Bank of England rate hike warning spooks markets
The Bank of England (BoE) on Thursday froze interest rates at 0.5 percent, but warned borrowing costs could rise more quickly than expected to bring down inflation, sparking fresh turmoil in the markets.
Feb 09, 2018, 00:31 AM ISTEurozone economy growth hits highest in decade
Economic growth in the Eurozone hit 2.5%, far ahead of the 1.8% reached a year earlier.
Jan 30, 2018, 16:24 PM ISTECB`s bond-buying programme: Five things to know
European Central Bank governors meet in Frankfurt on Thursday as expectations grow that they will soon announce an end to their "quantitative easing" bond-buying programme.
Sep 05, 2017, 12:07 PM ISTIMF keeps global growth forecasts; China, eurozone revised higher
In its updated World Economic Outlook, the IMF said global gross domestic product would be 3.5 percent in 2017 and 3.6 percent in 2018.
Jul 24, 2017, 11:09 AM ISTIMF demands more from eurozone on Greek debt relief
After more than eight hours of talks in Brussels overnight, eurozone finance ministers and the IMF failed to settle their deep differences on the thorny debt question.
May 23, 2017, 15:48 PM ISTEurozone unemployment falls to more than 7-year low
The eurozone jobless rate in February fell to its lowest level since May 2009 as a resurgent hiring spree took hold despite uncertainty over Brexit, EU data showed Monday.
Apr 03, 2017, 15:46 PM ISTFive reasons the Greek debt crisis is back
Greece, the eurozone and IMF are in a three-way Mexican stand-off over a review of the country`s 86 billion bailout agreed in July 2015, its third since 2010.
Feb 15, 2017, 16:42 PM ISTEurozone, IMF agree on a common stance on Greece: Official
Eurozone lenders and the International Monetary Fund have reached agreed between themselves to present a common stance to Greece later on Friday in talks on reforms and the fiscal path Athens must take, Eurozone officials said.
Feb 10, 2017, 17:57 PM ISTECB holds key interest rates at record lows as calls grow for stimulus exit
The European Central Bank left key interest rates and its mass bond-buying programme unchanged Thursday, at its first meeting of a year when the Frankfurt institution could become a political punching bag.
Jan 19, 2017, 21:45 PM ISTEurozone inflation jumps to 1.1%, highest since 2013
Inflation in the eurozone jumped in December to the highest level in more than three years on the back of surging oil prices, official EU figures showed on Wednesday.
Jan 04, 2017, 19:23 PM ISTEurozone unemployment falls below 10% for first time since April 2011
Unemployment in the eurozone has fallen below the symbolic mark of 10 percent for the first time since April 2011, EU data showed on Thursday.
Dec 01, 2016, 22:22 PM ISTEurozone inflation at highest level since April 2014
Eurozone inflation rose to a two-and-a-half-year high in November as Europe inched away from very low consumer prices that have threatened an already fragile economic recovery.
Nov 30, 2016, 18:13 PM ISTBusiness growth in Eurozone rises to highest rate this year
Eurozone business activity expanded the most in nearly a year in November on strong manufacturing and buoyant services growth in Germany, stirring some optimism that economic momentum is picking up again.
Nov 23, 2016, 17:26 PM ISTECB seeks to lend out more bonds to avert market freeze: Sources
The European Central Bank is looking for ways to lend out more of its huge pile of government debt to avert a freeze in the 5.5 trillion euro short-term funding market that underpins the financial system, central bank sources told Reuters.
Nov 23, 2016, 17:00 PM ISTEurozone chief rules out 'impossible' UK Brexit demands
Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem has dismissed as "intellectually impossible" the notion that Britain could retain unfettered access to the European single market while also cutting down on EU immigration.
Nov 16, 2016, 17:12 PM ISTECB should tail off bond purchases: German experts
The European Central Bank`s easy-money policy has let eurozone governments delay key reforms, a German expert panel said Wednesday, urging the Frankfurt institution to ease off the massive stimulus spending.
Nov 02, 2016, 17:26 PM ISTEurozone Q3 GDP growth steady at 0.3%; inflation rises to 27-month high
Economic growth in the eurozone remained low but stable in the third quarter as inflation rose to a 27-month high amid fears over Brexit and major elections in France and Germany.
Oct 31, 2016, 18:49 PM ISTEurozone inflation hits two-year high
Eurozone consumer prices rose to a near two-year high of 0.4 percent in September, data showed Friday, offering hope that a disputed programme by the ECB to stimulate the economy may be delivering.
Sep 30, 2016, 15:08 PM ISTEurozone August business growth slowest since start of 2015
Eurozone business growth in August was at its weakest since the start of last year, suggesting the bloc`s struggling economy is losing what little momentum it had, a private sector survey showed on Monday.
Sep 05, 2016, 16:37 PM ISTEurozone inflation stable in August, against expectations of rise
Eurozone unemployment meanwhile was unchanged at 10.1 percent in July, the Eurostat statistics agency.
Aug 31, 2016, 14:49 PM IST