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What matters at Thursday’s interest rate meeting
View of the ECB tower In April, inflation in the euro area was 7.0 percent. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf, Frankfurt In Germany, it is rare for government officials to comment on…
Trade union confederation warns ECB against further interest rate hikes – “Collateral damage would be enormous”
ECB headquarters in Frankfurt The central bank will discuss a further interest rate hike on Thursday. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Before the Council meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB) on…
Inflation in the euro area remained at 8.5 percent in February
>>iOS Economist sees new data as “alarm signal” Thomas Gitzel, chief economist at VP Bank, sees the new inflation figures from the monetary union as an “alarm signal”. The economist…
Inflation in the euro area remained at 8.5 percent in February
>>iOS This increases the pressure on the ECB and its President Christine Lagarde. The central bank is aiming for a price increase of two percent for the euro area. The…
The ECB raises the key interest rate in the euro area by a further 50 basis points to 3.0 percent
Frankfurt The European Central Bank (ECB) is raising interest rates again. Even more important: On Thursday, the head of the central bank, Christine Lagarde, signaled another hike of half a…
ECB raises key interest rate significantly to 0.5 percent
ECB headquarters The central bank met as scheduled in Frankfurt. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The European Central Bank (ECB) is raising interest rates in the euro area. The currently decisive interest…
Central bank raises interest rates for the first time since 2011
Frankfurt The European Central Bank (ECB) is raising interest rates in the euro area. The currently decisive interest rate on deposits is to rise by half a percentage point to…
These 3 points will be important at Thursday’s meeting
Christine Lagarde The head of the ECB and her council colleagues are in a particularly difficult situation due to high inflation, the risk of recession and the government crisis in…
These 3 points will be important at Thursday’s meeting
Frankfurt When the European Central Bank (ECB) last raised interest rates more than eleven years ago, its president was still Jean-Claude Trichet. That move didn’t last long. Only a few…
These 3 points will be important at Thursday’s meeting
Frankfurt When the European Central Bank (ECB) last raised interest rates more than eleven years ago, its president was still Jean-Claude Trichet. That move didn’t last long. Only a few…
These 3 points will be important at Thursday’s meeting
Frankfurt When the European Central Bank (ECB) last raised interest rates more than eleven years ago, its president was still Jean-Claude Trichet. That move didn’t last long. Only a few…
How economists assess risk
Volkswagen commercial vehicles in production The industry is particularly suffering from production bottlenecks. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt If inflation is a word that scares consumers and investors, then that applies all…