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No change from Bank of England on rates, slows pace of QT

The Bank of England kept rates unchanged today and said it was slowing the pace of its quantitative tightening programme and skewing sales away from long-dated gilts to minimise the impact on turbulent bond markets.

Business • 18 Sep

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi

ECB to end QE by December but should do so sooner

The European Central Bank will stop printing money by the end of the year, but should do so much sooner, a majority of economists polled by Reuters said.

Business • 19 Jan 18

ECB President Mario Draghi said the revision of the macroeconomic projections is 'going in the right direction'

ECB keeps policy unchanged, raises growth forecasts

The European Central Bank has raised growth and inflation forecasts for the euro area, but stuck to its pledge to provide stimulus for as long as needed.

Business • 15 Dec 17

At the time it was the biggest ever injection of funds into financial markets and probably the most stunning single central bank action to date

A decade on, ECB's bold credit crunch fix looks quaint

Ten years ago to the day, the European Central Bank pumped €95 billion into the banking system to prevent it from seizing up, marking the start of the global credit crisis.

Business • 09 Aug 17

The European Central Bank begins a set of key policy meetings tomorrow

Time to taper? Five questions for the ECB

The European Central Bank's quantitative easing scheme expires at the end of the year and with the economy gaining strength, expectations are growing that the days of central bank bond-buying are numbered.

Business • 19 Jul 17

With inflation above 1% and the euro zone's economy on its best run for years, officials generally agreed the way was clear for a gradual normalisation of ECB policy

Some ECB policymakers have doubts over easing QE

Spooked by a market backlash, some European Central Bank policymakers are having doubts about signalling in July that they are moving closer to dialling back their easy money policy.

Business • 03 Jul 17

Minutes from the ECB's December meeting published today

ECB minutes reveal discord over QE extension

Several European Central Bank governors were against any extension of the institution's mass bond-buying programme as inflation picked up in the euro zone.

Business • 12 Jan 17

No interest rate changes from European Central Bank today

ECB to cut asset buys to €60 billion a month

The European Central Bank unexpectedly reduced its asset buys today but reserved the right to increase purchases once again.

Business • 08 Dec 16

Proposals may include buying a limited amount of bonds yielding less than the deposit rate, which the ECB currently rules out, and buying a bigger share of any individual bond issue

ECB may discuss changes to asset-buying scheme

The European Central Bank may discuss technical changes to its asset-buying scheme next week but a decision could be deferred until December.

Business • 12 Oct 16

The ECB's QE programme is set to expire in March 2017

No sign of ECB ending massive easing programme

The European Central Bank is ready to extend its "quantitative easing" programme if necessary, minutes from a September governing council meeting showed today.

Business • 06 Oct 16

The ECB has so far conducted six 'Targeted Longer Term Refinancing Operations'

ECB loans €18.3 billion to banks at cheap rates

The European Central Bank said it has lent around €18.3 billion to 55 banks in a sixth round of special liquidity measures aimed at reflating the euro zone economy.

Business • 11 Dec 15

Peter Praet said a fall in commodity prices and the slowdown in China put the 2% target at risk

ECB's 2% inflation target 'risks being missed'

The risk has increased that the European Central Bank won't get inflation back up to where it wants, the bank's chief economist has said, pledging to beef up its anti-deflation asset-buying programme if necessary.

Business • 26 Aug 15

ECB's quantitative easing programme is starting to bear fruit

Nowotny sees first signs of QE policy success

The European Central Bank's asset purchase programme to boost the euro zone economy is starting to bear fruit.

Business • 15 Jun 15

Loans to the private sector were flat in April, new ECB figures show

Euro zone lending slows to a standstill in April

Lending throughout the euro zone failed to grow in April after a promising rise a month earlier, new ECB data show.

Business • 29 May 15

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 European Central Bank has already acquired €41.02bn of sovereign bonds under the programme

ECB executive board member has doubts over QE

A member of the European Central Bank's executive board, Sabine Lautenschlaeger, has expressed doubt that its bond purchase programme will have the desired effect.

Business • 02 Apr 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

QE strategy will see the ECB pump money into the eurozone economy

ECB and euro zone central banks begin QE programme

The European Central Bank has started its long-awaited €1.1 trillion quantitative easing programme aimed at fending off deflation and stimulating growth in the euro zone.

News • 09 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

Euro slumps against the dollar after the ECB's announcement of a QE programme

Euro under more pressure as it plunges on QE plan

The euro has fallen further against the dollar and sterling after the European Central Bank announced a plan to pump more than €1 trillion into the economy.

Business • 23 Jan 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

Top advisor to EU's highest court says ECB's bond buying plan was necessary

EU court adviser sets conditions for bond-buying

A European Central Bank bond-buying plan floated in 2012 would not break EU law subject to certain conditions, a top adviser to the European Union's highest court has said.

Business • 14 Jan 15

Many expect the ECB to outline plans for some kind of asset purchasing programme at its next meeting on 22 January

ECB 'considers hybrid approach' to asset purchases

The European Central Bank is considering a hybrid approach to government bond purchases which would combine the ECB buying debt with risk sharing across the euro zone and, in a nod to German qualms, separate purchases by national central banks.

Business • 09 Jan 15

ECB may make weaker states bear more QE risks

European Central Bank officials are considering ways to ensure weak countries that stand to gain most from a fresh round of money printing bear more of the risk and cost.

Business • 19 Dec 14

The ECB offered banks the cheap, four-year loans as part of a package of measures to add around €1 trillion to its balance sheet

Banks take just half of cheap ECB loans on offer

The European Central Bank got a lukewarm response from banks today in its fight to revitalize the sluggish euro zone economy.

Business • 11 Dec 14

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