10 April 2019 Pound-to-Euro Exchange Rate Bid Higher on ECB's Dovish Tilt

The Euro was sold against the Dollar, Pound and other major currencies in mid-week trade after the European Central Bank (ECB) sounded a distinctly bearish tone on the Eurozone's economic outlook.

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10 April 2019 EUR/USD Falls after ECB says Slowdown Extended into 2019 and Warns of Lower Inflation to Come

The Euro fell during noon trading Wednesday after the European Central Bank (ECB) said the Eurozone economy is likely to have slowed further in New Year and warned that inflation could fall even fu…

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08 March 2019 Euro-to-Dollar Rate Forecasts Slashed after ECB Cuts the Cord on 2019

The Euro is now facing a year of moribund price action that will see January's highs act as a ceiling over the coming quarters, according to the latest forecasts from Danske Bank, after the Europea…

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07 March 2019 Euro Dips on Fresh ECB TLTRO Announcement, says no Interest Rate Rise Likely in 2019

The Euro dropped temporarily after the European Central Bank announced it would be making billions of Euros available to Eurozone banks at cheap rates to try and reinvigorate lending to the economy…

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24 January 2019 ECB Signals Caution on Economy, Euro Gives Jekyll & Hyde Response

The Euro will take a cue from the ECB at mid-day today with traders interested in how the Governing Council have interpreted the recent slowdown in Eurozone economic growth.

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10 January 2019 French Industrial "Write-Off" Scuppers Chance of ECB Interest Rate Rise in 2019

The Euro was treading water Thursday after French industrial production aggravated earlier concerns about the health of the Eurozone economy, which have led some economists to forecast the European…

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13 December 2018 Euro to Hit New Lows in Early 2019 but Recover Lost Ground into Year-end says BMO Capital Markets

The Euro was treading water Thursday ahead of the latest European Central Bank (ECB) interest rate decision and monetary policy statement, which could be key to the direction of the single currency…

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13 December 2018 Euro Dips Following ECB Growth and Inflation Downgrades

The Euro was treading water Thursday ahead of the latest European Central Bank (ECB) interest rate decision and monetary policy statement, which could be key to the direction of the single currency…

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29 November 2018 German Inflation Disappointment adds to Growing ECB Headache, Constrains Euro Outlook

The Eurozone financial system received a clean bill of health from the European Central Bank Thursday but economic data and analyst forecasts continue to show that the outlook for the single c…

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06 November 2018 Euro is Increasingly at Risk From Slowdown in Eurozone Economy: FX Strategists

Euro exchange rate complex at risk should the ECB jettison interest rate rises in 2019 in view of slowing economy.

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25 October 2018 Pound Slides against Euro as ECB Bats Away Concerns Over Slowing Economy and Italian Budget Clash

The European Central Bank kept interest rates and guidance unchanged in their October policy meeting but acknowledged a slowdown in Eurozone economic growth.

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25 October 2018 ECB says won't be Spooked by Slowing Eurozone Growth, Euro Seen higher

The Euro advanced against a weakening U.S. Dollar ahead of October's monetary policy update from the European Central Bank (ECB), which will help set the narrative around the single curre…

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13 September 2018 ECB Helps Euro to September Highs, Cites Firming Inflation Expectations

The Euro was unmoved Thursday when the European Central Bank left all of its interest rates unchanged for September and confirmed earlier guidance relating to the shuttering of its quantitative eas…

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11 September 2018 EU Banking Stresses Give ECB Added Incentive to Tighten Monetary Policy Sooner Rather than Later

We believe markets might be overlooking an important consideration that will likely keep the ECB on this path, regardless of the data: the poor state of the Eurozone's retail banking sector.

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07 September 2018 Beware a Euro Rebound Next Week as ECB Remains on Taper 'Auto-Pilot'

Euro exchange rates could receive a leg-up next Thursday when the European Central Bank meets for its September monetary policy meeting.

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09 August 2018 ECB Confident Inflation Will Keep Rising, but Sounds Caution over US Trade Tariff Agenda

The ECB confirms it believes the Eurozone's economic growth profile is strong enough to warrant the removal of stimulus in their latest Economic Bulletin.  

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20 July 2018 Euro at Risk of Decline if Weidmann Does not Snatch the ECB Presidency

Unless Jens Weidmann takes over as head of the European Central Bank when Mario Draghi steps down in October 2019, the Euro could be at risk of decline we are told.

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19 June 2018 Draghi offers Euro Exchange Rates Little Help with on-Target Message in Sintra

Euro exchange rates were seen under pressure on Tuesday, June 19 following an address by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to the ECB's Forum on Central Banking currently underway in Sin…

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06 June 2018 The ECB's Message to Italy: No Free-Riders Allowed

Closing the quantitative easing chapter a week after populists come to power in Rome signals the ECB's unwillingness to allow its monetary policy to be taken"taken hostage".

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06 June 2018 Euro Strengthens as Praet Hints at Major ECB Policy Announcement Next Week

The Euro is one of the better performing global currencies mid-week thanks to a number of comments delivered by key members of the ECB which hint that next week's policy meeting will be a significa…

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