World finance chiefs head to IMF with a sense of déjà vuGlobal economic policymakers convene amid concerns over President Trump's actions impacting Middle East growth. The IMF warns of reduced ca...
12 Apr, 2026, 07.41 PM IST
European Central Bank is not in any hurry to change policy, accounts showEuropean Central Bank policymakers are patient on interest rates. Inflation remains near the two percent target. Projections show inflation...
22 Jan, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
ECB cuts rates, keeps next move under wrapsThe European Central Bank cut interest rates for the first time in five years, lowering the deposit rate to 3.75%. The move came in respons...
06 Jun, 2024, 06.00 PM IST
ECB keeps rates unchanged with not even a hint of rate cutsThe ECB ended its fastest ever rate-hiking cycle in September but has been adamant that even discussing a reversal would be premature, sinc...
25 Jan, 2024, 07.00 PM IST
European Central Bank raises rates to all-time high of 4%, signals end of tighteningThe central bank for the 20 countries that use the euro lifted its deposit rate to 4% from 3.75%, taking it to an all-time-high. Markets an...
14 Sep, 2023, 07.46 PM IST
ECB's Centeno says interest rate close to peaking if no new shocksHe told a conference that interest rates will rise until the ECB considers that the inflation can be brought down to its medium-term target...
06 Jan, 2023, 06.25 PM IST
Euro zone yields ease after ECB officials hint at peak in ratesSome of the world's most influential central banks hold their final policy meetings of the year next week and much of the market action ove...
06 Dec, 2022, 06.24 PM IST
ECB dials back support but signals no end to stimulusThe ECB pulled out all the stops last year as COVID-19 ravaged the economy but with growth and inflation now rebounding, policymakers have ...
09 Sep, 2021, 05.41 PM IST
ECB leaves key interest rates unchangedThe attention will now shift to efforts by European governments to jumpstart the region's pandemic-hit economy.
16 Jul, 2020, 05.50 PM IST
No phones, no leaks: How Lagarde is making her mark on ECBMeetings now start several hours earlier, leaving more time for deliberation and giving policymakers time to speak. Lagarde mostly presides...
10 Feb, 2020, 12.54 PM 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
First ECB rate hike possible in Q4 2019: Council member RehnRehn’s comments come as the ECB prepares to cap its bond-buying program by the end of the year
19 Oct, 2018, 09.05 AM IST
European Central Bank keeps rates on hold as Mario Draghi says easing is on trackThe deposit rate and the marginal lending rate stayed at minus 0.2% and 0.3%, respectively.
16 Apr, 2015, 04.47 AM IST
- ECB starts talks on promoting securitisation market
Mario Draghi said that the ECB had been working with the European Commission and European Investment Bank on initiatives to promote the mar...
02 May, 2013, 08.27 PM IST
- Crisis stings ECB policy as Trichet enters final yr
Jean-Claude Trichet’s final year at the helm of the European Central Bank may be his toughest yet as widening economic divergences within t...
14 Jan, 2011, 06.23 AM IST
- ECB to keep collateral rules into 2011: Trichet
ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said the bank will leave emergency collateral rules in place into 2011, softening his stance as Greece st...
26 Mar, 2010, 03.14 AM IST
- Trichet may ditch rate rise as Europe inflation surges
European prices are accelerating at the fastest rate in two years. Jean-Claude Trichet may abandon the European Central Bank’s drive to rai...
06 Nov, 2007, 03.42 AM IST