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In Europe, Economists See a Chance to Rise on the Global Stage
Central bankers who gathered in Portugal this week focused on ways that Europe could improve its competitiveness with the ...
ECB president Christine Lagarde says stablecoins will lead to the ‘privatization of money,’ undermining central bankers ‘public good’
Stablecoins risk undermining central banks’ ability to conduct monetary policy. They’re also becoming increasingly popular ...
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Donohoe declines to rule out ECB move
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe declined to rule himself of contention to replace European Central Bank (ECB) president ...
The Debate's Heating Up At The ECB, According To Released Minutes
The just-released minutes of the European Central Bank's June meeting show that most ECB members were concerned about a ...
ECB officials question whether euro has strengthened too much
If the euro appreciates further to hit $1.25 this year — a rise of 6 per cent from the current level — the ECB could cut rates by half a percentage point to mitigate the effects on inflation and the ...
At Sintra getaway, central bankers mull threats to their domain
At their annual gathering in the hills of Portugal's Sintra, central bankers this week confronted rising challenges to their ...
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Frequent shocks to economy make inflation more unpredictable: ECB
The head of the European Central Bank said inflation has become more unpredictable due to shocks like the Covid pandemic and ...
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For the euro to go global, the EU must match its ambition with real action
In recent weeks, EU leaders have voiced their support for strengthening the euro’s global role. Christine Lagarde has called ...
ECB Faces Growing Divide as Inflation Undershoot Becomes Harder to Ignore
The minutes of the ECB’s June meeting confirmed the message that President Christine Lagarde tried to convey during the press conference: downside risks to growth and the downward revisions to the ...
Euro's climb vs. dollar signals trouble for EU exporters
Donald Trump's tariffs were meant to prop up the dollar, but the opposite happened. With the euro and others strengthening ...
US adds 147K jobs in June, beating expectations
The U.S. added 147,000 jobs and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1 percent in June, according to data released Thursday ...
Could the ECB prevent a rise in the EUR/USD exchange rate? – Commerzbank
"Of course, the ECB does not pursue a specific exchange rate target, as this would violate the G20 agreement on exchange rate policy. What De Guindos means by this is not the level itself, but the ...