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Renewed ECB easing places further pressure on banks

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EU

ECB easing.

ECB to stay dovish despite ending its QE programme

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EU

Fears of Europe's financial fragility are rising after the ECB ended its quantitative easing (QE) programme in December. The programme -- which lasted almost four years -- bought…

ECB will extend QE programme on December 3

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EURO-AREA

At a press conference after the previous meeting on October 22, ECB President Mario Draghi was clear that downside risks to the inflation outlook might lead to a reassessment at…

Pressure is growing on the ECB to make a rate change

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EU

She repeated her determination to respond through a mix of different instruments ('optionality'), in a conservative manner ('gradualism'), and using as much leeway as her mandate…

Excess euro-area liquidity raises bank lending risks

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EU

The ECB stopped purchasing bonds this month after running its asset purchase programme (APP) since March 2015. The APP flooded commercial banks with liquidity in excess of their…

ECB may ease pressure on Central-Eastern central banks

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EU

The impact of ECB and US Fed policy on monetary policy in Central-Eastern Europe.

ECB policy uncertainty will persist

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EU

Most observers had expected either a smaller increase or no increase in light of evidence that rapid interest rate rises were fueling instability in financial markets. The move…

ECB will decide Central Europe’s turn from rate rises

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CENTRAL EUROPE

Pressure is mounting on the ECB to justify its withdrawal of monetary stimulus, following a sharp fall in German industrial activity in November that has increased the risk of…

Euro-area bonds may offer NYTM for decades, or forever

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INTERNATIONAL

NYTM -- Japan and the euro-area.

ECB faces a dilemma given stagflationary conditions

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EU

EU: ECB faces a dilemma amid stagflationary conditions