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ECB’s Villeroy: rate hike signals strong confidence in European banks

PARIS (Reuters) – The European Central Bank’s decision to raise interest rates by half a point on Th...

17th March, 2023

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Analysis-Investors stick to bets on early end to ECB hikes as uncertainty grows

By Yoruk Bahceli and Naomi Rovnick AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Investors held tight to bets that banking j...

16th March, 2023

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Instant View: ECB sticks with big rate hike even as bank fears roil markets

(Reuters) – The European Central Bank pushed through another big increase in interest rates on Thurs...

16th March, 2023

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Big ECB hike adds fuel to the banking sector fire

By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) – Euro zone bank shares hit a ten-week low on Thursday after the Eur...

16th March, 2023

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Euro zone recovery gathers pace, allays fears of recession-PMI

LONDON (Reuters) – The recovery in euro zone business activity gathered pace last month as growth ac...

3rd March, 2023

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Morgan Stanley, others now forecast 4% peak for key ECB rate

By Sudip Kar-Gupta (Reuters) -Morgan Stanley and two other investment banks have revised their forec...

3rd March, 2023

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Hawkish ECB comments push up rate-hike expectations

By Leigh Thomas and Francesco Canepa PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank interest rate...

17th February, 2023

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Euro zone inflation could fall faster than thought, ECB’s De Cos says

MADRID (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation could fall faster than earlier thought given a host of positi...

15th February, 2023

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ECB must avoid unnecessary rise in real interest rates – Visco

ROME (Reuters) -The European Central Bank (ECB) must avoid pushing real interest rates too high, giv...

12th February, 2023

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ECB to zero in on soured loans this year as economy slows

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -European Central Bank supervisors will zero in on bad loans this year after fin...

8th February, 2023

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ECB survey shows rising inflation expectations despite energy price falls

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone consumer expectations for inflation edged up again in December, a Eu...

7th February, 2023

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Euro zone inflation seen just above ECB’s target in 2025, poll shows

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation is set to decline to 2.1% in 2025, just a shade above the...

3rd February, 2023