On October 18 we wrote that the meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank that concluded yesterday would serve mainly to “gauge the mood around the table”
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank is scheduled to meet again on Thursday, October 28. With important decisions on the future path of the ECB’s bond purchase programs
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank is scheduled to meet again on Thursday, October 28. With important decisions on the future path of the ECB’s bond purchase programs
In the interest of efficiency and time I thought we might share a few brief highlights of key market related points in (and not in) our reports while addressing some
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank decided today to adjust its fourth quarter 2021 Pandemic Purchase Program bond purchases to a run at a “moderately lower” pace than
In the last Governing Meeting on July 22, President Christine Lagarde rolled out a new framework for European Central Bank policy that included a formal commitment to a symmetric 2%
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde concluded her post-Governing Council meeting press conference by graciously asking for feedback on the ECB’s new forward guidance on interest rates that was rolled
European Central Bank officials were already largely in agreement over the adoption of a formal symmetric inflation target around 2% when they met two weekends ago to discuss the language
One of the key objectives of European Central Bank officials as the European recovery takes hold this year is to manage an unwarranted tightening of financial conditions as the data
This Thursday’s Governing Council meeting of the European Central Bank will be a low-key affair, with no changes to the ECB’s monetary policy stance. But markets will be parsing President
The European Central Bank’s weekly release on Mondays of its PEPP (Pandemic Emergence Purchase Program) bond purchases has been scoured for the last two weeks by traders looking for signs
As those who closely follow the European Central Bank and financial markets know by now, the biggest market-moving news by far out of today’s unchanged policy Governing Council meeting was
There is little expectation in markets that the European Central Bank will add to the latest round of stimulus measures announced just last December when the Governing Council convenes for
European Central Bank officials, led by President Christine Lagarde, have signaled in no uncertain terms that they will be looking to add to the eurozone’s already massive monetary stimulus at
The resurgence and spike in COVID cases across Europe over the last couple of weeks has been considerably more severe than expected and has raised the alarm bells at the
Expectations for yet another round of easing measures from the European Central Bank have soared since the release of a negative 0.2% preliminary CPI inflation print for August, that while
European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos signaled on June 22 that the ECB was ready to cooperate with German “institutions” to resolve yet another legal challenge to the
Markets are certain the European Central Bank Governing Council will “top-off” and extend beyond 2020 its 750 billion-euro Pandemic Emergency Purchasing Program when it convenes this Thursday, June 4. **
A host of European Central Bank Governors and Board Members, including Chief Economist Philip Lane and the Banque de France’s Francois Villeroy de Galhau, have assured markets that the ECB
When European Central Bank officials meet next Thursday, March 12 — whether in person or through videoconference – President Christine Lagarde will be facing a Board and Governing Council that