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Eurozone interest rates kept on hold at 0.75%
The European Central Bank (ECB) has left eurozone interest rates unchanged at 0.75%, as had been widely expected. Many analysts do not expect the...
Asian shares, euro pause ahead of ECB decision
Asian shares and the euro paused from recent gains on Thursday, as investors awaited the European Central Bank's policy meeting later in the day...
Europe seeks to end discord over banking union
An impasse over plans for the European Central Bank to supervise banks, the European Union’s most ambitious financial reform, takes centre stage at a...
Dollar climbs vs euro on US jobs data; Fed eyed
The dollar had soared immediately after the headline data for November stoked speculation that the U.S. central bank may opt for a smaller stimulus...
Greek debt could go above 140 percent of GDP in 2020,...
Greece’s second international bailout in March was supposed to make its debt sustainable by 2020, falling to 116.5 percent of economic output, but two...
ECB’s Weidmann urges honest troika report on Greece: paper
The ECB Governing Council member and Bundesbank chief said international lenders must still make an “unembellished and honest” assessment of the country’s finances.
“Politicians have...
Europe’s Plan A
Europe’s politicians nowadays are desperately looking for someone to blame for the euro crisis. Germany blames France, and vice versa. Even lawyers are getting...
ECB head defends euro strategy in German parliament
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi was to defend his euro-crisis strategy in the German parliament on Wednesday after his plan to buy bonds...
As tension eases, EU summit mulls eurozone redesign
EU leaders will go into a brainstorming session Thursday in the first of three summits being held before Christmas in the hope of ending...
Merkel defends ECB after German outcry
ECB President Mario Draghi unveiled plans on Thursday for potentially unlimited purchases of bonds of up to three years maturity issued by countries that...
IMF wants role in ECB bond-buying plan: Lagarde
The International Monetary Fund wants a role in the "design and monitoring" of a new European Central Bank sovereign bond-buying scheme, the IMF chief...
ECB meets to discuss new anti-crisis measures
The European Central Bank sits down for its regular monthly policy meeting Thursday amid hopes it will unveil new measures to cure the eurozone's...
Dollar gains as ECB meeting looms
The US dollar strengthened Tuesday despite the release of glum manufacturing data as traders geared up for the possibility of more easing this week...
End of summer to bring volume; all eyes on ECB
On Friday, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the central bank stands ready to bolster the economy if necessary, although he stopped...
US, European shares rise on ECB report, euro trims losses
Stocks had earlier come under pressure on worries about Greece and uncertainty over how Europe will address Spain’s debt crisis. Speculation has grown in...
Spain wants to have the cake, eat it and yet ask...
There can be no limit set or at least (the ECB) can’t say how much they will use or for how long,” when it...
Asian markets higher on hopes for ECB bond-buying
Asian markets rose Tuesday on hopes the European Central Bank will soon restart its sovereign bond-buying scheme, but gains were capped by profit-taking after...
