The ECB holds its monthly meeting tomorrow. Below we look at the main topics of discussion, with the ECB weighing some important decisions.Could the ECB cut its main interest rate again?Possibly. It is certainly considering it. As with last month, grow…
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banking sector, bundesbank, central bank, crisis, ECB, ECB balance sheet, ECB Governing Council, ecb rate cut, eurozone, eurozone north vs south, interbank market, LTRO |
May 1, 2013
The ECB looks set to cut its main interest rate by 0.25% to 0.5% on Thursday (while keeping the deposit rate at 0% due to concerns about distortionary effects of negative rates).Why is the ECB considering cutting rates?The obvious answer is that the cr…
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banking sector, bundesbank, central bank, crisis, ECB, ECB balance sheet, ECB Governing Council, ecb rate cut, eurozone, eurozone north vs south, interbank market, LTRO |
The ECB looks set to cut its main interest rate by 0.25% to 0.5% on Thursday (while keeping the deposit rate at 0% due to concerns about distortionary effects of negative rates).Why is the ECB considering cutting rates?The obvious answer is that the cr…
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banking sector, bundesbank, central bank, crisis, ECB, ECB balance sheet, ECB Governing Council, ecb rate cut, eurozone, eurozone north vs south, interbank market, LTRO |
New Italian PM Enrico Letta paid his first official visit to Germany yesterday, only hours after delivering his inaugural address to the Italian parliament. Much has been made of his strong ‘pro-European’ yet ‘anti austerity’ stance – so how would this…
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angela merkel, anti-austerity, enrico letta, esm, eurozone north vs south, fiscal treaty, germany, growth, italy, letta agenda, solidarity |
A mini-storm has been whipped up in the economic community overnight after a paper was published highlighting some flaws in the widely cited Reinhart & Rogoff paper ‘Growth in a time of debt’.A quick recap for those of you not familiar with the…
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austerity, economic growth, eurozone, eurozone crisis, eurozone north vs south, fiscal union, germany, labour market reform, reinhart, rogoff, spending |
April 4, 2013
This is now emerging as the key question for Cyprus following the severe mishandling of its bailout. The financial services sector, along with real estate and related businesses, which accounted for around 30% of Gross Value Added in the economy is now…
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austerity, bail-out, banking sector, Cyprus, economic growth, eurozone, eurozone north vs south, Financial Services, gas, gdp, tourism, unemployment |
March 26, 2013
Given all the Germany-bashing over the last week, in the wake of the Cyprus bailout deal (some of it completely ridiculous), it’s easy to forget that the Germans themselves are remarkably united over the agreement. In fact, the feeling is that Germany,…
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bailout fatigue, Cyprus, eurozone bailouts, eurozone north vs south, german media, German public opinion, Merkel, schauble |
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