US Fed takes ‘aggressive efforts’ with unlimited bond buy
Says it will purchase treasury and mortgage-backed securities ‘in the amounts needed’
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Major coronavirus recession likely, say economists
But JP Morgan predicts ‘shortest ever’ contraction
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Swedish pension fund AP1 recruits heavy hitter CEO from Nordea
She previously held senior positions at the ECB and IMF
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MEPs urge European Central Bank to step up green credentials
As 452 vote in favour of putting climate action at heart of the bank’s mandate
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Central banks could fast track the low-carbon transition
But will they step in to safeguard the system from climate risks?
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ECB cuts rates and restarts QE in bid to boost growth
Outgoing ECB president Mario Draghi adamant bond buying programme has ‘headroom to go on for quite a long time’
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Cautious optimism greets Lagarde’s ECB appointment
French lawyer expected to continue predecessor’s aggressive monetary policy should inflation stay sluggish
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Will the ECB remove headwinds for European funds?
As Mario Draghi suggests more monetary stimulus is likely, experts weigh up the prospects for European equities
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‘Eurozone is single biggest risk to global growth’
Veteran BBC broadcaster Andrew Neil warns that deflationary trap looms at a time when ECB has no fire power left
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ECB pushes back rate hike until mid-2020
Despite shaky outlook, new stimulus measures fall short of expectations amid limited monetary policy options
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ECB launches new stimulus to boost ailing eurozone
Central bank will hold auctions of multi-year loans at low rates and will not raise interest rates until 2020
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ECB ‘will not raise rates in 2019’
Market has been anticipating rate rise towards summer end, but raft of weak data will force backtrack, analysts say