Euro zone private loans contract, pressuring ECB to act
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Loans to the euro zone's private sector contracted for the 12th month in a row in April, raising pressure on the European Central Bank to take fresh...
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ECB says bank stress has eased but warns of market ‘disconnect’
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Tensions in the euro zone's financial system have eased, but risks remain and governments and banks must keep strengthening the banking sector, the European Central Bank said...
Fed’s Bullard recommends euro zone consider QE
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official urged the European Central Bank on Tuesday to consider employing a U.S.-style quantitative easing program to counter slowing inflation and recession in...
Fed officials dampen talk of imminent bond buying cutback
NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Two senior Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday played down the chances that the central bank would signal a readiness to reduce its bond buying at its...
Analysis: ECB struggles with “D” word as price rises slow – even fall
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Modeled on the hawkish, inflation-fighting Bundesbank, the European Central Bank is used to focusing on containing price rises rather than worrying about them increasing too slowly -...
Analysis: ECB prepared to let Cyprus go, protect others
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is prepared to cut off funding to Cyprus and let the Mediterranean island succumb to financial meltdown if it has to, confident it...
Lawmakers target ECB to stop Iran from using euros
WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are crafting a bill designed to stop the European Central Bank from handling business from the Iranian government, a congressional aide said on Thursday, an...
Lawmakers target ECB to stop Iran from using euros
WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are crafting a bill designed to stop the European Central Bank from handling business from the Iranian government, a congressional aide said on Thursday, an...
Banks to make big early payback of ECB crisis cash
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Banks will repay more than 130 billion euros of crisis loans to the European Central Bank next week, handing more cash back early than expected in a...
Looser bank buffer rules no panacea for Europe woes
FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - A move by global regulators to give banks more time and flexibility to build up cash reserves will do little to support a recovery in Europe, where...