Tag: Ecb

ECB ready to break ground in crisis fight: analysts

The European Central Bank has broken new ground in the eurozone crisis with hints that it could start unlimited buying of stricken member states'...

ECB saves Greece from bankruptcy by securing emergency loans-paper

The ECB’s Governing Council agreed at its meeting on Thursday to increase the upper limit for the amount of Greek short-term loans the Bank...

Euro stays weak in Asia after ECB disappointment

The euro stayed bearish against other currencies in Asia trade Friday after taking a hit from the European Central Bank's announcement of no immediate...

Euro stays weak in Asia after ECB let-down

The euro remained under pressure in Asian trade Friday after suffering a sell-off by investors disappointed by European Central Bank's lack of action to...

Markets look for bold ECB action on euro crisis

Markets were hoping for strong action from the European Central Bank to quell the eurozone crisis on Thursday when it holds what one analyst...

ECB should do more to solve euro zone crisis

The European Central Bank should do more to solve the eurozone debt crisis, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said in an interview on German...

ECB cuts key rate quarter point to record low 0.75%

The European Central Bank cut its key interest rates to all-time lows Thursday in a bid to keep up the positive momentum after EU...

Shares ease from rally, euro stressed before ECB decision

A rally in Asian shares fizzled out on Thursday as markets marked time before the European Central Bank's policy decision later in the day,...

ECB to take all necessary measures for prices: Noyer

Europe’s central bank will take “all necessary measures” to stabilise prices, and banks and governments should see its recent exceptional measures as a “window...

Kaneria ‘unaware’ of ECB corruption hearing

Former Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria said Friday he was in the dark about a disciplinary hearing in Britain over corruption that led to the...

ECB offers amnesty to match-fixer Westfield

English cricket chiefs have offered an amnesty to players to report past match-fixing approaches after former Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield pleaded guilty to spot-fixing...

Economic cost of leaving euro zone and the global impact

Euro is not an economic currency but a political currency fighting for its survival. Visiting economic history, the possibility of the break up of...

Sarkozy to press Merkel on ECB after bond fiasco

France pressed Germany on Thursday to let the European Central Bank act decisively to halt a stampede out of euro zone government bond markets...

Zaka Ashraf welcomes ECB chief’s remarks

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf has welcomed the England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke remarks on spot-fixing. In a television interview,...

‘Like giving vodka to a drunk’

Europeans protesting the vodka-for-drunk like club med bailout seem to have finally struck a chord with the union’s supreme lending authority as Chancellor Merkel...

ECB steps up pressure on Italy as debt worries grow

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet told Italy's struggling center-right government to deliver on its promised austerity package, adding to international pressure on weakened...

Italy offers reform for ECB support

Italy buckled to world pressure in a bid to halt a market rout endangering the global economy, pledging to speed up austerity measures and...