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ECB looks to banks to deliver quantitative easing on its behalf
FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is hoping a new round of long-term loans will be used by banks to drive down borrowing costs - a substitute for an...
To avoid rate cut backfiring, banks will need incentive from ECB
By Paul Carrel and Laura Noonan FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is gearing up to charge banks for depositing with it, something that will require careful manoeuvring if...
ECB to ease stress test for Franco-Belgian Dexia
DUBLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - ECB officials agreed on Thursday that Franco-Belgian bank Dexia would not have to prove it could withstand a financial crisis in a Europe-wide stress test, reducing the...
ECB readies package of rate cuts and targeted measures
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is preparing a package of policy options for its June meeting, including cuts in all its interest rates and targeted measures aimed at...
ECB hardliner Weidmann comes in from the cold as deflation threatens
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - As recently as last November, Jens Weidmann steadfastly opposed any move by the European Central Bank to print money to buy assets and buoy the euro zone...
Bundesbank says ‘low-flation’ high on agenda at IMF meeting
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Persistently low inflation in the euro zone and the resulting risks for the global economy will feature high on the agenda of the spring meetings of the...
Draghi holds course in face of deflation threat
FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Meeting students at the University of Amsterdam in April last year, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi extolled the virtues of courage, recalling a story his father...
Draghi holds course in face of deflation threat
FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Meeting students at the University of Amsterdam in April last year, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi extolled the virtues of courage, recalling a story his father...
ECB seen holding off policy action after Fed reprieve
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymakers meeting on Wednesday are likely to hold off policy action for now but keep open the options of an interest rate cut or...
Insight: ECB drops old philosophy but is short of new options
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's vow last week to keep record-low interest rates "at present or lower levels for an extended period" is a big philosophical shift for...