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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde: The European Union must increase its efforts on the capital markets union and the digital euro.
April 17 - The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the seventh time in a year on Thursday in hopes of boosting the already struggling eurozone economy, which is set to be hit hard by US tariffs. The ECB has been lowering borrowing costs as price pressures have subsided following the pandemic, while recent trade-related turmoil in global markets has added to the case for further easing. "Increased uncertainty could reduce household and business confidence, and the adverse and volatile ma...
Tonight at 20:15, the European Central Bank will announce the interest rate decision, because tariff uncertainty weighs on the economic outlook of the euro zone, it is expected that the bank will be "forced to drop six in a row", lowering the three major interest rates by 25 basis points, of which the deposit rate fell to 2.25%, the statement tone or moderate "turn dove" to pave the way for further interest rate cuts, please pay attention to market fluctuations, click to see more...
The European Central Bank and regulators are conspiring to "cut off the Fed's loan" emergency plan, all because Trump's policy has shaken the century-old trust. If Trump really forces the Fed to "cut off supply", it will not only trigger a nuclear explosion in the global market, but also... Click to view...
Hussain Mehdi, macro and investment strategist at HSBC Asset Management, said in a note that he expected the ECB to continue gradually cutting interest rates after cutting by 25 basis points on Thursday. Mr. Mehdi said the ECB's slow pace of rate cuts was likely to boost the performance of European risk assets. "Against the backdrop of fading US exceptionalism, we believe the global equity rally, including the outperformance of eurozone equities, will continue further in 2025."
Talk at the ECB's March meeting could be "very heated"... click to view...
European Central Bank Governing Council member Villeroy said that we may further cut interest rates. (Golden Ten)
Eurozone banks need a digital euro in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to promote a stablecoin, a cryptocurrency usually pegged to the U.S. dollar, European Central Bank board member Piero Cipollone said on Friday. That would help lure more customers away from banks and strengthen the case for the ECB to launch its own digital currency.
On January 22nd, the European Central Bank Governing Council Knott said that the obstacles to another interest rate cut next week are very small. The data is encouraging and confirms that we will return to our target. (Golden Ten)
European Central Bank Governing Council Member Knott said there are few obstacles to another interest rate cut next week. The data is encouraging and confirms that we will be back on target and hope to see the economy recover before making further judgments. (Golden Ten)
Although the market is not optimistic that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates significantly tonight, they generally predict that the central bank will become more dovish in the future.
Mr. Nagel, the European Central Bank's governing body, said on Wednesday that the central bank could cut interest rates again next week but that easing should be gradual and cautious. "Given that the process of falling inflation has largely proceeded as currently expected, at this stage I would not object if we continued to lower the policy rate," Mr. Nagel said on Wednesday. "But I will reserve my final judgment and will make my decision after reviewing the new macroeconomic forecasts for Decem...
European Central Bank Governing Council member Nagel said that service inflation in the euro area remains high; the European Central Bank should remain cautious and not rush to achieve results on interest rates; in the fight against inflation, the European Central Bank still needs to make efforts.
The European Central Bank's governing council, Muller, said that the best policy option is to cut interest rates cautiously; not to worry about falling behind the situation; and still believe that we will see a gradual economic recovery.
We do not need to discuss a 50 basis point rate cut at this stage; there is no evidence to support our discussion of such a policy outlook; the European economy is weaker than we originally expected; internal inflation remains very high; central bank policy depends on data.
