The President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, said on Thursday that the decision to extend the ECB stimulus program comes as the Eurozone is expected to achieve herd immunity from the Coronavirus, helping the economy operate normally, by the end of 2021, the Guardian reported. “We have …
Read More »ECB Maintains Rates and Expands Stimulus
The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided on Thursday to maintain interest rates unchanged, expecting its rates to remain at their present or lower levels until it has seen the inflation outlook robustly converge to a level sufficiently close to, but below, its 2% target. Moreover, the ECB board decided …
Read More »Breaking: ECB Leaves Rates Unchanged, Expands PEPP by €500 Billion to End-March 2022
The European Central Bank (ECB) decided to leave the interest rates on the main refinancing operations, the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.50%, respectively, as expected. The ECB further announced that it decided to increase the envelope under the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme …
Read More »ECB Preview: Can Drag Euro Lower?
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 …
Read More »ECB Warning That Bank Profits Will “Remain Weak” Throughout The Next Year
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 …
Read More »Schnabel: ECB Must Monitor Shadow Banks
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 …
Read More »Lagarde Expects Negative Inflation Early Next Year
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 …
Read More »ECB’s Lagarde: PEPP Was Targeted to be Temporary, Exceptional
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 …
Read More »Lagarde: Vaccine Will Not Change Our Projections
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 …
Read More »Christine Lagarde’s Speech Summary
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 …
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