ECB President Draghi: European Stimulus Will Continue

WASHINGTON — European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi said the ECB's economic stimulus program is working but needs more time to bring European inflation back to healthier levels and restore consumer and business confidence.

Bonds Rally as Draghi Says QE Program Must Be Fully Implemented

Euro-area government bonds rose as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said policy makers’ debt-buying plan must be implemented in full to work.The 1.1 trillion euro ($1.2 trillion) quantitative-easing plan has already changed the face of the region’s debt markets.

After Bailout Plan Approval, Greece Faces a Balancing Act

BRUSSELS — Eurozone finance ministers on Tuesday approved Greece’s plan meant to ease the hardships created by its international bailout, extending that loan program by four more months.

Italy’s Bonds Rise With Spain’s as Official Signals ECB Stimulus

Italian and Spanish bonds rose for the first time in three days as European Central Bank policy maker Christian Noyer said in an interview officials would consider buying government debt to stimulate euro-area growth.

ECB's Draghi says ready to do more to fight low inflation

(Reuters) - The European Central Bank is ready to use further unconventional policy tools if needed to stave off the risk of inflation remaining too low for too long, ECB President Mario Draghi said on Thursday.

Draghi raises QE hopes again

The European Central Bank is ready to use a bigger bazooka to jump start growth and inflation in the euro-area should its existing measures fail to have an effect, said Mario Draghi.

Searching for growth in Europe, clarity in China

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone's struggle to avoid another recession will take center stage in the coming week in the absence of major U.S. data, as investors mull whether the ECB's new asset-buying plan is a prelude to even more radical steps.

Dollar Rallies Most in 8 Weeks on Fed, Ukraine Turmoil

A dollar gauge rallied the most in eight weeks as the Federal Reserve acknowledged surprise in the improvement in the U.S. labor market and amid heightened geopolitical turmoil.

Draghi flags ECB action next Thursday

FORTUNE -- European Central Bank President Mario Draghi dropped his clearest hint yet that the bank will take action next Thursday to ward off the threat of deflation and support the euro zone's faltering economic recovery.

Asian shares waver, euro steady but ECB talk weighs

(Reuters) - Asian stocks erased early modest gains on Tuesday, while the euro steadied but remained vulnerable after overnight comments from the European Central Bank chief heightened expectations of easing steps in the euro zone.

FOREX-Euro subdued near two-week lows, wary of ECB

LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - The euro hovered near a two-week low against the dollar on Tuesday and fell against the yen, as expectations the ECB will try to halt any further strengthening kept investors away from the single currency.

ECB considers Fed-style stimulus

Negative interest rates? Printing money? They're now both firmly on the agenda in Europe if prices don't start to pick up soon.

Spanish inflation up 0.3 per cent in November

MADRID: Inflation rose by 0.3 in Spain in November, after staying flat in October, official data showed Friday, amid concern that deflation could dent the recovery in some eurozone countries.

ECB ready to add liquidity if necessary: Makuch

BRATISLAVA: The European Central Bank stands ready to pump more liquidity into the market if needed, ECB Governing Council member Jozef Makuch said on Monday.

Portugal Yields Need Draghi to Keep His OMT Promise

Portugal’s 10-year bond yield jumped more than a percentage point in the past month to levels that may test European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s pledge to buy bonds of crisis-torn countries.

Post-Cyprus credit rebound hints at bounce for unloved banks

LONDON (Reuters) - A hasty scramble to ditch European banks after Cyprus took a contentious sovereign bailout drove some stocks lower than the credit market suggests they should be, potentially leaving them ripe for a rebound.

ECB's Nowotny says too early to judge if rate cut needed

WASHINGTON: It is too early for the European Central Bank to judge whether a further interest rate cut is needed but the impact of Japan's easing must be closely monitored, ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said on Saturday.

PIMCO cuts euro exposure as investors decry Cyprus bailout plan

LONDON (Reuters) - A demand that Cyprus seize money from depositors to help rescue the island's banks is a wake-up call for those who believed the euro zone crisis was solved, institutional investors and hedge funds said.

Weak loan data highlight euro zone economic woes

FRANKFURT: Loans to companies in the euro zone extended their fall in November, underlining the bloc's economic weakness and increasing pressure on the European Central Bank to cut interest rates further.

Norway Misses Haven Fest as Record Issuance Looms: Nordic Credit

Norway faces higher borrowing costs next year as the AAA rated nation plans record bond issuance amid a potential drop off in demand from foreign buyers.