It was the fifth ECB reduction since June and markets expect two or three more this year, driven by arguments that the biggest inflation surge in generations is nearly defeated and the flagging ...

The fifth ECB rate cut since June, which had been well telegraphed to the market, lowered the rate that the central bank pays on deposits to 2.75% from 3.0%. The euro zone economy has remained ...

FRANKFURT, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should use bond purchases more sparingly in the future given costly side effects, Dutch central bank chief Klaas Knot said on Friday just as ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is widely expected to lower interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, easing monetary policy further as inflation trends towards the 2% target and economic ...

Traders reckon further rate cuts are a done deal, so the question is whether the ECB drops any new hints on the path ahead. "They expect President (Christine) Lagarde to say the door to further ...

This section below was published at 13:15 GMT to cover the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policy announcements and the immediate market reaction. The European Central Bank (ECB ...

As analysts anticipated, the ECB reduced its interest rates on Thursday afternoon during its January meeting. Accordingly, the interest rates on the deposit facility, the main refinancing ...

Markets are positioning for the euro to weaken — potentially to a level where it buys less than one US dollar, from about $1.04 now — and for bonds to gain in the coming months as the ECB ...

“The ECB is clinging on to the optimism that falling rates and rising real wages will translate into a rebound in private consumption, but as we have seen … the confidence to spend them just isn’t ...

The ECB's decision stands in contrast to the latest move by the US Federal Reserve. The central bank in the United States, whose economy has been outpacing the eurozone's, on Wednesday left its ...

Traders reckon further rate cuts are a done deal, so the question is whether the ECB drops any new hints on the path ahead. "They expect President (Christine) Lagarde to say the door to further rate ...

European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member and Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Monday that while the French economy is "slowing down, he doesn't see a recession.