ECB doves to push for rate cut in Oct, hawks to dig inEuropean Central Bank policy doves are advocating for an interest rate cut next month following weaker-than-expected economic data. This mo...
26 Sep, 2024, 01.33 PM IST
ECB cannot commit to rate path even after first cut, says LagardeThe European Central Bank cannot commit to a pre-set number of interest rate cuts even after it starts reducing borrowing costs as the pace...
20 Mar, 2024, 07.00 PM IST
Dollar ticks up, US inflation data tops this week's billThe dollar edged higher on Monday as a holiday in most major Asian markets subdued the start of what could turn into a busy week, with all ...
12 Feb, 2024, 09.29 PM IST
ECB tipped to hike rates again, as Fed hits pauseThe European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates again on Thursday, making this the eighth consecutive rise. Although the Euro...
15 Jun, 2023, 03.37 PM IST
ECB tipped to hike rates again, as Fed hits pauseA 0.25-percentage-point hike "looks like a done deal", Capital Economics economist Jack Allen-Reynolds said. More interesting to investors ...
15 Jun, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
Euro zone bond yields mixed close to multi-year highs, eyes on dataIn a second day in Congress on Wednesday, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reaffirmed his message for potentially faster interest r...
09 Mar, 2023, 07.57 PM IST
ECB policymakers converging on end-point for rate hikesThe central bank for the 20 countries that share the euro has raised interest rates by a combined 3 percentage points since July, the most ...
03 Feb, 2023, 08.22 PM IST
Euro zone bond yields little changed after hawkish ECB commentsECB policymaker Robert Holzmann also said on Friday he expects at least two interest-rate increases of 50 bps each in the first half of thi...
23 Jan, 2023, 02.40 PM IST
Asian shares slip, yen steady ahead of Bank of Japan meetingThe focus now shifts to the monetary policy decision due on Friday from the Bank of Japan, the holdout "dove" among the world's major centr...
28 Oct, 2022, 08.40 AM IST
5 world market themes for the week aheadHot on the heels of the Federal Reserve, British, euro area and Australian central banks are lining up to meet next week. The Bank of Engla...
29 Jan, 2022, 10.58 AM IST
Yen and euro under pressure ahead of central bank meetingsThe yen and euro were on the backfoot in early trading on Thursday as traders looked for possible catalysts from policy meetings by the Ban...
28 Oct, 2021, 08.31 AM IST
Pre-ECB jitters knock 1% off European stocksThe Europe-focussed STOXX 600 index fell 1.3%, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 and Asian stocks on worries abo...
08 Sep, 2021, 02.31 PM IST
Life after the ECB? The tapering debate beginsThe ECB has provided record monetary support for the euro zone since the start of the pandemic. But economic growth in the bloc is now soli...
07 Sep, 2021, 08.42 AM IST
Life after the European Central Bank? The tapering debate beginsFurthermore, the ECB has undershot its inflation target for almost a decade, so investors are already doubting its commitment, making the w...
06 Sep, 2021, 04.43 PM IST
5 world market themes for the week aheadMany developed economies are pondering tapering emergency stimulus but China has just added more money to its banking system and there's an...
17 Jul, 2021, 04.31 PM IST
When is a crisis no longer a crisis? A dilemma for the ECBThe ECB's 1.85 trillion euro emergency asset purchase scheme will continue until the "crisis phase" of the pandemic is over -- a deliberate...
01 Jul, 2021, 02.25 PM IST
ECB signals faster money-printing to keep lid on yieldsConcerned that a rise in bond yields could derail a recovery across the 19 countries that share the euro, the ECB said it would use its 1.8...
11 Mar, 2021, 10.05 PM IST