The ECB has halved its policy rate from 4% to 2% in the space of just one year after taming a surge in prices that followed the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Conversations with ECB policymakers suggest the euro zone's central bank will largely endorse its past largesse, making only minor changes to a strategy document that was last updated four years ...

The ECB has cut its policy rate eight times since June 2024 after taming a surge in prices that followed the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

In an interview published by the ECB on August 13, Pedro Machado, the bank’s newest supervisory board member, said progress ...

ECB expects more volatile inflation Pledges forceful action if large, sustained deviations from 2% target ECB's past strategy criticised for delayed inflation response SINTRA, Portugal, June 30 ...

The ECB targets inflation at 2% and a soon-to-be-concluded review will not even discuss the definition of the target as policymakers have long argued that using a different measures, like ...

EUR/USD remains subdued for the second successive session, trading around 1.1660 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The pair ...

A potential US-Russia meeting and the ECB’s cautious stance underpin the Euro. Traders ramp up Fed rate cut bets after the ...

Last month, the ECB predicted inflation will settle at 2% in 2027 after averaging just 1.6% next year. Analysts see risks to June’s projections as largely balanced.

ECB President Christine Lagarde said she and her colleagues are now in a “wait-and-see” mode, with inflation at the 2% goal and the economy performing in line with or better than expectations.

On March 13, an ECB working paper showed that when asked to allocate 10,000 euros (about $10,800) on various assets, respondents only allocated a small portion to the digital euro, having little ...

Inflation at the ECB's 2% target encourages a wait-and-see approach The European Central Bank is widely expected to stand pat on interest rates on Thursday, after its president, Christine Lagarde ...