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ECB tells bankers to get picky with risky clients, including hedge funds

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone banks must be more selective with customers that make risky bets on...

13th January, 2023

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ECB’s Centeno says interest rate close to peaking if no new shocks

LISBON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank’s key interest rates should soon hit their peak amid ef...

6th January, 2023

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Big fall in euro zone inflation offers little help for ECB

By Balazs Koranyi and Jan Strupczewski FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation tumbled las...

6th January, 2023

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Dutch governor Knot signals ECB will keep raising rates in months ahead- FT

(Reuters) – Head of Dutch Central Bank Klaas Knot said with five policy meetings between now and Jul...

26th December, 2022

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German yields steady, spreads tighten after recent repricing

By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) – German borrowing costs were little changed and spreads between the co...

21st December, 2022

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German producer prices rise less than expected in November

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s producer price index eased in November for the second month in a row, ad...

20th December, 2022

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ECB to raise scrutiny of banks’ credit risk, funding in 2023 as recession looms

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will increase scrutiny over how banks manage credit...

12th December, 2022

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ECB’s Makhlouf expects 50 bps rate hike in December

(Corrects first paragraph to say rates ‘may have to move into restrictive territory’, not ‘would hav...

5th December, 2022

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Euro sags against sterling after euro zone inflation cools

LONDON (Reuters) -The euro retreated against the pound on Wednesday after data showed euro zone infl...

30th November, 2022

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German inflation eased in November but too soon for ‘all-clear’

By Miranda Murray and Balazs Koranyi BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s inflation cooled slightly in Novem...

29th November, 2022

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Bonds rally after inflation shows signs of cooling in Spain and Germany

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) -Euro zone government bond yields fell broadly on Tuesday, after i...

29th November, 2022

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Euro zone credit growth remains brisk despite gloomy outlook

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bank lending to euro zone companies held steady, maintaining the sector’s bigg...

28th November, 2022