ECB to hold rates steady as euro zone economy shows resilience
World 15:27 18/12/2025FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank is widely expected to keep its policy rates steady on Thursday and signal little appetite for cuts in the near term as the euro zone economy holds its ground in the face of global trade shocks and inflation remains stable.
Euro zone inflation eases below ECB target, supporting rate cut bets
World 18:32 03/06/2025Euro zone inflation eased below the European Central Bank's target last month on surprisingly benign services costs, underpinning expectations for further policy easing even as global trade tensions fuel longer-term price pressures.
Case growing for summer pause in ECB easing cycle
World 15:27 22/05/2025The European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates once again in June but the case is growing for a pause beyond that as the economy is holding up better than feared and an inflation challenge is starting to creep up on the horizon.
ECB's Wunsch says central bank may need to cut rates below 2%, FT reports
World 17:02 18/05/2025The European Central Bank may need to cut interest rates to "slightly below" 2% as global trade tensions pose downside risks to inflation and growth, Belgium's central bank governor, Pierre Wunsch, told the Financial Times in an interview published on Saturday.
ECB forms group to simplify banking rules, source says
World 11:24 27/04/2025The European Central Bank has launched a task force, chaired by Vice President Luis de Guindos, that will look for ways of simplifying banking rules in Europe, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday.
Dozens injured in anti-ECB riots
World 21:30 18/03/2015Police in the banking capital of Frankfurt also said they had made 16 arrests by 2:30 pm local time, mostly on charges of disturbing the peace and arson after seven police cars were set ablaze
