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Christine Lagarde Says ECB to Cut Interest Rates Further

The European Central Bank will continue cutting interest rates as the inflation spike in recent years has increasingly moved into the rear-view mirror, bringing the 2% target.

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ECB Cuts Interest Rates by Quarter Point

The European Central Bank on Thursday, December 12, adopted the fourth decision since the beginning of the current year on cutting interest rates, which corresponds to the preliminary expectations of experts regarding the actions of this financial regulator in the context of the dynamic of monetary policy.

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ECB Representatives Say About Prospects of Cutting Interest Rates

European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Thursday, November 21, during a conversation with media representatives, said that this financial regulator should decide on cutting interest rates at each regular meeting on monetary policy issues until the cost of borrowing is fixed at such a mark, which will neither restrict nor stimulate […]

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ECB Cuts Rates Again

The European Central Bank on Thursday, October 17, decided to cut interest rates again.

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Euro-Area Inflation Drops Below 2%

In September, inflation in the eurozone fell below the European Central Bank’s 2% target.

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ECB Rate-Cut Bets Jump Amid New Inflation Data

The latest data on the dynamic of the inflationary process in Spain and France have become the driving force behind the intensification of the spread of expectations among investors and economists that the European Central Bank will accelerate the implementation of measures to ease its monetary policy strategy.

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ECB Cuts Interest Rates Again

On Thursday, September 12, the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to cut interest rates again.

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Consumer Spending Activity Threats ECB’s Economic Hopes

Currently, in the eurozone, local consumers are not demonstrating a high level of activity in the context of their spending and have not yet signaled a willingness to expand the scale and scope of appropriate financial actions, against which fears are spreading about the prospects for economic recovery in this region, which is now characterized […]

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ECB’s Fabio Panetta Says About Prospects of Interest Rates Cutting

Fabio Panetta, European Central Bank Governing Council member and Governor of the Bank of Italy, said it was highly likely that a decision would be made in the future to further cut interest rates.

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ECB Rate Setters Want More Data Before Lowering Cost of Borrowing

This week, the flow of statistical information on the current state of affairs in the eurozone economic system space will provide the European Central Bank with more signals and form by this institution a more accurate understanding of how appropriate it is to decide to continue taking actions within the framework of the monetary policy […]

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ECB Keeps Rates Steady

The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged after a landmark easing of monetary policy last month.

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ECB Reportedly to Hold Rates Steady

Officials of the European Central Bank during their meeting on Thursday, July 18, will most likely not make decisions on any changes in interest rates and will hold the corresponding indicator at the same level.

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Euro-Area Consumer Loan Demand Demonstrates Growth

In the eurozone, banks reported the first increase in demand for consumer credits and housing loans since 2022.

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Christine Lagarde Says EU Recovery Fund Starts to Have Growth Impact

The president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, said that the European Union’s recovery fund has demonstrated itself as one of the success stories of the bloc and is now beginning to generate results in the economy.

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Euro-Area Inflation Eases to 2.5%

On Tuesday, July 2, the statistical agency of the European Union released information according to which headline inflation in the eurozone fell to 2.5% last month.

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ECB’s Olli Rehn Sees Bets for Two More Cuts in 2024 as Reasonable

Expectations that the European Central Bank will adjust the current configuration of its monetary policy twice more this year by lowering the cost of borrowing are fair, according to Governing Council member of the financial institution Olli Rehn.