European Central Bank (ECB)

Daily Forex Market Preview, 16/05/2018 The markets were trading mixed amid a day that saw weaker economic reports from the Eurozone and a slightly upbeat jobs report from the UK. The U.S. dollar gained strength late in the day as the…
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The ECB President Mario Draghi and other officials were seen speaking over the week as ECB offficials maintain hawkish view. The Lithuanian central bank governor and member of the ECB's governing council, Vitas Vasiliauskas gave an…
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ECB President Mario Draghi on the Mic at 13:15 PM GMT, in his home country. The speech is not supposed to focus on any monetary policy indications, therefore, market participants would most likely remain on their current bias when it…
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The Eurozone Q1 GDP rises slower than expected during the first three months of the year, as widely expected. Official data released last week by the European statistics agency, Eurostat showed that the Eurozone economy advanced 0.4% in the…
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The European Central Bank was seen holding monetary policy unchanged at its meeting last Thursday. The ECB President Mario Draghi was widely expected to down play the concerns over the recent weak patch of economic data from the Eurozone…
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In the April ECB monetary policy meeting preview we look at how the European Central Bank will be holding its monthly monetary policy meeting this week on Thursday. No changes are expected to the interest rates or the central bank's QE…
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As the markets head into the final week for the month of April, the economic calendar continues to steam ahead with lot of economic releases. Central bank meetings take the spotlight this week with both the European Central Bank and the…
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The European Central Bank released its monetary policy meeting minutes last week for the meeting that was held earlier in March this year. Policymakers expressed concerns on the risks of a full fledged trade war against the United States…
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Concerns start to rise on the growing uncertainty in global trade which was not so long ago touted as one of the reasons for helping the Eurozone and especially German imports. The Eurozone posted one of the fastest growths in 2017 in…
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The ECB held its ECB Watchers conference on Wednesday last week. Policy makers at the central bank reassured that they remain cautious on making further adjustments to the monetary policy. The comments underlined the risks towards growth…
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