The European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) decision last week to signal that its interest rate may now have peaked was not unanimous.
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EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK RAISES INTEREST RATE TO RECORD HIGH
On 14 September, the European Central Bank (ECB) raised its key interest rate for the 10th time in as many meetings, bumping it by a quarter point to an even 4 percent, the highest since the euro currency was introduced in 1999.
FALLING INFLATION RAISES HOPE THAT ECB WILL PAUSE RATE HIKES
Slowing inflation in the Eurozone’s two largest economies have raised hopes that the European Central Bank (ECB) will not raise interest rates again when it meets in September after it raised its key rate by another quarter point on 27 July.
ECB BOOSTS INTEREST RATE TO 23-YEAR HIGH
As the U.S. Federal Reserve did a day earlier, the European Central Bank (ECB) added a quarter point to its key interest rate on 27 July, bringing it to 3.75 percent. It began raising the rate in July 2022, when it was -0.50 percent.
INFLATION SLOWS AND GROWTH SLOWLY RISES IN THE EUROZONE
In July, inflation across the 20 countries sharing the euro currency edged down to 5.3 percent from 5.5 percent in June, reaching its slowest pace since January 2022, and the area’s GDP expanded by 0.3 percent in the second quarter.
ECB RAISES RATE A HALF POINT, SIGNALS MORE HIKES AHEAD
The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its base interest rate a quarter point on 4 May after making six consecutive half-point increases since embarking on its current campaign of tightening in July last year.
ECB NOW SEES EUROPE’S INFLATION AS MORE PERSISTENT THAN IN U.S.
As we reported back in May 2021, as prices began to rise, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, waved away critics’ concerns, saying that inflation in the Eurozone was only temporary and less of a danger than it was in the U.S.
ECB OFFICIAL CALLS FOR COORDINATION OF GLOBAL CRYPTO REGULATION
Cryptocurrency regulations among various countries should be “harmonized…so that gaps don’t occur that are missed by regulators,” Elizabeth McCaul, a member of the European Central Bank’s supervisory board, said in 28 November remarks at the Financial Times Crypto and Digital Assets Summit.
ADJUSTABLE-RATE MORTGAGES PUT SPANISH HOMEOWNERS AT THE BRINK
The European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) recent interest rate increases are pushing Spain’s homeowners toward default, the Financial Times reported.
ECB RAISES KEY INTEREST RATE 75 BASIS POINTS
The European Central Bank (ECB) raised two key interest rates three-quarters of a point last week, the second such raise in the ECB policy committee’s last two meetings.