Educating Lagarde – The Greek-speaking “lobby” at the ECB – 2024-04-19 10:56:47

Educating Lagarde – The Greek-speaking “lobby” at the ECB
 – 2024-04-19 10:56:47

Three central bankers are considered to be the main “doers” who made Christine Lagarde learn Greek… And sometimes preach the start of the usually boring general councils of the European Central Bank with the phrases “good morning” and “how are you today?” , making serious and seasoned central bankers look askance at each other, with … Read more

ECB: Interest rates unchanged for the fifth time – 2024-04-11 21:48:10

ECB: Interest rates unchanged for the fifth time
 – 2024-04-11 21:48:10

As widely expected, the European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at today’s board meeting. Interest rates were last raised in September 2023 in the upward cycle that began in July 2022, with the deposit rate reaching 4%. In the next three meetings, the ECB consistently reiterated that interest rates would remain steady for a … Read more

European Central Bank Hints at Possible Rate Cut Soon: President Lagarde’s Statement and Outlook for Inflation and Economy

European Central Bank Hints at Possible Rate Cut Soon: President Lagarde’s Statement and Outlook for Inflation and Economy

At its board meeting on the 11th, the European Central Bank (ECB) left its main policy interest rate unchanged as expected, but hinted at the possibility of a rate cut soon. Photographed in December 2023 (2024 Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach) (Reuters) – The European Central Bank (ECB) left its main policy interest rate unchanged as expected at … Read more

Stournara’s intervention on interest rates – “To be reduced twice before August” – 2024-03-16 14:22:15

Stournara’s intervention on interest rates – “To be reduced twice before August”
 – 2024-03-16 14:22:15

THE European Central Bank it must cut borrowing costs twice before its summer vacation in August and twice more before the end of the year without being swayed by the Fed. This is what the governor of the Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras, said in an interview with Bloomberg, pointing out: “We need to start … Read more

Megalou-Tr. Piraeus: One step before the dividend – Waiting for “green light” – 2024-03-15 17:11:22

Megalou-Tr.  Piraeus: One step before the dividend – Waiting for “green light”
 – 2024-03-15 17:11:22

In the course that led to the successful placement of the HFSF shares, the positive image of the Greek economy, the moves towards dividend distribution and the estimates for the interest rate policy of the ECB were mentioned, among other things, in an interview on Bloomberg TV by the CEO of Piraeus Bank, Christos Megalou. … Read more

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintains hawkish bias, Australian dollar valuation updates

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintains hawkish bias, Australian dollar valuation updates

[Tokyo, 8th]- At its board meeting on the 6th of this week, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced that it would leave policy unchanged, but maintained its tightening bias. The Australian dollar is expected to recover against the US dollar in the medium to short term, and in the meantime, it is likely to … Read more

European Central Bank (ECB) Interest Rate News: Loan Interest Rates at the Forefront, Interest Rate Cuts Unlikely

European Central Bank (ECB) Interest Rate News: Loan Interest Rates at the Forefront, Interest Rate Cuts Unlikely

The European Central Bank (ECB) is unlikely to cut its key interest rate this week. However, there are signs of a trend reversal in loan interest rates. Getty Images The European Central Bank (ECB) will decide on key interest rates for the first time in the new year this Thursday. ECB boss Christine Lagarde has … Read more

Global Government Bond Yields Rise as Traders Scale Back Rate-Cut Bets

Global Government Bond Yields Rise as Traders Scale Back Rate-Cut Bets

Global government bonds got off to a cautious start to the year as traders scaled back bets on major central banks cutting interest rates significantly this year. Germany 10-Year Treasury Bond YieldOn Tuesday (2nd), it jumped 9 basis points to 2.11%, a new high in more than two weeks, while the UK 10-Year Treasury Bond … Read more

ECB Interest Rate Rises to the Highest Level Ever: Experts Expect Interest Rate Cuts in 2024

ECB Interest Rate Rises to the Highest Level Ever: Experts Expect Interest Rate Cuts in 2024

In a year and a half, the ECB interest rate rose from the lowest to the highest level ever. Now that inflation is falling rapidly and high interest rates are economically painful, we have to wait for interest rate cuts in 2024. Whether mortgage and savings rates will fall along with it remains to be … Read more

How to Join the Discussion on krone.at-Forum: Netiquette and AGB Guidelines

How to Join the Discussion on krone.at-Forum: Netiquette and AGB Guidelines

Comments Log in to join the discussion logged in as Not the right user? Log out Welcome to our community! Incoming contributions are checked and then published. Please ensure compliance with our Netiquette and AGB. You are also welcome to have detailed discussions krone.at-Forum available. User contributions do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the … Read more