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German Business Confidence Declines as Economy Seen Slowing
May 23rd, 2014
German business confidence declined more than economists forecast amid signs that growth in the euro area’s largest economy will slow this quarter. The Ifo institute’s business climate index, based on a survey of 7,000 executives, fell to 110.4 in ...
Euro hits three-month low after German data surprise
May 23rd, 2014
Asian shares hit one-year highs on Friday and bond yields were on track to notch up a broad-based rise on the week, but European markets softened after a closely watched measure of German business confidence came in weaker than ...
Dollar better bid after data, euro hobbled by rate cut view
May 23rd, 2014
The dollar hovered at one-week highs against the yen and held its ground on the euro early on Friday, having drifted up broadly after promising U.S. housing and factory activity data gave Treasury yields a bit of a lift. ...
Europe grew faster than U.S.
May 15th, 2014
European economic growth was weaker than expected in the first three months of 2014, but still managed to outpace the U.S. for the first time in three years. Gross domestic product across the 18 countries in the eurozone grew ...
Interview with Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, Peter Praet
May 15th, 2014
Mr Praet, business activity is picking up in Europe. Hasn’t it become time to prepare increases in interest rates – rather than to ease monetary policy further, as the European Central Bank (ECB) indicated rather clearly last week? That ...
Draghi Sets Clock Ticking for June Stimulus by ECB
May 9th, 2014
Mario Draghi has given himself a month to craft a new fix to the European Central Bank’s deflation angst. Cutting the euro area’s benchmark interest rate to a record tops the list of options for the ECB President after ...
Euro Drops From 2 1/2-Year High as Draghi Hints at June Action
May 8th, 2014
The euro weakened from a 2 1/2-year high against the dollar as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said policy makers were comfortable with taking additional policy action in June if needed. The common currency dropped versus all except ...
U.S. Stocks Fluctuate as Tech Shares Slide, Tesla Drops
May 8th, 2014
U.S. stocks fluctuated, following the biggest advance in three weeks for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as technology stocks declined for a third day and Tesla Motors Inc. and Priceline Group Inc. slumped. The S&P 500 (SPX) fell ...
ECB keeps rates at record-low 0.25%
May 8th, 2014
The European Central Bank (ECB), has issued a press release on its monetary policy following today’s meeting, which was held in Brussels. The Governing Council of the ECB decided that the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and ...
E.U’s economy is growing due to Germany and Italy manufacturing
May 2nd, 2014
Euro-area manufacturing grew at the fastest pace in three months in April on accelerating expansion in Germany and Italy, evidence the currency bloc’s recovery remains on track. A Purchasing Managers’ Index increased to 53.4 from 53 in March, Markit ...
