ECB leaves rates unchanged, starts pulling plug on bond buysThe ECB raised interest rates to a record high earlier this year but unexpectedly benign inflation data over the past few months has all bu...
14 Dec, 2023, 06.56 PM IST
ECB to tackle excess liquidity in next stage of inflation fight -sourcesThe central bank for the 20 countries that use the euro has already raised interest rates 10 times to record levels but inflation remains w...
18 Sep, 2023, 08.32 PM IST
Central banker jargon: a decryption keyCentral bankers want to avoid another "taper tantrum", as happened in 2013, when investors panicked after the US Federal Reserve signalled ...
19 Sep, 2021, 12.36 PM IST
Dollar firm on cautious risk mood, euro looks to key ECB decisionThe dollar index stood at 92.712, having risen for the third consecutive day on Wednesday as US stocks stepped back with their high valuati...
09 Sep, 2021, 08.35 AM IST
European Central Bank's taper may not be a taper at all. Here's whyBut as investors await the latest guidance and economic forecasts from the ECB this Thursday, the nuance of its policy in this regard diffe...
08 Sep, 2021, 01.10 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
View: Far from taper, ECB could tee up another $1 trillion of QEPossible signals from Thursday's ECB policy meeting could be just as big a culprit behind the gloomy reading coming from world bonds. Anoth...
21 Jul, 2021, 02.30 PM IST
ECB's Christine Lagarde says euro zone recovery still fragileECB policymakers have started to debate when they should dial back their emergency bond purchases, which have pumped over a trillion euros ...
02 Jul, 2021, 04.22 PM IST
ECB maintains copious stimulus even as recovery takes holdThe ECB has bought around 80 billion euros worth of debt per month under Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) this quarter, up from...
10 Jun, 2021, 07.09 PM IST
Don't mention the T word: Five questions for the ECB ahead of policy meetDovish rhetoric from policymakers suggests no hurry to slow the pace of buying under the 1.85 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion) Pandemic Emerg...
07 Jun, 2021, 02.38 PM IST
ECB keeps policy rate unchanged, sees scope for reboundThe ECB is keeping borrowing costs pinned near record lows via massive bond purchases to see the 19-country currency bloc through a scarrin...
22 Apr, 2021, 09.48 PM IST
ECB ups bond buys to cap rise in yieldsFearing that rising borrowing costs could choke off growth, the ECB decided last week to boost bond purchases, hoping to keep yields except...
15 Mar, 2021, 10.13 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
Euro zone bond yields nudge lower as ECB presses pause for nowThe ECB remains on track to buy up to 1.35 trillion euros worth of debt through next June under its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (...
16 Jul, 2020, 07.55 PM IST
Muller calls for ECB to stick to 'capital key' in bond buysThe ECB scooped up all of Italy's new debt in April and May, buying well above the country's capital key quota.
10 Jun, 2020, 04.35 PM IST
German court's ECB bond-buy ruling hits southern European bondsThe decision did not apply to the ECB's PEPP coronavirus pandemic-fighting programme.
05 May, 2020, 08.57 PM IST