Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a veteran economist and ex-finance minister, said that inflation would be lower if not for 15 years ...

ECB officials reduced the deposit rate by a quarter-point to 2.75%. They continued to describe their current monetary-policy stance as ‘restrictive’, signaling more loosening is in the pipeline, while ...

Speaking at a press conference, ECB President Christine Lagarde suggested “liquid, secure and safe“ standards for central banks likely precluded Bitcoin as a reserve asset.

Investors maintained bets for further easing, pricing an additional 70 basis points of cuts during the rest of 2025, which would lower rates to near 2 per cent.

Against this backdrop, the ECB’s communication in the policy statement and President Lagarde’s comments will hold the key to ...

Despite US President Donald Trump's sabre-rattling, the European Central Bank is set to press on with interest rate cuts ...

This week, two key events on monetary policy: in the US, the Fed's decisions, in Europe, the ECB's choices. So what will Powell and Lagarde do regarding the rate cut? Expectations and repercussions wi ...

Eurozone rate-setters are set to cut borrowing costs again this week, confident their efforts to lower inflation will remain ...

World leaders and business executives left the Swiss mountain resort of Davos after a week of discussions dominated from a ...

The European Central Bank's president responded Friday to U.S. President Donald Trump's accusation of unfair trade treatment ...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde speaks on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers' Index, released by Hamburg Commercial Bank and S&P Global on Friday, rose in January to 50.2 from 49.6 a month earlier, beating economists' forecasts. The ...