Sources: BBC
The European Central Bank expands its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme by €500 billion to €1.85 trillion and extends the scheme to March 2022, saying it expects "a more pronounced near-term impact of the pandemic on the Eurozone economy and a more protracted weakness in inflation than previously envisaged". 2020-12-10
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 provides an extra 900 million euros to the Greek banks. 2015-07-22
The People's Bank of China cuts interest rates for a fourth successive time to help stabilize growth. 2015-06-27
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
The European Central Bank has watered down standards for an ongoing review of Europe's banks, waiving deadlines and some data requests, according to a Reuters report based on "sources familiar with the process." 2014-05-12
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
An executive board member of the European Central Bank, Benoît Cœuré, says that the ECB is determined to secure the continued decline in real interest rates in the months ahead. 2014-03-13
Cyprus reportedly reaches an outline bank bailout deal with international lenders including the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. 2013-03-25
Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, confirms the overhaul of euro banknotes, beginning with the €5 note. 2012-11-8