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Governor Philip Lane said the ongoing economic recovery is expected to continue at Irish, European and global levels in the near term

Central Bank reports financial profit of €2.6bn

Business / 09 May

Slowing euro zone inflation comes at a sensitive time for the ECB

Euro zone inflation slowdown adds to ECB's headache

Business / 03 May

The new technical working group will be chaired by ECB President Mario Draghi and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney

ECB, BoE to study risk management around Brexit

Business / 27 Apr

Mario Draghi argued the economy is humming along and the exceptional growth readings seen around the turn of the year were never expected to be sustained

'Some moderation' in euro zone growth pace - Draghi

Business / 26 Apr

Widespread weaknesses in IT systems of banks in Europe have been identified by the ECB

Regulation of bonus culture in banking was 'needed'

Business / 26 Apr

Irish bankers do not deserve bonuses, according to the ECB's Daniele Nouy

Irish bankers don't deserve bonuses, says ECB's Nouy

Business / 25 Apr

The ECB is considering whether further policies on legacy non-performing loans were necessary

ECB mulls shelving rules tackling euro zone's bad loans

Business / 24 Apr

IHS Markit's composite flash Purchasing Managers' Index for the euro zone held steady in April at March's 14-month low of 55.2

Despite slowdown euro zone business growth still strong

Business / 23 Apr

Despite today's fall, the euro has traded within a broad $1.21-1.25 range for much of this year

Both euro and sterling weaken today

Business / 20 Apr

European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly had recommended that Mario Draghi gave up his membership of the elite club

Draghi to stay in G30 club despite watchdog's warning

Business / 18 Apr

The downward revision shows the difficult task the EBC faces in bringing inflation to its target of close to but below 2%

Euro zone inflation rises less than estimated in March

Business / 18 Apr

The ECB has so far moved by increments to dial back support for the euro zone economy

ECB frets over euro strength, trade war risk - minutes

Business / 12 Apr

Mario Draghi warns that the world had only seen 'the first round' in the row between the US and China

Draghi sees little impact from trade tensions - for now

Business / 11 Apr

Ewald Nowotny is one of the ECB's most experienced members

Normalisation of ECB policy should start now - Nowotny

Business / 10 Apr

Mario Draghi has said the impact of the volatility on world stock markets so far is 'minor'

Stock volatility no big factor for ECB so far - Draghi

Business / 10 Apr

Non-performing loans have fallen from a peak of 32% of all loans to just under 14% over the past five years

25,000 mortgages are at least two years in arrears

Businesses across the euro zone ended the first quarter with their weakest expansion since the start of 2017 as bad weather and a strong currency combined to curb growth in new orders

ECB unlikely to go off-piste after snow-led slowdown

Business / 05 Apr

Lending to non-financial companies grew just 3.1% in February, slowing from a post-crisis high of 3.4% a month earlier

Lending to euro zone companies slowed last month

Business / 27 Mar

The European Commission's Economic Sentiment Indicator fell to 112.6 in March from a revised 114.2 figure in February

Euro zone sentiment falls in March

Business / 27 Mar

Danièle Nouy - chair of the ECB's Supervisory Board

ECB's Nouy says 'split mortgages' may be reclassified

Business / 26 Mar

ECB President Mario Draghi said that euro zone banks continue to face some key challenges

ECB finds €10 billion problem in banks' loan books

Business / 26 Mar

The flash composite PMI, seen as a good guide to economic health, remained comfortably above the 50 mark that divides growth from contraction

Despite easing off, euro zone business growth solid

Business / 22 Mar

Euro zone consumer prices grew less than expected in February, Eurostat said

Euro zone inflation slows more than expected

Business / 16 Mar

Latvia's third biggest bank, ABLV, has been accusing of money laundering and breaching sanctions on North Korea

Russian billions slip through Latvia's loose net

Business / 16 Mar

New guidance tells banks how the ECB expects them to deal with new cases of loans going bad

ECB issues guidance on how to deal with bad loans

Business / 15 Mar

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