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 ...

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.

ECB staff are likely to complete their analysis of UniCredit's purchase of 29.9% of Commerzbank by early March, setting the stage for approval by the regulator's Supervisory Board later in the ...

Nearly all respondents to an extra question in the poll said U.S. President Donald Trump's expanding trade war would be damaging to euro zone economic growth, potentially putting the ECB in ...

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 ...

Fourth-quarter negotiated wages rose by 4.1% from a year ago, the ECB said Tuesday. That’s down from the 5.4% record seen in the prior three months.

The ECB lowered the deposit rate to 2.5 per cent on Thursday, its sixth cut since June, and said monetary policy was becoming less restrictive as inflation falls towards its 2 per cent target.

Headline inflation across the euro area was confirmed at a six-month high of 2.5 per cent in January ahead of next week’s European Central Bank (ECB) policy meeting. The latest Eurostat figures ...

The Italian bank, which built a 28 per cent stake in Commerzbank through a combination of share purchases and derivative transactions last year, said on Friday that the ECB would allow it to ...

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 ...

Will the European Central Bank face a problem that has bedeviled the Bank of Russia? European governments are about to embark on a big increase in defense spending, fueled by growing doubts about ...

A ramp-up in defense spending doesn’t have to lead to slower interest-rate reductions by the European Central Bank, according to Governing Council member Olli Rehn. The Finish central-bank chief ...