The ECB kept forward guidance, or commitments about future policy action, as part of its toolbox in its last review in 2021.

The rate reached a record of four percent in late 2023 after the ECB launched a furious hiking cycle to tame energy and food costs that surged in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

European Central Bank President Christine Largarde has said the ECB is looking to finish the preparation phase of the digital euro by October 2025. Though, lawmakers recently raised doubts on ...

The European Central Bank has given UniCredit approval to buy up to 29.9% of Commerzbank, the Italian bank said on Friday, ...

The ECB, which raised interest rates at an unprecedented pace in 2022 and 2023, still has a bloated balance sheet from long-concluded stimulus schemes, and commercial banks now earn hefty interest ...

An adviser to the European Central Bank (ECB) has reiterated the bank’s negative stance on Bitcoin as the US explores the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve. “Nation-state Bitcoin reserve ...

U.S. tariff risks are intensifying while the ECB may have to grapple with the impact of a new German government, a potential Ukraine ceasefire and an expected surge in defence spending.

With the deposit rate being lowered to 2.5%, the question is whether ECB President Christine Lagarde will still characterise policy as 'restrictive.' We think she will, but failing to do so could ...

While most rate-setters are expected to back another 25 basis-point cut at the next policy vote on March 6, some on the 26-member governing council have become concerned that the ECB is becoming ...

But ECB hawk Isabel Schnabel, a member of the six-person executive board that sets the tone for rate meetings, told the Financial Times that the central bank should “now” start to debate a ...

The decision prolongs current rules that permit as many as 10 monthly days away from the office until 2027, when a new review is planned, an ECB spokesperson said. Employees can work 90 of their ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to cut interest rates on Thursday to 2.65%, continuing its easing from a 4.5% peak amid increased volatility in bond markets. The expected easing comes ...