On Thursday, as widely expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) reduced its key rates by 25 basis points at the March policy meeting. This move puts the main refinancing operations rate at 2.65% ...

An adviser to the European Central Bank (ECB) has reiterated the bank’s negative stance on Bitcoin as the US explores the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve. “Nation-state Bitcoin reserve ...

The ECB lost 7.9 billion euros ($8.3 billion) last year, the second-straight year the Frankfurt-based institution has been in the red. In 2023, the central bank was down 1.3 billion euros ...

Het echte probleem is dan ook fundamenteler: de continue noodzaak om met geld meer geld te maken, ofwel geldgroei. Geldgroei is de kern van ons economisch systeem en de motor van economische groei.

The rate reached a record of four percent in late 2023 after the ECB launched a furious hiking cycle to tame energy and food costs that surged in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

While most rate-setters are expected to back another 25 basis-point cut at the next policy vote on March 6, some on the 26-member governing council have become concerned that the ECB is becoming ...

Fourth-quarter negotiated wages rose by 4.1% from a year ago, the ECB said Tuesday. That’s down from the 5.4% record seen in the prior three months.

A ramp-up in defense spending doesn’t have to lead to slower interest-rate reductions by the European Central Bank, according to Governing Council member Olli Rehn. The Finish central-bank chief ...

The ECB lowered the deposit rate to 2.5 per cent on Thursday, its sixth cut since June, and said monetary policy was becoming less restrictive as inflation falls towards its 2 per cent target.

At least three lines of action come to mind. The first is for the ECB to ensure that bank liquidity can circulate freely in the Eurozone. This is a key requisite for any well-functioning financial ...

With the deposit rate being lowered to 2.5%, the question is whether ECB President Christine Lagarde will still characterise policy as 'restrictive.' We think she will, but failing to do so could ...

Making its sixth cut since June, the ECB on Thursday lowered the deposit rate to 2.5% in a nod to slowing inflation and faltering activity, and said monetary policy was becoming less restrictive ...