European Parliament throws weight behind Draghi report
Future of European Competitiveness report was put forward by Mario Draghi last week
Mario Draghi
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Draghi sounds warning klaxons over continent
ECB president calls for closer ties to tackle ‘existential threat’ to EU
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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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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 ends QE despite weaker growth outlook for 2019
Timing of rate rises not discussed in Frankfurt meeting leading to speculation rises may be pushed beyond next year
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ECB keeps rates on hold
Central bank bank expects to keep rates on hold at record low levels until summer 2019 and reaffirmed plans to wind up bond-buying programme in December.
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No surprises from Draghi: ECB halves asset purchases to €30bn
The ECB will cut the size of its monthly asset purchases in half from January next year, ECB-president Mario Draghi announced on Thursday. Bond and equity markets as well as the euro hardly responded to the announcement.
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ANALYSIS: ECB tapering is edging closer
Just a few months ago, market watchers were convinced the ECB would soon announce a start to reducing its asset purchases. But even though the European economy has since powered ahead, it now looks unlikely that a detailed tapering announcement is due.
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Euro powers ahead as Draghi keeps silent
The euro has reached multi-year highs against all other major currencies this week after ECB-president Mario Draghi gave a blank speech at the Fed’s Jackson Hole meeting.
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IMF warns against premature ECB-tightening
The International Monetary Fund has warned against the effects of reining back asset purchases by the European Central Bank, as the ‘Draghi put’ sees its fifth anniversary.
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Investors not expecting a hawkish Draghi at ECB meeting
Industry experts are not expecting the European Central Bank to tighten monetary policy at its next rate meeting, despite Mario Draghi’s hawkish mood of late.
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Euro weakens slightly as ECB remains in easing mode
As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept rates on hold on Thursday. Hawks’ hopes the ECB may hint on monetary policy tightening were disappointed. But there was a change of tone in ECB-president Mario Draghi’s words.