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The European Central Bank faces a difficult situation as it needs to decide whether to resort to a more monetary stimulus or whether to take smaller steps to address the current risks. The euro was one of the best performing currencies, up 8% against the dollar so far while it …

The European Central Bank warned in its latest review of financial stability that European banks will not see profits return to pre-pandemic levels before 2022. Euro-zone lenders have struggled to make big profits over the past decade in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, with stronger regulatory scrutiny …

Board member of the European Central Bank (ECB), Isabel Schnabel, said on Monday that the ECB needs to monitor the growing role of shadow banks. “Unlike banks, these market participants often do not have access to central bank operations.”“Were the transmission across money market rates to weaken, or rates to …

The President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, said on Thursday that she expects inflation in the Eurozone will likely remain in the negative territory into early 2021. This comes amid renewed lockdown and preventive measures across the European continent to curb the spread of the new wave …

The European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde added to her earlier comments and said that PEPP was targeted to be temporary, exceptional. Lagarde was speaking at the ECON Committee of the European Parliament (by videoconference). By definition ECB won’t go bankrupt or run out of money.ECB is extremely attentive …

The President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, said on Tuesday that an effective Coronavirus vaccine will not change the bank’s economic projections. “I’m not sure that is going to be a major game-changer for our forecasts, simply because what we had anticipated in our baseline was that …

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, is delivering her remarks at the ECB Forum on Central Banking 2020. “Developments in the exchange rate may have a negative impact on the path of inflation.”“If this second wave of the virus proves to be less intense than the first, it …

The Governor of the Bank of Finland, Olli Rehn, said on Monday that the European Central Bank (ECB) needs to continuously review its strategy. “I would consider it a good idea that going forward we would review the ECB’s monetary policy strategy regularly, for instance every five years.”“We have detached …

At its monetary policy meeting held on October 29th, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to leave the interest rates on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.50%, respectively, as …

Goldman Sachs expects the board of the European Central Bank (ECB) to lower their inflation projections for 2020-2021. This comes in light of the large downside surprise in August inflation and the appreciation of the Euro (EUR). As for inflation expectations for 2022, they are forecasted to remain unchanged. Moreover, …