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Bundesbank posts €2.95 billion profit in 2014
March 12th, 2015
The Deutsche Bundesbank posted a profit of €2.95 billion for the 2014 financial year, compared with €4.59 billion in 2013. The profit was transferred in full today to the Federal Government of Germany pursuant to section 27 number 2 of the Bundesbank Act ...
Low oil prices and supportive policy to drive recovery in Eurozone
March 12th, 2015
After a year of tentative recovery in 2014, the Eurozone has moved into 2015 aided by two important growth drivers – sharply lower oil prices and QE according to the March 2015 issue of the EY Eurozone Forecast (EEF). ...
Reserve Bank of New Zealand: OCR unchanged at 3.5 percent
March 12th, 2015
Statement issued by Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler: The Reserve Bank (RBNZ) today left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 3.5 percent. Global financial conditions remain very accommodative, and are reflected in high equity prices and record low interest ...
Monetary Policy Committee’s Decision on 11 March 2015
March 11th, 2015
Mr. Mathee Supapongse, Secretary of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), announced the outcome of the meeting on 11 March 2015 as follows. The committee voted 4 to 3 to reduce the policy rate by 0.25 percent from 2.00 to ...
France wins EU approval for two-year reprieve on deficit
March 11th, 2015
European finance ministers on Tuesday approved a controversial two-year extension for France to get its deficit within the bloc’s limits, despite accusations that bigger member states are treated more leniently than smaller ones. They formally accepted assessments by the ...
Fed Likely to Remove ‘Patient’ Barrier for Rate Increase as Soon as June
March 11th, 2015
Shift at March meeting would create policy flexibility; inflation outlook key on Fed-funds increase The Federal Reserve is strongly considering removing a barrier to raising short-term interest rates as early as June by dropping its promise to be “patient” before acting. ...
Strongest Dollar in 12 Years Sinks Stocks While Oil Slips
March 11th, 2015
The strongest dollar in nearly 12 years versus the euro and the specter of higher U.S. interest rates fueled a selloff in global equities that sent the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down the most since Jan. 5. Oil ...
Hungry Market Eats Up Oil Bonds
March 10th, 2015
Drop in oil prices has producers raising cash Investors are snapping up new stock and bonds from energy producers as they search for bargains amid the tumult caused by the plunge in oil prices. The buyers are betting these ...
Remarks by Jeroen Dijsselbloem at the press conference following the Eurogroup meeting of 9 March 2015
March 10th, 2015
Remarks by Jeroen Dijsselbloem: Let me first report on our discussion on fiscal surveillance. In our meeting of 8 December we identified risks that seven Member States might not comply with the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) in 2015 ...
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
March 9th, 2015
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Yannis Seitanidis on 8 March 2015 The ECB’s Governing Council had a meeting in Nicosia, two years after the “bail-in” agreement on the recapitalisation of ...
