ECB: Latest News and Analysis

Revolut Ltd.’s European unit faces the highest individual capital requirement set by the European Central Bank for significant lenders in the region, as the fintech pursues rapid growth to challenge ...

Russia's central bank surprised economists Friday when it decided against raising interest rates despite a tricky inflation problem. The bank has been the target of criticism from Russ

Defense concerns, foreign owners, even Russian subsidies — any excuse to stop UniCredit’s unrelenting advance is a good one, as far as Berlin is concerned.

The Bank of England looks set to hold interest rates at 4.75% on Thursday, despite signs of a slowing economy, as persistent inflation pressures limit it to a "gradual" approach towards cutting ...

Sweden's central bank cut its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.50% as expected on Thursday, the fifth time this year it has eased policy.

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Sweden's central bank cut its key interest rate by quarter of a percentage point to 2.50% as expected on Thursday, but said that after easing policy five times this year, it saw reasons to be more ...

The Federal Reserve roiled markets by raising its inflation outlook and signaling fewer rate cuts next year — and global central banks were likely taking note.

The Fed’s signal that it will cut rates less than expected complicates efforts by other central banks to manage their economies.

U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, erasing earlier gains after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point and the central bank's economic projections signaled a slower pace of cuts next year.

U.S. stocks plunged on Wednesday, erasing earlier gains after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point and the central bank's economic projections signaled a slower pace of cuts next year.

But latterly, the conflict has pumped up inflation and interest rates, pummeling bottom lines and leaving a trail of disgruntled Russian oligarchs and executives in its wake. Instead of blaming the war for the hostile business environment though,

European shares were mostly lower while the dollar held firm on Tuesday as traders braced for a slate of central bank meetings this week that is likely to see the U.S. Federal Reserve deliver a rate ...

Treasury yields rise ahead of the Fed decision, but have weakened a little on U.S. housing data. November housing starts were 1.3 million, around 2% lower than October’s revised 1.3 million. The decline over a year ago is 15%.

The European Central Bank is turning to a looser monetary policy framework, its president announced today. In a speech in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Christine Lagarde explained that in September ...

Finnish ECB policymaker Olli Rehn said on Tuesday that euro area inflation is more clearly stabilising at the European Central Bank's 2% target, and that this helps set the stage for further interest rate reduction.

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Political upheaval is jolting governments from South Korea to Germany to Canada, but for now investors are keeping cool and ...

France's economy will grow more slowly than expected in the next two years as its home-grown political turmoil adds to the global volatility weighing on activity, the central bank forecast on Monday ...

European shares fell to two-week lows on Tuesday, led by energy and healthcare stocks, as investors awaited a slew of major central bank decisions later in the week.

European shares were mostly lower while the dollar held firm on Tuesday as traders braced for a slate of central bank meetings this week that is likely to see the U.S. Federal Reserve deliver a rate ...

Hungary's central bank left its base rate steady at the European Union's joint highest level of 6.5% on Tuesday, as widely expected, with falls in the forint, a rebound in inflation and an uncertain ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has slightly increased its capital requirements on banks for 2025.

European shares wobbled while the dollar held firm on Tuesday as traders braced for a slate of central bank meetings this week that is likely to see the U.S. Federal Reserve deliver a rate cut and the ...

Policymakers in Frankfurt indicated a clear dovish shift, but exactly where they will stop rate cuts remains a topic of debate.

The year ahead is shaping up badly for Europe with its financial markets already hit hard by U.S. tariff fears and political turmoil in France and Germany, yet some investors are calling peak ...

The ECB has cut interest rates four times already this year and investors are betting on even more policy easing in 2025 ...

The move by the ECB comes as inflation across the euro zone is nearly back at target and the economy is faltering ...

The European Central Bank is likely to further ease interest rates next year and is at ease with market projections for future rates, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday. "There will be further rate cuts,

The digital euro is a virtual counterpart to euro coins and banknotes that the European Central Bank hopes will enhance domestic eurozone payments while unshackling the bloc from foreign providers ...

The bank's rate-setting committee announced Thursday from its Frankfurt headquarters that it is lowering the benchmark rate from 3.2 percent to 3 percent.

Denmark’s central bank will probably deliver a quarter-point key rate cut later on Thursday to protect its currency peg to the euro, economists said.

The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the fourth time this year on Thursday and kept the door open to more easing as the euro zone economy is dragged down by political instability at home and the threat of a fresh U.

The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates on hold next week as it moves more slowly to cut borrowing costs than central banks in Europe and the United States.

The European Central Bank and Swiss National Bank will deliver monetary policy decisions on Thursday. The SNB’s announcement is due at 9:30 a.m. local time (3:30 a.m. Eastern U.S.), with a press ...

The euro zone central bank will need to do "heavy lifting" next year to support the waning economy, analysts say.

Italy's biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo said on Wednesday the European Central Bank had set its minimum core capital requirement for 2025 at 9.89%.

Italian banks have started to disclose the minimum best-quality capital requirements for 2025 set by the European Central Bank under its Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP).

By Sruthi Shankar and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -European shares closed at their highest levels in six-weeks on Monday, led by mining and luxury stocks, after a promise of renewed stimulus to support ...

Good drivers glance at the rearview mirror but keep their eyes on the road. The European Central Bank is doing the opposite, cutting interest rates slowly because of past data. France’s political ...

European bourses tracked moderately lower midday Tuesday as traders awaited results from the European Central Bank meeting slated for Thursday, and mulled tumult in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

European Central Bank officials agree that lower interest rates are needed to buoy the region’s shaky economy. How much they can actually help, though, is hotly contested.

Latvian central-bank Governor Martins Kazaks will face two other candidates in his bid to secure another five-year term.

Asian shares were dragged by a slide in South Korea on Monday ahead of a packed week of central bank meetings that should see borrowing costs take a step lower, while U.S. inflation data are the last ...

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.2%. South Korean stocks fell 1.7% even as authorities pledged all-out efforts to stabilise financial markets amid uncertainty over ...

Major brokerages including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Barclays expect the European Central bank to cut interest rates by 25 basis points at its Dec. 12 meeting, rather than a larger 50-bp move, ...

The European Central Bank’s efforts to embrace the challenges of climate change are raising trust in the institution but don’t meaningfully change the way consumers think of future inflation, ...

Traders should wager on a slower pace of interest-rate cuts by the European Central Bank next year, according to Citigroup Inc., which says the market has gone overboard in betting on swift reductions ...

Introducing a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the eurozone could fill a gap in the cross-border instant payments market, representatives from relevant stakeholders told the Fintech ...

By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -European shares hovered near six-week highs on Monday, led by mining and luxury stocks after signs of fresh stimulus to support China's slowing economy. The pan-European ...

Central bankers are alert to the risk that global trade tensions will make managing inflation more challenging.

Kallum Pickering, chief economist at Peel Hunt, discusses the European economy and how monetary policy in the region may evolve in 2025.

It appears unlikely that a 0.5 percentage-point rate cut could be in store, despite headline inflation having settled near the ECB’s 2% target.

The bank has been lowering rates since June as inflation slowed, but other risks are growing, including the threat of higher tariffs promised by President-elect Donald J. Trump.

European indexes were falling on Thursday as the Federal Reserve's hawkish outlook caused investors to fret there could be fewer interest-rate cuts coming. The continent's flagship Stoxx 600 and Paris ...

A French member of the European Parliament argued for the creation of a Bitcoin strategic reserve—and against a digital Euro.

This was CNBC's live blog covering the European Central Bank's December 2024 meeting. The European Central Bank on Thursday announced its fourth interest rate cut of 2024, confirming expectations ...