European Central Bank officials say they are keeping their options for a rate cut open, lifting markets, even as Luxembourg's Yves Mersch warns speculation of a sharp move next month is "wild"... more
Bank of England shied away from printing presses and held interest rates unchanged at 0.5% - but its counterpart in Frankfurt acknowledged a growing threat to the eurozone... more
The latest storms in Europe's sovereign debt crisis and stock-market chaos have triggered the deepest collapse in economic confidence in the eurozone since 2008's financial meltdown... more
European Union leaders have formally appointed Italy's Mario Draghi, a former Goldman Sachs banker, to be the next president of the European Central Bank... more
So ends another Bilderberg Group conference. Fittingly, the 59th one, which finished on Sunday, was located at the five-star Suvretta House Hotel, in the St Moritz mountains... more
European Central Bank boss Jean-Claude Trichet makes a controversial call for a new pan-European finance ministry with direct powers over bailed-out nations as Greece cuts a deal on new budget cuts paving the way for a second financial rescue... more
It is a fair bet that Colonel Gaddafi hasn't featured strongly in the Bank of England's deliberations over a decade or so of independence, but a 15% surge in oil prices over the last month has raised the stakes even higher for its heavily divided rate-setters... more
The eurozone economies saw a sharper-than-expected slowdown between July and September as output eased to 0.3%, below earlier estimates of 0.4%... more
European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet calls for the region to give its rescue fund, the European Financial Stability Facility, maximum flexibility in size and scope... more
The European Central Bank ignores pressure to increase its government bond buying programme, amid fears of financial contagion from the eurozone in the US and Asia... more
Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, says he did not believe banks should be forced to split their investment banking activities from their retail business... more
An export-led recovery looks like a pipe dream after surprisingly poor figures showed the weak pound failing to boost demand for British goods overseas... more
City Comment: One of the few absolute truths in economics is that when world economic activity contracts energy prices fall. But this time it is different... more
The euro tumbles below $1.28 for the first time since March last year as the European Central Bank votes to keep eurozone interest rates on hold at 1%... more
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee votes to keep interest rates and the quantitative easing money-printing programme on hold, and the European Central Bank follows suit... more
The head of the European Central Bank today warned that banks run the risk of becoming addicted to the cheap funding it has supplied to save the system from collapse ... more
Global stock markets were today tipped to enjoy a “sweet spot” for some time as world leaders plough on with stimulus packages for the economy ... more
The euro fell to its lowest level for a month against the dollar after president of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet admitted a strong dollar was in America's interests... more
Fears for the health of the UK economy intensified as figures emerged suggesting that the slowdown is taking the rest of Europe close to recession... more
The European Central Bank have raised interest rates for the first time since the onset of the credit crunch as it stepped up its fight against inflation... more
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