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Address by Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, on the occasion of receiving the ESMT Leadership Award 2013, Berlin, 13 June 2013 Good afternoon. It is a great honour to receive this award for Responsible Leadership and I would...

Today’s US opening call provides an update on: Markets tumble after 6% Nikkei 225 loss Australian employment figures provide welcome boost US retail sales expected to show slowdown Discussion over validity of OMT leads to call...

Spain is seeking to revise the limits on the Eurozone bailout fund setup to help struggling European nations. Speaking ahead of the European Foreign Ministers meeting due to be hosted by Spain in Palma de Mallorca on July 19...

I was speaking to an EU official yesterday who was talking about the crisis and mentioned that the European Central Bank's credit easing efforts had been implemented in a more conservative way than what the Federal Reserve did...

Former ECB Head Trichet Voices Confidence in CanadaWall Street Journal (blog)Canadian Dollar Higher as US Dollar Retreats vs Major Currencies. Subscriber Content Read Preview. UPDATE: Canada 1Q Industrial Capacity Use Grows to...

June-July 2013 – Volume 34, No. 3 From Cyprus to the US And now this: open theft by banks! Steven Strauss June 2013 What’s it called when workers deposit their hard-earned cash into their modest bank accounts only to find out...

The ECB has released its monthly report , deciding to keep the key interest rates unchanged. It expects price pressures to remain subdued, but that the risks for price stability outlook are broadly balanced. Inflation... All similar articles: 119 »

I just read a very interesting new paper (via Mark Thoma) from the Center of Financial studies at Goethe University, titled “Complexity and monetary policy”. The paper probably filled a “critical gap” in someone’s knowledge...

Author(s): Kassandra Last week an internal International Monetary Fund (IMF) report evaluating the first Greek bailout made it to the papers. The report was very critical of the IMF's position at the time and even more critical... All similar articles: 90 »

Governments struggle to make tough choices when markets are forgiving. Rising yields on risk-free debt, and the German constitutional court’s unpicking of the ECB’s bond buying, herald a tougher ride for peripheral bond...

In the brief but tempestuous fight between Abe and the "deflation monster", the latter is now victoriously romping through an irradiated Tokyo, if last night's epic (ongoing) collapse in the Nikkei is any indication: down 6....

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The European Central Bank will 'monitor very closely' all incoming economic data, it said in its monthly bulletin on Thursday, ensuring banks that its monetary policy stance will remain accommodative for as long as necessary.

DESPITE the recent sell off in global bonds and equities, investor sentiment remains fairly buoyant. A number of measures suggest equities are fully valued at present, but the asset class remains in favour. For now, investors...

We believe deflation risks in the Euro area will be a major theme during the second half of this year. Deflation risks are a question of how much slack there is in the economy or, in academic terms, a question of the size of...

BERLIN, June 13 (Reuters) - The The European Central Bank has helped soothe short-term sovereign debt worries in Europe , but long-term competiveness must be improved for the crisis to fully fade away, says Morningstar's Dave...

Published: Thursday, 13 Jun 2013 | 12:46 AM ET European shares dropped sharply on Thursday as uncertainty over whether central banks will roll back stimulus dropped 5.9 percent on Thursday morning, after declining as much as 8...

Longer-term army driven by easier executive bank financial policies and “balance piece recessions” are during play in today’s banking markets, that mix to form what’s being called a market’s “New Normal.” The “new normal,” as...

Today’s UK opening call provides an update on: Markets expected to rise after Nikkei 225 pares some of yesterday’s losses UoM consumer sentiment outlook expected to improve Japanese minutes provide insight into JGB’s and...

For the first time, America's racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5 age group, the government said Thursday. It's a historic shift that shows how young people are at the ... All similar articles: 2301 »

Central Bank Watch: June 13, 2013 Update Christopher Vecchio, Jonathan DePaolis Many developed economies’ central banks are at pivotal points for their respective monetary policies. Highlights of Latest Policy Meetings: The... All similar articles: 164 »

Patricia Fischer Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 3:00 PM CET The government is opening a can of worms that it surely expects will spark more international criticism of its policies when it plans to merge the central bank and the...

Challenges of the future working environment - Mario Draghi receives ESMT Responsible Leadership Award ESMT European School of Management and Technology in Berlin is holding the ESMT Annual Forum on “The Future of Jobs” today...

Thursday, 13 June 2013 (30 minutes ago) BMW sales and marketing chief Ian Robertson believes that the German car market has further to fall this year. Europe Breaking News: 'Battle Lines Drawn' in German Court Over ECB 'Battle...

Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Nordea 3rd Annual Nordic AAA Seminar, Copenhagen, 13 June 2013 Ladies and Gentlemen, It’s a great pleasure to speak to you at this 3rd Annual Nordic AAA... All similar articles: 358 »

BRUSSELS (dpa-AFX) - The euro traded lower against most of its major counterparts following the release of the European Central Bank's monthly report at 4:00 am ET. As of 4:05 am, the common currency was trading at 1.3343... All similar articles: 49 »

In the euro zone, the Sentix index of investor confidence rose to minus 11.6 in the current month from minus 15.6 in May, improving for a second successive month as a rate cut by the European Central Bank and the formation of a...