European Central Bank
Negative interest rates? That’s a negative.
Interest rates in Japan and Europe are now less than zero. That’s not a disaster—but it could lead to one.
Day of the central bankers, and a dust-up in the tech world
April 15: Prepare yourself for monetary policy meetings in Canada and Europe, and the European Commission gets tough on Google
Fed watching and oil’s relentless slide
March 18: The U.S. interest rate announcement is today, as oil slips south of $43 and protestors flock to the ECB
The Morning Playbook: Monday’s business news
March 9: A flurry of hype before Apple’s timely announcement. Plus, Greece, a Loblaw expansion, and the life and times of a Pigeon King
The ECB has pulled the trigger, but will the bazooka blow?
Jan. 25: The first weekend playbook, and the big question this week: now that the eurozone has committed to quantitative easing, will it work?
The Canadian-European central bank double bill
Jan. 22: A Bank of Canada rate-cut, plus, a massive quantitative easing program for the eurozone
All eyes to the eurozone
Financial and economic news for December 4
Transcript: Mario Draghi on ECB interest rates
FRANKFURT – Below is the full text of the statement that European Central Bank President Mario Draghi delivered at his press conference on Thursday.
England’s upside down interest
The Bank of England is floating the idea of a negative interest rate
Are you smarter than a central banker?
An ECB-created iPhone app lets users try their hand at managing the money supply
Britain to the EU: I told you so
As they watch the debt crisis unfold, hardline Euroskeptics in Britain have never seemed so smug