ECB keeping eye on euro exchange rate: Liikanen
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The European Central Bank keeps a close eye on the euro exchange rate to see how it affects inflation, and it stands ready to act if the...
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ECB’s Praet says euro fx rate within normal range
MUNICH (Reuters) - The euro is trading within a relatively normal band in foreign exchange markets at the moment, European Central Bank Executive Board member Peter Praet said on Tuesday,...
ECB’s Draghi seen pushing credibility of low rates promise
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Keeping rates on hold will be the easy part of the European Central Bank meeting on Thursday: the harder job will be chief Mario Draghi having to...
Debt crisis hits demand for euro as reserve currency
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Countries around the world cut back on their holdings of euros as a percentage of foreign exchange reserves last year as the sovereign debt crisis kept investors...
Analysis: Creeping mistrust stops euro zone banks lending to peers across bloc
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone banks are refusing to lend to peers in other countries in the common currency bloc, signaling a worrying fall in confidence that appears to have...
Rise in German investor morale points to modest recovery
MANNHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - German analyst and investor sentiment rose for a second straight month in June, a leading survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting Europe's largest economy is on track...
ECB seen holding rates as it waits for euro zone recovery
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is expected to keep its main interest rate at a record low 0.5 percent on Thursday but tweaks to its economic forecasts may...
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...
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...
ECB says has tools left to act if needed
AACHEN, Germany/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank still has room to maneuver should the euro zone economy continue to worsen after it cut interest rates to a new record...