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ECB's Lagarde sets scene for Fed-like strategy overhaul

Francesco Canepa and Balazs Koranyi, Reuters
Posted at Oct 01 09:06 AM

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde set the scene on Wednesday for a change of strategy that could align the ECB with the U.S. Federal Reserve, possibly including a commitment to let inflation overshoot after it has been low for too long.  Read more »

ECB 'ready to act' on strong euro: board member

Jean-Philippe Lacour, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 09:54 PM

The European Central Bank is "ready to act" to rein in the euro as it rises against the dollar, a member of the ECB's executive board told AFP. Read more »

Spectres of deflation, virus haunt ECB meeting

Ed Frankl, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 05:16 PM

The European Central Bank is expected Thursday to prepare the ground for new stimulus measures, armed with a new set of economic forecasts and amid signs of a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

ECB tells banks not to pay dividends until Jan 2021 over virus crisis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 04:29 PM

The European Central Bank on Tuesday urged banks to refrain from paying dividends or offering bonuses until January 1, 2021, in order to ensure lenders have sufficient buffers to survive the economic storm unleashed by the coronavirus crisis. Read more »

Female leaders doing 'better job' in virus crisis, says Lagarde

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 23 02:08 AM

Female leaders are doing a better job handling the coronavirus crisis, European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde said Wednesday, praising them for their honest communication and for showing they cared. Read more »

Global central banks pull out all stops as coronavirus paralyses economies

Swati Pandey, Reuters
Posted at Mar 16 05:44 PM

The coordinated response from the Fed to the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) came amid a meltdown in financial markets as investor anxiety deepened over the difficulty of tackling a pathogen that has left thousands dead and put many countries on virtual lockdowns. Read more »

ECB pumps up bank lending, bond buys to cushion virus impact

Tom Barfield, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 10:26 PM

 The European Central Bank on Thursday followed other major central banks with a flurry of measures to cushion the impact of the coronavirus, including increased bond purchases and cheap loans to banks, but surprised observers by leaving key interest rates unchanged. Read more »

Asian stocks hold ground as China virus fears persist

Tomo Uetake, Reuters
Posted at Jan 24 12:19 PM

Markets had steadied overnight, as investors took some solace from the World Health Organization labelling the outbreak an emergency for China, where 25 people have died and at least 800 have been infected, but not, as yet, for the rest of the world. Read more »

ECB leaves policy unchanged

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 09:55 PM

European Central Bank chiefs left easy-money policy settings in place Thursday, leaving president Christine Lagarde to detail a rethink of its aims and methods and update her assessment of risks facing the eurozone. Read more »

ECB's Lagarde in spotlight as policy on hold

Tom Barfield, Agence France Presse
Posted at Dec 12 10:08 PM

The European Central Bank left key monetary policy settings unchanged Thursday, placing the spotlight on new president Christine Lagarde to offer clues about its future direction. Read more »

Big central banks move to wait-and-see mode

Howard Schneider, Francesco Canepa and Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Nov 03 08:26 PM

It is an easing wave that appears to have crested for now. Read more »

New ECB chief Lagarde criticizes Germany for low spending

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 30 08:18 PM

Incoming European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde on Wednesday took aim at Germany and other thrifty eurozone members running budgetary surpluses, saying they should increase their spending to shore up slowing growth. Read more »

Ph shares join regional upswing on ECB easing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 11:45 PM

Philippine shares chimed in on the regional rally on the back of the European central bank's policy easing.  Read more »

Asian shares advance on US-China trade hopes, ECB stimulus

Hideyuki Sano, Reuters
Posted at Sep 13 09:55 AM

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan ticked up 0.2 percent, while Japan's Nikkei rose 0.4 percent. Read more »

ECB cuts key rate, to restart bond purchases

Reuters
Posted at Sep 12 08:32 PM

The European Central Bank approved a fresh stimulus package as expected on Thursday, cutting interest rates and approving a new round of bond purchases to prop up eurozone growth and halt a worrisome drop in inflation expectations. Read more »

Facebook's Libra currency 'could undermine ECB': official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 09:32 PM

Central bankers, politicians and regulators around the world are mistrustful of the private digital cash scheme set to launch in the first half of 2020. Read more »