Organisation: European Central Bank

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<p>"I think it's fair to say that Irish banks, given their liquid position and given where they are, can withstand for a portion of time some of those interest rate increases," Eamonn Crowley (pictured, right) said. Photo: Fennell Photography</p>

companies

Permanent TSB may absorb initial ECB rate hikes, CEO says

The first transfer of loans from Ulster Bank to Permanent TSB is scheduled to begin in the final quarter of this year

<p>ECB president Christine Lagarde spelled out plans for a series of hikes starting in July.</p>

economy

State faces higher borrowing costs but major infrastructure projects unlikely to be derailed

Financial markets have bet that ECB will likely be forced to continue to hike rates throughout 2023

<p>Mario Draghi, the former president of European Central Bank, had been at the helm for eight years.</p>

economy

How the hawks secured victory at the ECB over interest rate hikes this week

The commitment to a 50-basis points increase was unheard of under the doves control

Calculator with wooden house and coins stack and pen on wood table. Property investment and house mortgage financial concept

news

Q&A: What is happening to mortgage rates and how will it affect me?

economy

Summer rate hikes to add €80 to Irish monthly mortgage payments

economy

Countdown to ECB interest rate hike starts getting serious next week

ECB head Lagarde 'essentially announces interest rate hikes in July and September'

European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde has taken 'the unusual step' of announcing rate hikes in advance

Mon, 23 May, 2022

Markets bet ECB will hike interest rates aggressively by 1% this year

Rate setters appear increasingly convinced of the need to tighten policy in the face of record inflation

Tue, 17 May, 2022

ECB urged to hike interest rates in July to fight inflation surge

Although inflation is primarily fuelled by soaring energy prices, there is "disturbing evidence" that price growth is gaining momentum and is becoming more widespread, Mr Nagel said.

Tue, 10 May, 2022

Mortgage repayments could rise by €300 per month

The rise in inflation is hitting consumers hard, with cost-of-living increases being felt across the board, especially in fuel prices, home heating, and basic food items

Fri, 06 May, 2022

ECB ready for 'sequence' of rate hikes - Philip Lane

Comes as Bank of England sent a stark warning that Britain risks a double-whammy of a recession and inflation

Thu, 05 May, 2022

Christine Lagarde Holds Press Conference Following ECB Governing Council Meeting

Five takeaways as business and markets reel from the Ukraine war

Expect more jaw-dropping moves in the rouble and oil prices if Western sanctions go even further and target Russia's energy industry

Fri, 04 Mar, 2022

ECB's Lane warns of eurozone GDP hit from Russia-Ukraine conflict

More refined forecasts are expected at the ECB's March 10 policy meeting, as is a decision on the future of its Asset Purchase Programme

Fri, 25 Feb, 2022

Oliver Mangan: Markets may be pricing in too many ECB rate hikes this year

Energy prices, a record low unemployment rate and supply chain issues have contributed to higher inflation

Mon, 07 Feb, 2022

ECB rate hike tipped for fourth quarter of this year

Support for winding down of the eurozone central bank's asset purchasing programme

Sun, 06 Feb, 2022

Irish Examiner view: We've no reason to party like it's 2006

Despite Christine Lagarde's insouciance, the global economy looks like it is shaping up for rampant inflation

Sat, 22 Jan, 2022

ECB holds the line as Bank of England delivers surprise rate hike

The ECB action will help ensure that the borrowing costs for Irish households remain unchanged at low levels for some time to come

Thu, 16 Dec, 2021

Oliver Mangan: ECB holding its line on interest rate hikes set to keep euro low

Expectations in regard to interest rates are having a perceptible impact on currency markets.

Mon, 22 Nov, 2021

ECB's Lagarde admits inflation to last longer and spike higher than originally thought

The ECB is coming under increased pressure to abandon its ultra-easy monetary policy and tackle price growth that is eroding households' purchasing power

Mon, 15 Nov, 2021

File Photo THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT has approved outgoing IMF chief Christine Lagarde as the next boss of the European Central Ba

Oliver Mangan: Interest rate hikes to remain a long way off

ECB rates are not expected to start to be raised until 2024, while in the US, Fed hikes are not expected until early 2023

Mon, 06 Sep, 2021

Oliver Mangan: ECB inflation target means Government can finance its Covid bills

The eurozone, including Ireland, will find debt more sustainable in light of ECB's intention not to hike interest rates

Mon, 26 Jul, 2021

Eurozone inflation eases, and trade surplus shrinks

ECB attributes expected inflation to one-off factors during the projected global recovery from the pandemic

Fri, 16 Jul, 2021

EU Summit With Leaders at Loggerheads Over Travel

EU leaders told to ‘water the green shoots’

European economies are starting a robust recovery on the back of an accelerating vaccination campaign

Fri, 25 Jun, 2021

ECB president blasts Bitcoin's role in facilitating crime

'This is an asset and it’s a highly speculative asset which has conducted some funny business,' says Christine Lagarde, as cryptocurrency hits records in market

Wed, 13 Jan, 2021

Oliver Mangan: Amid the worst pandemic for 100 years, global stocks are up 10%

This year was always going to be challenging for investors following the stellar performance across virtually all asset classes in 2019 that yielded very handsome returns.

Mon, 21 Dec, 2020

ECB intervention is 'critical' in offsetting Covid-19 borrowing costs for Ireland

The critical role the ECB is playing in buying government bonds across the eurozone that ensures Irish sovereign costs are kept at historically low levels will be "significant" in ensuring Ireland emerges from the Covid-19 crisis, the Economic and ...

Fri, 11 Dec, 2020

ECB sees smaller-than-feared Covid impact, but slower recovery also

The European Central Bank (ECB) expects the eurozone to suffer a smaller recession this year than earlier feared, but inflation is still likely to undershoot its target for years to come, it said.

Thu, 10 Sep, 2020

Yanis Varoufakis: The intensifying class war behind the Covid-19 crisis

Strengthening the solidarity of Europe’s oligarchs is not a good strategy for empowering Europe’s majority and will push the majority into deeper despair, writes Yanis Varoufakis.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2020

Gary Murphy: Fine Gael is back in power, but faces an identity crisis

What now for Fine Gael in a government where it holds just six cabinet seats, has a host of disgruntled backbenchers, and is facing an existential crisis of identity?

Mon, 29 Jun, 2020

European shares bounce on US Fed stimulus

European shares joined a global rally this morning with sentiment lifted by the launch of the US Federal Reserve's corporate bond buying plan and easing concerns of a second wave of global coronavirus infections.

Tue, 16 Jun, 2020

Michelle Carpenter: 'I don't think anyone realised how difficult this was going to be'

Michelle Carpenter, chief executive of Rowing Ireland, talks to Brendan O'Brien about the unique challenges presented by the current crisis, the financial realities that still lie ahead and the optimism that comes with the re-opening of sport and society at large in recent weeks

Sat, 06 Jun, 2020

ECB signals June stimulus ruling out swift recovery

European Central Bank officials have given up on the idea of a swift economic rebound from the pandemic and are ready to add stimulus again next month if new information suggests existing efforts aren’t enough.

Fri, 22 May, 2020

Global economic recovery after Covid-19 can be driven by European Green New Deal

An EU Green Deal can be the motor for global economic recovery, writes Grace O’Sullivan.

Thu, 21 May, 2020

Special report: Seven key areas for any prospective programme for government

Ireland, and the world, was a different place on February 9.

Tue, 19 May, 2020

EU risks institutional showdown after German ECB ruling

The European Commission threatened twice in a weekend to sue Germany over a ruling by the country’s constitutional court challenging the European Central Bank’s monetary authority, raising the prospect of an institutional showdown on the continent amid the deepest recession in a century.

Sun, 10 May, 2020

The Irish Examiner View: Time for the EU to honour its core objectives

If it's fatuous to point out that a crisis stress tests systems to destruction it may be less so to argue that concentrating on one challenge may allow another, second crisis gather momentum.

Fri, 08 May, 2020

The Irish Examiner View: ECB conflict a blow to the Eurozone

Germany's constitutional court has given the European Central Bank three months to justify bond purchases under its stimulus programme or lose the Bundesbank as a participant, threatening the scheme and the euro's future.

Thu, 07 May, 2020

Daniel McConnell: Chink of light in gloomiest of outlooks from Donohoe

We may be at the start of possibly our worst ever recession, but there are some small grounds for hope, writes political editor Daniel McConnell

Wed, 22 Apr, 2020

Bank of England could finance UK government

The Bank of England has agreed to temporarily lend the government money if needed to help finance its massive COVID-19 spending plans, reviving a measure used during the 2008 financial crisis.

Thu, 09 Apr, 2020

It is time to support Ireland's food producers

The supply chain of food and beverages can and must be preserved intact so that it can continue to feed the population, writes Ray Ryan

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

President Higgins: Coronavirus crisis an opportunity for society to 'do things better'

President Michael D Higgins has said the coronavirus crisis is an opportunity for the world and society to “do things better” in the future.

Fri, 27 Mar, 2020

Jim Power: Wherever one looks, the global implications are catastrophic

The Taoiseach’s address to the nation on Saint Patrick’s night set a pretty perfect tone for where we find ourselves at the moment.

Thu, 19 Mar, 2020

'This is not a time for the ECB to fiddle while Europe burns', farm leader

Clear and decisive action is also needed to mitigate the potential for economic catastrophe.

Tue, 17 Mar, 2020

Micheál Martin: Clear need for a majority Government to tackle the pandemic

The reaction to the Covid-19 crisis has been excellent so far but it will take time to see that the drastic measures taken are necessary, writes Micheál Martin.

Mon, 16 Mar, 2020

McGrath: coalition deal must satisfy demand for change

Fianna Fáil must secure a “radical” programme for government in any deal with Fine Gael that not only fights the coronavirus but offers new ways of tackling housing and health, a senior party figure says.

Wed, 11 Mar, 2020

Oliver Mangan: The best and worst-case scenarios for the world economy

The OECD’s analysis of the impact of the coronavirus on the world economy published last week sets out two scenarios. In the base case, the epidemic peaks in China in quarter one and the outbreaks elsewhere prove mild and contained.

Mon, 09 Mar, 2020

Michael Clifford: We owe Ballyhea a debt of gratitude

Tomorrow, Ballyhea says no for the last time. The final protest march through the North Cork village is scheduled to begin around 10am, leaving time for its completion before second mass in the parish church.

Fri, 06 Mar, 2020

Gary Murphy: Labour will have its work cut out in election

The party has not been forgiven for the austerity measures of its coalition with Fine Gael and will struggle to hold its seven seats.

Tue, 28 Jan, 2020

ECB coy on rates and wary of lingering Brexit threat

European Central Bank policymaker Klaas Knot has said he does not expect interest rates to fundamentally change in the coming years.

Mon, 27 Jan, 2020

German GDP growth slow; Weakest expansion rate since 2013

The German economy expanded 0.6% in 2019, the weakest expansion rate since 2013 and a marked cooling from the previous year, as export-dependent manufacturers in Europe’s largest economy faced increased headwinds from trade disputes and less foreign demand.

Wed, 15 Jan, 2020

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