european-central-bank
Exclusive-Tariff Threat Complicates ECB's July Decision but Won't Derail Pause to Rate Cuts, Sources Say
EU Ready to Hit US With 21-billion-euro Tariff List, Italy Foreign Minister Says
Credit Agricole to Seek ECB Approval to Go Over 20% Shareholding in Banco Bpm
ECB Should Ease Monetary Policy if Disinflationary Trends Intensify, Panetta Says
ECB's Schnabel Sets Bar 'very High' for Rate Cut as Economy Holds Up
Date: July 11, 2025
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The hurdle for another interest rate cut by the European Central Bank is "very high" as the euro zone economy is holding up better than expected and inflation is moored at 2%, ECB...
Trading With Dictators, EU May Be Funding Threats to Itself, ECB Says
Date: July 8, 2025
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Union is increasingly trading with autocratic regimes, funding their often expansionary strategy and potentially aiding an existential challenge to the bloc itself, a...
ECB's Wunsch: Inflation Risk More Downward Than Upward
Date: July 3, 2025
BERLIN (Reuters) -The risk of inflation is pointing downwards rather than upwards, Belgium's central bank governor, Pierre Wunsch, told Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper in an interview published on...
Euro Zone Services Sector Returned to Modest Growth in June, PMI Shows
Date: July 3, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -Growth in the euro zone's dominant services industry resumed in June after a brief contraction in May, though the pace remained marginal as demand remained weak despite improving...
ECB Should Keep Rates at 2% Unless New Shocks Hit, IMF Says
Date: July 2, 2025
SINTRA, Portugal (Reuters) -The European Central Bank should keep its deposit rate at the current 2% level unless new shocks materially change the inflation outlook, Alfred Kammer, head of the IMF's...
ECB Should Consider Mildly Supportive Stance as on Low Growth, Inflation, Wunsch Says
Date: July 2, 2025
By Balazs Koranyi SINTRA, Portugal (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation is at risk of falling short of the ECB's target and there is a case for the bank to provide a mildly supportive policy stance, Belgian...