Sources: BBC
The European Central Bank raises interest rates for the 10th time to mitigate high inflation amid concerns that higher borrowing costs could push the economy into a recession. 2023-09-14
The European Central Bank maintains its policy to halve monetary stimulus after September and end it in December 2018. However, the ECB perceives "uncertainties related to rising protectionism" as the main concern for the global economy. 2018-09-13
The European Central Bank reinstates the waiver that enables Greek banks to use the country's bonds as collateral for regular loans, for the first time in more than a year. 2016-06-22
The European Central Bank increased the cap on cash available to Greek banks through emergency liquidity assistance, as those banks continue to experience steady withdrawals. Greek citizens have withdrawn over 3 billion Euros in the last month. 2015-06-19
The new Greek government, represented by finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, meets with Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the Eurogroup, and declares that Greece now rejects any further cooperation with its main international lenders known as the troika (the Eurogroup, the IMF, and the ECB); instead, it wants to negotiate directly with other European countries. 2015-01-30
A member of the governing council of the European Central Bank says that the ECB may yet cut interest rates still further, into negative territory. 2014-03-22
A Reuters poll of economic forecasters finds that they are more worried about deflation across the Eurozone than is the ECB. 2014-02-13
Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, confirms the overhaul of euro banknotes, beginning with the €5 note. 2012-11-8
The Australian dollar reaches new 29-year highs against the US dollar due to higher than expected inflation figures sparking predictions of higher interest rates. 2011-04-27
Fine Gael speaks out against the high interest rate imposed by the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank and their insistence that the country pay €17 billion out of its own national pension fund. 2010-11-29