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Mario Draghi's makes his comments on ECB's QE programme at the International Monetary Fund in Washington

Draghi says ECB will not stop short in QE plan

The European Central Bank will not stop short in rolling out its €1 trillion money printing scheme, its president said, playing down fears that quantitative easing could blow price bubbles.

Business • 15 May 15

The closely watched Survey of Professional Forecasters have upgraded forecasts for growth in the next 3 years

ECB survey of experts paints brighter outlook

Economists and other experts surveyed by the European Central Bank pared back their predictions today for inflation to just above zero for this year as oil prices stay low.

Business • 16 Apr 15

The protester threw paper and glitter at Mario Draghi before being taken away by security

ECB press conference interrupted by protester

A news conference by European Central Bank president Mario Draghi was briefly interrupted when a young woman charged at Draghi calling for an "end to the ECB dictatorship".

Business • 15 Apr 15

Loans to the private sector fell by 0.1% on the year, new ECB figures show

Euro zone lending dips in February

Lending to euro zone households and firms fell slightly in February, dashing expectations for the first rise in three years.

Business • 26 Mar 15

ECB on track to meet its goal of a total €60 billion in bond purchases every month

ECB bought €26.3 billion of bonds in 10 days

The European Central Bank said today it has bought €26.3 billion worth of bonds under its quantitative easing programme within the first 10 days.

Business • 24 Mar 15

ECB chief Mario Draghi will appear at the Italian committee next Wednesday

Draghi to go before Italian parliamentary group

The President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, is to appear before the finance committee of the Italian Parliament.

Business • 20 Mar 15

ECB President Mario Draghi says QE programme was already having positive effects

ECB to begin QE programme on 9 March

The European Central Bank's President Mario Draghi has said the bank will start its bond purchases programme on 9 March.

News • 05 Mar 15

Mario Draghi unveiled plans to embark on a policy of so-called 'quantitative easing' after the January meeting

ECB members divided over Draghi's €60bn QE plan

The European Central Bank has revealed there were divisions on its policy-setting governing council over the use of quantitative easing to fight deflation.

Business • 19 Feb 15

The ECB is widely expected to unveil a multi-billion-euro bond buying plan

ECB could buy €50 billion of bonds a month: report

The European Central Bank's Executive Board has proposed a programme that would enable the ECB to buy €50bn in bonds per month starting in March, a euro zone source has said.

Business • 22 Jan 15

Euro continues to weaken against the dollar

Euro falls to nine-year low on ECB speculation

The euro slumped to a nine-year low today as investors bet that the prospect of inflation across the region turning negative and political uncertainty in Greece will force the ECB to unleash quantitative easing.

Business • 05 Jan 15

Mario Draghi said the ECB could not react to problems in individual member states as it was focused on the union as a whole

Euro zone must 'complete' monetary union - Draghi

Euro zone countries must "complete" their monetary union by integrating economic policies further and working towards a capital markets union, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has said.

Business • 31 Dec 14

The ECB has published a number of documents on its website to provide additional information

ECB will not be attending banking inquiry

Members of the Oireachtas banking inquiry have been formally informed that the European Central Bank will not be attending.

News • 17 Dec 14

ECB President Mario Draghi cuts euro zone's growth outlook for next year to 1% from the 1.6% predicted in September

ECB to assess need for more action early next year

The European Central Bank will judge early next year whether it needs to take more action to revive the euro zone economy, President Mario Draghi said today.

Business • 04 Dec 14

ECB stability report singles out 'frothy' property prices as a potential problem for the euro zone

'Complacency about risk could threaten stability'

The search for returns and investors' complacency about risk could threaten financial stability, the ECB warned today in a report.

Business • 27 Nov 14

ECB chief said today there was now no sign of economic improvement in the months ahead

Draghi throws door to QE wide open

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi today threw the door wide open for more dramatic action to rescue the euro zone economy

Business • 21 Nov 14

61 economists, academics and other forecasters surveyed by the ECB expect euro zone inflation of 1% next year and 1.4% in 2016

ECB warned euro zone inflation, growth to be lower

A group of professional forecasters cut their outlook for euro zone inflation and growth, underlining a trend that could prompt the European Central Bank to take more policy action to kick-start the economy.

Business • 13 Nov 14

ECB President says the bank's balance sheet will move towards 2012 level

ECB preparations under way for more easing moves

The European Central Bank is ready to use further unconventional policy tools if needed to stave off the risk of deflation, ECB President Mario Draghi said today.

Business • 06 Nov 14

Draghi highlights the need for fiscal consolidation and structural reforms in the euro zone

Euro zone slowdown may postpone investment: Draghi

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has said he expects bank lending, a key impediment to growth in the euro zone at the moment, to pick up early next year.

Business • 10 Oct 14

ECB President Mario Draghi says bank is ready to use further unconventional measures to boost economy

ECB to start purchases programmes this year

The European Central Bank has laid out plans to buy rebundled packets of debt within weeks to shore up the flagging euro zone economy and its president said the bank would do more if needed.

Business • 02 Oct 14

ECB President Mario Draghi expects the euro zone to grow 'modestly' in the second half of the year

Draghi expects euro zone to grow modestly

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi expects the euro zone to grow modestly in the second half of the year, helped by the ECB's recent stimulus steps.

Business • 25 Sep 14

ECB chief Mario Draghi has signalled the bank was ready to use additional unconventional tools to spur inflation and growth

ECB to keep loose policy 'for long time' - Draghi

The ECB will keep monetary policy loose for as long as it takes to push ultra-low inflation in the euro zone back up closer to the 2% level, its president Mario Draghi said today.

Business • 24 Sep 14

ECB President Mario Draghi announces more measures to help unblock lending in euro zone

ECB cuts euro zone rates in surprise move

The ECB will start buying securitised loans and covered bonds next month to help unblock lending in the euro zone, ECB President Mario Draghi has said.

Business • 05 Sep 14

ECB executive board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger says market expectations are 'one-sided'

ECB tells governments to look to reforms

Financial market expectations that the ECB will again charge to the euro zone's rescue were "one-sided", a top ECB official said today.

Business • 03 Sep 14

US Fed chief Janet Yellen says unemployment rate alone is not enough to evaluate the strength of the US jobs market

Yellen says US job market still hampered

The dollar was steady after its strongest weekly run since March and world stocks were near all-time highs as markets waited for steers from the Federal Reserve and ECB on diverging policy plans.

Business • 22 Aug 14

ECB President Mario Draghi keeps euro zone interest rates at record lows

Draghi says Ukraine crisis a risk to the euro zone

The European Central Bank has signalled it stands ready to print money and buy bonds if the euro zone slides towards deflation and warned the conflict in Ukraine poses a serious risk to the bloc's economy.

Business • 07 Aug 14