Dollar poised for steep weekly fall, dollar-yen snaps below 150Cooler-than-expected U.S. inflation data on Tuesday and Wednesday reset market expectations for how soon the Federal Reserve will cut rates...
17 Nov, 2023, 09.40 PM IST
EU inflation eased last month, revised data showRevised data shows that euro-area inflation slowed in August, supporting the European Central Bank's view that no further interest-rate hik...
19 Sep, 2023, 11.20 PM IST
Stubborn inflation in Germany, Spain keeps ECB on data alertConsumer prices in Germany, the region's biggest economy, rose 6.4% in August from a year earlier, exceeding the median estimate of 6.3% in...
30 Aug, 2023, 11.13 PM IST
Gold gains support from a dip in US dollar, bond yieldsThe U.S. dollar dipped against a basket of major currencies, while benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yields moved further away from their hig...
29 Aug, 2023, 07.51 AM IST
Gold prices ease as market focus turns to US Fed meetingMarkets are pricing in a 53% chance that the U.S. policymakers will hold their benchmark lending rate in the current 4.50%-4.75% range at t...
21 Mar, 2023, 08.01 AM IST
ECB hawks press case for more rate hikes to fight dogged inflationThe comments from the central bank chiefs of Austria and Belgium backed up remarks a day earlier from two fellow hawks - their Slovakian an...
18 Mar, 2023, 09.04 PM IST
Euro zone short-dated yields keep on risingThe move up in yields came after Austrian central bank governor Holzmann, a hawkish member of the ECB's governing council, told German busi...
06 Mar, 2023, 10.34 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
ECB needs 'significant' rate hike in September: French central bank chief VilleroyThe ECB raised rates by 50 basis points to zero in July to fight inflation that is now approaching double-digit territory and another such ...
27 Aug, 2022, 11.43 PM 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
Sensex pares early gains: Key factors driving the marketBenchmark indices hit fresh highs, proving the sceptics wrong. However, even while enjoying the party, investors should be prepared for a s...
01 Sep, 2021, 02.36 PM IST
Gold steady on caution ahead of US jobs dataSpot gold was steady at $1,813.93 per ounce by 0109 GMT. US gold futures were down 0.2% to $1,815.10.
01 Sep, 2021, 08.17 AM 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 says it has more firepower to fight crisisMarkets have questioned whether ECB has any potent tools left should the virus crisis deepen.
18 Mar, 2020, 04.10 PM IST
Follow the Fed? Why central banks aren’t rushing with quick responseNo major central bank has yet matched the Fed’s emergency rate cut.
05 Mar, 2020, 09.16 AM IST
What Lagarde’s ECB review can tackle, from inflation to climateShift too abruptly, and the central bank could face criticism that it’s cherry-picking the data to help reach the target earlier.
02 Dec, 2019, 08.54 AM IST
ECB dispute goes public as governors spar over Draghi's QE moveThe public airing of grievances highlights tensions among policy makers.
14 Sep, 2019, 11.25 AM IST