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European Central Bank trims benchmark interest rate by quarter point as Trump tariffs threaten economy

European governments are stepping up plans for defense purchases to counter Russia and its invasion of Ukraine. The spending boosts…

June 5, 2025 19:04 IST

yen, dollar, euro, US trade war, Euro Zone, economy, US presidential elections

European Central Bank cuts rates by another quarter point as possible trade war looms

The ECB’s rate-setting council lowered its benchmark deposit rate to 2.5%.

March 6, 2025 19:19 IST

Hedge funds shake up the euro zone’s $10 trillion government bond market

Hedge funds accounted for a record 55% of European government bond trading volume on Tradeweb last year, up from 36%…

Updated: March 20, 2024 14:27 IST

Monetary policy, Central banks, Russia-Ukraine war, covid 19, top news, latest news,

Monetarism making a comeback?

The reversal of the inflation tide and the relative failure of inflation-targeting central banks to control it has brought the…

December 25, 2023 03:30 IST

As Rates Near Their Peak, the Pain Begins for Europe’s Borrowers

Investors predict that the coming years will be marked with defaults and spending cuts as a larger portion of corporate,…

August 29, 2023 10:40 IST

European shares drop as rate hike jitters weigh; Embracer slips

The pan-European STOXX 600 index dropped 1.2%, led by losses in travel and leisure and retail index , which fell…

Updated: July 6, 2023 15:42 IST

US Fed, inflation, consumer price index, food costs, rate hikes, housing market, global economy, deflationary risk, investors, recovery, GDP, fuel subsidies

Global Central Banks set to diverge on rates as stubborn inflation stalks US Fed, ECB

With another hike in interest rates anticipated by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank for July, and some…

July 5, 2023 07:18 IST

Interest rate outlook for 2024: Asian central banks may cut rates ahead of US Fed, says IMA Asia

Quite a few Asian countries are expected to cut interest rates ahead of the US Fed, starting in the last…

July 4, 2023 15:24 IST

monetary policy, Goldman Sachs, investment, emerging economies, inflation, interest rate hike, rate cuts, central banks, currency volatility

Wall Street touts emerging-market rates as dovish pivot arrives

The optimism follows growing evidence that emerging economies are stealing a march over richer nations in achieving peak inflation and…

July 4, 2023 07:32 IST

Asian stocks stall as US rates seen higher for longer

The Fed left its benchmark funds rate window at 5-5.25%, and chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank needed…

Updated: June 15, 2023 10:41 IST

ECB, interest rate, repo rate, borrowing costs, monetary conditions, deposit rate, liquidity, economy, funding costs

ECB’s push to raise borrowing costs runs up against wall of cash

Excess liquidity is at a two-month high of more than €4.1 trillion ($4.5 trillion), up almost 3% since the start…

May 12, 2023 10:56 IST

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Global central banks nearing ‘prolonged pause phase’, but not as yet

After the synchronised hikes of last year, the past few months saw diverging monetary policies. While China, Vietnam cut their…

May 9, 2023 17:41 IST

ECB, borrowing costs, inflation, monetary policy, economic weakness, mortgage crisis, Bank of England, rate hikes, unemployment, economic forecasts

ECB delivers smaller interest rate hike, vows more hiking to come after slowing tightening pace

The Governing Council said future decisions will remain data-dependent as they bring rates to levels sufficiently restrictive to return inflation…

May 5, 2023 11:01 IST

European Central Bank to raise interest rates for a seventh time in inflation fight

The central bank for the 20-country euro zone has already lifted rates by a record 350 basis points since July…

Updated: May 4, 2023 12:49 IST

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Time to hit the pause button now; Here is how 23 major central banks raised interest rates

The short-lived peak for global rates, according to a gauge calculated by Bloomberg Economics, will be 6% in the third…

April 10, 2023 10:09 IST

ECB policymakers keen for quick end to bond buys, early rate hike – sources

The ECB has been removing stimulus at the slowest possible pace this year but a surge in inflation is now…

April 24, 2022 19:44 IST

Inflation is now at the highest level in the eurozone since recordkeeping began in 1997 and broke a record set in November. (Reuters)

Inflation hits record of 5% in 19 countries using the euro

The rise was led by a surge in energy prices, according numbers released Friday by the European Union’s statistical office.

January 7, 2022 16:53 IST

US Federal Reserve may go hawkish in June 16 monetary policy; US dollar index likely to touch 91.50

The market participants have a lot of expectations from 16th June US Fed monetary policy. Two key factors which Fed…

June 12, 2021 11:32 IST

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