Following the European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision to keep its key rates and €1,350 of (PEPP) unchanged, Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, is delivering her remarks on the monetary policy outlook in a press conference. “ECB sees 2020 GDP at -8.0% (vs -8.7% seen in June).”“ECB sees 2021 GDP growth at 5% …
Read More »Lagarde Speech: Incoming Info Suggest Strong Rebound
Following the European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision to keep its key rates and €1,350 of (PEPP) unchanged, Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, is delivering her remarks on the monetary policy outlook in a press conference. “Rebound broadly in line with previous expectations.”“Level of activity well below pre-COVID levels.”“Strength of …
Read More »Lagarde Speech: Appreciation of Euro Puts Negative Pressure on Prices
Following the European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision to keep its key rates and €1,350 of (PEPP) unchanged, Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, is delivering her remarks on the monetary policy outlook in a press conference. “In the near term, price pressures to remain subdued.”“Euro appreciation to contribute to subdued …
Read More »ECB Leaves Key Rates Unchanged in September
At its monetary policy meeting held on September10th, 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 expected. …
Read More »ECB Warns Banks Against Dividends
According to a Bloomberg survey of economists, the European Central Bank (ECB) will continue with its verbal intervention while keeping rates on hold this week. “The currency’s 10% jump since coronavirus lockdowns started in March makes ECB President Christine Lagarde’s job harder by putting downward pressure on inflation. Combined with …
Read More »Eurozone Inflation Turns Negative in August
The inflation rate in the euro area turned negatively last month for the first time since May 2016, increasing the chances of the European Central Bank pumping more stimulus for higher prices that had not reached the target set for more than seven years. The annual inflation rate in 19 …
Read More »ECB’s Kazimir: There’s a Room to Wait for More Reliable Data
Peter Kazimir, a member of the European Central Bank’s governing council, said the eurozone economy is growing according to the path the European Central Bank expected in June, so policy makers still have room to wait for hard, more detailed data. Initially, it seemed that the Eurozone economy was recovering …
Read More »ECB’s Lane: Committed to Providing Stimulus Needed
The European Central Bank (ECB) is committed to providing the support needed to boost the economic recovery, said Chief Economist Philip Lane on Tuesday. “There is some rebound in economic activity.” “But level of economic slack remains extraordinarily high.” “The outlook remains highly uncertain.” “Inflation outlook plays a central role …
Read More »ECB Warns Banks Against Dividends
The European Central Bank asked the eurozone’s banks not to pay dividends to the rest of the year and asked them to accumulate their funds to strengthen defenses against the expected wave of closures. Meanwhile, at the same time, the European Central Bank has given more time to banks to …
Read More »ECB Lagard: EU’s Fiscal Package Could’ve Been Better, But Reasonable
On Tuesday, the EU member states approved a 750 billion euro recovery fund which included 360 billion euros in loans and 390 billion euros in grants. The money will be raised collectively by selling bonds. European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde talks on Wednesday, she said that the fact …
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