that Greece will default on its massive debt.

  • 14/10/2011 | World

    US rejects plan to strengthen IMF in euro zone crisis

    Proposals to double the size of the IMF as part of a broader international response to Europe's debt crisis immediately ran into resistance from the United States and others, burying the idea for now and firmly putting the onus back on Europe.

  • 25/10/2011 | World

    ECB row, Italy flare on eve of euro rescue summit

    A flare-up over the European Central Bank and political turmoil in Italy kept the euro zone on edge on the eve of a summit meant to confront the currency bloc's worsening sovereign debt crisis.

  • 28/09/2011 | World

    EU's Barroso calls on ECB to do whatever it takes in crisis

    European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso urged the European Central Bank to do everything in its power to maintain financial stability in the euro zone, saying the EU faced the biggest challenge in its 50-year history.

  • 06/10/2011 | World

    ECB holds rates, new liquidity help eyed

    The European Central Bank kept interest rates on hold today as broadly expected and is expected to launch a set of fresh liquidity measures to help banks to weather the euro zone's worsening debt storm.

  • 06/10/2011 | World

    Trichet sees intensified downside risks to growth

    Downside risks to economic growth in the euro zone have intensified, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said today, taking a slightly more gloomy view than a month ago.

  • 14/09/2011 | World

    Italy parliament gives final approval to austerity plan

    The Italian parliament gave final approval to a much-altered austerity plan aimed at stemming a debt crisis engulfing the euro zone's third largest economy.

  • 15/09/2011 | World

    Major central banks expand dollar operations

    Major central banks around the world will cooperate to offer three-month US dollar loans to commercial banks in order to prevent money markets from freezing up because of Europe's sovereign debt crisis.

  • 19/09/2011 | World

    Greece inches closer to deal on aid

    Greece hopes to clinch a deal with its lenders on Tuesday for continued aid funding, an official said, after it pledged to take on as much austerity as needed to avoid a default that could trigger deeper turmoil on already shaky global markets.

  • 05/09/2011 | World

    ECB tells EU to step up reforms, says bond-buying temporary

    The current and incoming head of the European Central Bank demanded that European governments quickly implement a strengthening of a regional bailout fund and press ahead with wider reforms.

  • 08/09/2011 | World

    ECB holds rates as recession fears mount

    The European Central Bank held interest rates at 1.5 percent today and is likely to indicate that a policy tightening cycle it began in April is on hold in the face of growing evidence the euro zone's economic recovery is losing momentum.

  • 13/09/2011 | World

    Italy austerity nears approval as pressure mounts

    Italy's lower house of parliament is expected to approve the centre-right government's much revised austerity plan on Wednesday as Rome struggles to stem a financial market crisis now threatening the whole euro zone.

  • 05/08/2011 | World

    US, European leaders hold crisis talks

    US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed to consider further steps to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over his harsh crackdown on protests, the White House said.

  • 08/08/2011 | World

    European Central Bank backs Italy, Spain in bid to halt euro crisis

    The European Central Bank intervened dramatically in bond markets today, backing up a verbal pledge to support Spain and Italy with action in an attempt to avert a financial meltdown in the euro zone.

  • 01/09/2011 | World

    US has 'enormous' debt problem: ECB's Stark

    A debt crisis is still gripping the developed world, European Central Bank policymaker Juergen Stark said, adding there was no alternative but for countries to take painful steps to consolidate their public finances.

  • 05/05/2011 | World

    ECB keeps rates unchanged at 1.25%

    The European Central Bank kept euro zone interest rates on hold as expected leaving markets focused on whether Jean-Claude Trichet will flag a June hike by declaring the bank is in a state of "strong vigilance."

  • 04/08/2011 | World

    ECB keeps rates at 1.5% as expected

    "I would expect Trichet to try to raise the probability that they may intervene (in bond markets) but no more than that," said Deutsche Bank economist Gilles Moec.

  • 04/08/2011 | World

    European Union calls for re-assessment of bailout funds

    Today, the European Commission called for a re-assessment of all elements of the euro zone's current and future bailout funds, including size, to persuade markets the euro zone can respond to the debt crisis.

  • 20/12/2010 | World

    ECB's Trichet: Ireland must stick to bailout plan

    European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet said euro zone countries must do more individually and collectively to combat the bloc's debt crisis, and Ireland must stick "rigorously" to its bailout plan.

  • 07/04/2011 | World

    ECB raises interest rates to 1.25%

    The European Central Bank raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 1.25 percent, announcing its first hike since July 2008 to counter firming inflation pressures in the 17-countryeuro zone.

  • 02/05/2011 | World

    ECB's Trichet: financial crisis is not over

    The financial crisis is not over and the economic environment remains demanding, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said. Trichet added that the ECB would continue to separate its non-standard policy measures - liquidity injections and bond purchases - from its standard measures, such as its interest rates.


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