European Central Bank (ECB)

Following the drop in US stock indices at the end of last year, there was quite a bit of press talk about a potential recession. But that has gone by the wayside now that the Dow managed one of it's best starts of the year in history.…
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The European Central Bank released its meeting minutes from the December monetary policy meeting last week. The minutes showed that ECB officials were close to giving a downbeat assessment of the economic prospects for the Eurozone. The…
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The European Central Bank released its meeting minutes from the December monetary policy meeting last week. The minutes showed that ECB officials were close to giving a downbeat assessment of the economic prospects for the Eurozone. The…
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Consumer prices in the Eurozone slowed down in December. Although the markets were expecting to see a slowdown, the decline was in the books with inflation rate moving further away from the ECB’s target rate of 2.0%. This was according to…
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The economic data for the week ahead will see the central banks dominating the headlines. The week ahead will see the meeting minutes coming out from the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve. The meeting minutes covers the monetary…
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As the new year dawns upon us, most of you might be busy with new year resolutions and what not. As a trader, a lingering question might be about what's in store in the currency markets this year. With the world ringing in 2019, 2018 was…
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The year 2018 started with a lot of optimism. Investors looked to 2018 with enthusiasm as some of the major economies closed 2017 on a strong note. This came as central bank leaders across the developed economies beat the drum and sang to…
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The European central bank held its monetary policy meeting last week. As widely expected, the central bank announced an end to its QE program but said that it would keep its re-investment of the asset purchases open ended. The central…
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Once again the release of Eurozone Inflation data comes out along with other price-sensitive data, so we could be looking at some market volatility at 06:00 EST (12:00 CET). The other data to be released is the October Balance of Trade for…
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