The rate cut comes as the ECB seeks to alleviate pressure on consumers and businesses amid sluggish economic growth in Europe, and the threat of trade tensions with the US. The European Central ...

The European Central Bank mustn’t rush further interest-rate cuts, especially as borrowing costs approach a level that neither restricts nor stimulates the economy, Governing Council Joachim ...

With the deposit rate being lowered to 2.5%, the question is whether ECB President Christine Lagarde will still characterise policy as 'restrictive.' We think she will, but failing to do so could ...

For four years, the ECB has been trying to slow the economy down, raising its key deposit rate to a record 4 percent to choke off inflation, before gradually lifting its foot off the brake since June.

Nearly all respondents to an extra question in the poll said U.S. President Donald Trump's expanding trade war would be damaging to euro zone economic growth, potentially putting the ECB in ...

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), explains the ECB's decision to lower the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points at the December policy meeting and responds to ...