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ECB Rate Cuts Should Factor in Balance Sheet Runoff, Cipollone Says

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ECB Can Keep Cutting Rates Even if Fed Takes It Slow, Vujcic Says

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Europe's Stoxx 600 Closes Higher on Healthcare Boost; Auto Stocks Slide

Image for Euro zone inflation rises but March rate cut still likelyFinance

Euro Zone Inflation Rises but March Rate Cut Still Likely

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ECB 'not Quite There' With Rate Cuts but Cautious Flexibility Needed, Kazimir Says

Date: February 3, 2025

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank interest rates have room to fall further given weak growth and a slowdown in inflation, but uncertainty is so high that any more precise guidance on rates...

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ECB's Simkus Sees Cut in March and a Couple More

Date: February 3, 2025

VILNIUS (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymaker Gediminas Simkus said on Monday he expected an interest rate cut in March and "a couple more" in the following months. The ECB cut rates for a...

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ECB's Knot on US Tariffs: A Trade War Only Has Losers

Date: February 2, 2025

AMSTERDAM - Klaas Knot, a member of the European Central Bank's governing council, said on Sunday that he expects new tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump will lead to higher inflation and...

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ECB Should Use Bond Buys More Sparingly in Future, Knot Says

Date: January 31, 2025

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should use bond purchases more sparingly in the future given costly side effects, Dutch central bank chief Klaas Knot said on Friday just as the ECB is...

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ECB Back at Target by Summer, Supporting Policy Easing, Villeroy Says

Date: January 31, 2025

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation will be back at the European Central Bank's 2% target by the summer and interest rates could keep on falling to support the economy, French central bank chief...

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Beethoven or Birds? ECB Seeks Ideas for New Banknote Designs

Date: January 31, 2025

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is seeking a new design for euro banknotes, with possible subjects including great cultural figures like German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, or birds...