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
Stimulus or bust: Investors staying out of China until the spending startsModest interest rate cuts and vague promises of support for debt-mired property developers have failed to restore sentiment, and fund manag...
25 Aug, 2023, 08.19 AM IST
The Fed has paused. How long will Europe's central bank keep raising rates in a shaky economy?The European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates by a quarter-percentage point on Thursday as inflation continues to plague co...
15 Jun, 2023, 02.24 PM IST
Futures sink as Credit Suisse woes weigh on banksContracts on the S&P 500 sank about 2%. The 10-year Treasury yield plummeted below 3.5% after data showed wholesale prices in the US unexpe...
15 Mar, 2023, 07.31 PM IST
European Central Bank may have to cool growth to control inflation, Lagarde saysAt 1.5%, the ECB's deposit rate is not far from the so-called neutral rate, where the bank is neither stimulating nor holding back growth. ...
18 Nov, 2022, 04.45 PM IST
ECB poised for big rate hike in face of record inflationThe ECB was unlikely to raise its rates "with the explicit goal of strengthening the currency", said Frederik Ducrozet, head of macroeconom...
06 Sep, 2022, 12.25 AM IST
Reflation rethink sends bond markets into a spinPrices on US 10-year Treasuries have shot up, pushing yields down 8 basis points on Tuesday in their second biggest daily drop of 2021. The...
08 Jul, 2021, 11.07 AM IST
Shaken but not stirred: Bond markets may weather hawkish Fed for nowYet unusual short-term supply and demand dynamics and strong global demand for safe-haven bonds, squeezed by an acceleration of money-print...
17 Jun, 2021, 10.33 PM IST
The European Central Bank is launching proposals for a 'digital euro', here's whyThe move comes as the pandemic accelerates a shift away from cash, and as policymakers nervously eye the rise of private cryptocurrencies l...
11 Oct, 2020, 11.04 AM IST
ECB's Lagarde takes benign view on growth, euro strengthWhile warning that a second wave of coronavirus infections represented "headwinds", Lagarde announced a slight upgrade in the bank's 2020 g...
10 Sep, 2020, 10.00 PM IST
Europe's top economies falter as new virus clouds outlookGrowth in both nations sputtered in 2019, with output actually shrinking for Germany in the April-June quarter and for France in October-De...
07 Feb, 2020, 04.28 PM IST
Draghi studies Fed exit as ECB’s guide on what to do and avoidFed’s experience provides both a blueprint and a cautionary tale for ECB president.
31 Mar, 2018, 10.32 AM IST
Mr Urjit Patel, are you listening? Here's what RBI can learn from its global peersFormer chief Raghuram Rajan said last month that India’s six-member monetary policy committee will bring a balance of views to the 81-year-...
26 Sep, 2016, 02.22 PM IST
- ECB also stands by Greece, waives collateral norms
The European Central Bank joined the international rescue of Greece, saying it would indefinitely accept the country’s debt as collateral r...
04 May, 2010, 04.17 AM IST
- Subprime shockwaves ripples the banking sector
Two month after the eruption of the subprime crisis, tension persists in the banking system despite repeated action by central banks to soo...
27 Sep, 2007, 09.09 PM IST