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Slovenia, Netherlands to compete for ECB board job
Frank Elderson of the Netherlands and Bostjan Jazbec of Slovenia were the only two candidates put forward by their respective countries as…
ECB Bulletin warns Euro zone unemployment will continue to rise
Unemployment will continue to rise in the euro zone and there is little upside in demand for consumer goods even as the…
ECB’s Visco says efficient public administration in Italy more important than state lender
European Central Bank governing council member Ignazio Visco said on Wednesday Italy would benefit more from reforms to its public administration than…
ECB to supervise five Bulgarian, eight Croatian banks
The European Central Bank will take direct supervision of five banks in Bulgaria and eight in Croatia, countries that have both applied…
ECB may set stage for more stimulus measures
The European Central Bank is all but certain to keep policy unchanged on Thursday but with the economic recovery losing momentum and…
Climate change bigger economic risk than pandemic, ECB’s Schnabel says
The coronavirus pandemic demonstrates in the clearest terms why central banks must take a bigger role in fighting climate change even if…
COVID-19 and German constitutional court decision top meeting with ECB’s Lagarde
MEPs quizzed ECB President Christine Lagarde for the first time since the pandemic and the German constitutional court’s ruling on the ECB’s…
German court rules ECB bond-buying programme as legal, wants re-assurances on cost-benefit analysis
Germany’s top constitutional court has ruled the European Central Bank's vast debt purchasing programme as legal, but ordered the German Government to…
ECB launches emergency €750bn coronavirus package
The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched an emergency €750bn package to ease the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. It will buy…
ECB’s Lagarde Warns of 2008-Style Crisis Unless Europe Acts
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Europe risks a major economic shock echoing the global financial crisis unless leaders act urgently…
Lagarde discusses the European Central Bank’s policy revamp with MEPs
ECB President Christine Lagarde, on Thursday fielded questions from the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on the review of the bank’s monetary…
Photo Story: ‘Slight’ change to €20 note
A close-up image of the signature of the European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde on the new 20 Euro banknote in…