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Image for Euro zone inflation rises but March rate cut still likely
Finance

Euro zone inflation rises but March rate cut still likely

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation accelerated slightly last month but remained on an anticip...

3rd February, 2025

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Finance

ECB 'not quite there' with rate cuts but cautious flexibility needed, Kazimir says

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank interest rates have room to fall further given weak grow...

3rd February, 2025

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Finance

ECB's Simkus sees cut in March and a couple more

VILNIUS (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymaker Gediminas Simkus said on Monday he expected an...

3rd February, 2025

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ECB's Knot on US tariffs: a trade war only has losers

AMSTERDAM - Klaas Knot, a member of the European Central Bank's governing council, said on Sunday th...

2nd February, 2025

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Finance

ECB should use bond buys more sparingly in future, Knot says

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should use bond purchases more sparingly in the futu...

31st January, 2025

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Finance

ECB back at target by summer, supporting policy easing, Villeroy says

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation will be back at the European Central Bank's 2% target by t...

31st January, 2025

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Finance

Beethoven or birds? ECB seeks ideas for new banknote designs

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is seeking a new design for euro banknotes, with pos...

31st January, 2025

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Finance

ECB policymakers hint at more rate cuts on inflation optimism

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone consumers and economists increased their inflation expectation for t...

31st January, 2025

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Finance

German inflation holds steady at 2.8% in January

By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -Inflation fell in five important German states in January, preli...

31st January, 2025

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Finance

ECB governors see one more cut before debate heats up, sources say

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A further European Central Bank interest rate cut is likely to go through in M...

30th January, 2025

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Finance

ECB's Lagarde slaps down Czech proposal for bitcoin reserves

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde slapped down on Thursday a s...

30th January, 2025

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Finance

ECB cuts interest rates and keeps more easing on table

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank cut interest rates as expected on Thursday and kept...

30th January, 2025