Search Results for: ECB President Mario Draghi
Draghi rules ECB Action
August 25th, 2014
Inflation expectations have deteriorated across the euro area and signaled policy makers are ready to add fresh monetary stimulus, according to the European Central Bank president, Mario Draghi. Yet officials aren’t finished with measures to stave off Japan-style stagnation. ...
Dollar flatlines ahead of Yellen, Draghi at Jackson Hole
August 22nd, 2014
The dollar was steady on Friday after its strongest weekly run since March and world stocks were near all-time highs as markets waited for steers from the Federal Reserve and ECB on diverging policy plans. European shares .FTEU3 opened ...
ECB set to hold fire on rates, eyes risks from Ukraine conflict
August 7th, 2014
The European Central Bank is set to hold fire on rates on Thursday as it waits for earlier stimulus measures to gain traction, while keeping an eye on emerging risks from the conflict in Ukraine. The ECB cut interest ...
Draghi Says Banks Shouldn’t Count on Another Carry Trade
July 15th, 2014
Banks shouldn’t count on a fresh round of European Central Bank cash to trade sovereign debt and reap big profits, Mario Draghi said. “The convenience to use the ECB cheap money to buy government bonds is much less” than ...
IMF calls on ECB to consider quantitative easing
June 19th, 2014
The International Monetary Fund is expected to sound the alarm on Thursday over the risk of deflation within the eurozone and to urge the European Central Bank to consider US-style quantitative easing, including “large-scale” purchases of sovereign bonds, to ...
Currency Carry Trades Rise in ECB’s Negative-Rate World
June 10th, 2014
Mario Draghi is becoming one of currency traders’ only friends. With the $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign-exchange market poised to deliver its worst first-half returns on record, the carry trade is about the only way traders are making money by exploiting ...
ECB’s Big Bang Is Impressive, but More Is Needed
June 6th, 2014
After dropping hints for several weeks, the European Central Bank made history today by doing what no major central bank has done outside a major financial crisis: It pushed the rate on bank deposits to minus 0.1 percent. The ...
Asian stocks rise after ‘unprecedented’ European Central Bank (ECB) actions
June 6th, 2014
Asian stocks rose after the European Central Bank introduced aggressive easing measures aimed at stimulating the eurozone economy. The ECB become the first major central bank to introduce negative interest rates, which will see it become cheaper for banks ...
Europe Stocks Rise With Italy Bonds After ECB; Euro Drops
June 5th, 2014
European stocks extended gains, Italian bonds advanced and corporate credit risk slid to a six-year low after the European Central Bank cut all three interest rates. The euro weakened, treasuries rose and commodities fell. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index ...
Little Change for U.S. Stock-Index Futures Before ECB
June 5th, 2014
U.S. stock-index futures remained relatively unchanged, after equities climbed to a record, while investors awaited the European Central Bank’s decision on stimulus today and the monthly jobs report tomorrow. Sprint Corp. advanced 4.2 percent in German trading after people ...