European Central Bank (ECB)

Television: Absorbing documentary is full of faceless villains acting with reckless abandon

Data shows price pressures building in Spain, easing less than expected in Germany and remaining well below-target in France

European shares see third session of decline

The ECB is holding rates steady, though borrowers will hope the sale of PTSB introduces new competition to the Irish mortgage market

As expected, bank’s governing council keeps key deposit rate at 2 per cent

After eight rate cuts, ECB appears to be sitting tight for now and the next rates move could be upwards, say analysts

Strength in the banks helps keep Dublin market ahead in a muted bank holiday session

Primary objective of the digital euro, for example, is to offer people across the European Union a virtual wallet

Short of options, Europe is forced to consider creative and politically hazardous ways to keep funding Ukraine

Supervisors have told banks to watch their dollar exposures amid Trump policy upheaval

London-based bank HSBC warns wage costs and tariffs may result in a build-up of inflationary pressures in the medium term

Central Bank governor says inflation is where policymakers want

Any rising risk of undershooting bank’s inflation target for the euro zone would support slight cut in ECB rates, Philip Lane says

Reality rivals fiction as Denmark hosts EU leaders amid drone chaos and a €185bn Russian asset heist. Even Birgitte Nyborg would struggle to keep up

Figure marks first move above the ECB’s target since April

Former Italian PM frustrated with ‘inaction’ a year after his report on how to improve Europe’s competitiveness

Markets downgrade chance of another interest rate cut in wake of comments from ECB president Christine Lagarde

Frankfurt upgrades growth forecast for euro zone

Former Central Bank of Ireland deputy governor warns on banks preserving strength

Average rate at the end of July was unchanged from June at 3.6%, new data from the Central Bank shows

As families have become smaller and household wealth has risen, inherited wealth can drive growing inequality in our society

Data bolsters case to pause interest rate cuts

The ‘never again’ mantra that followed the crash led to a decade and a half of regulatory reforms

This is likely to be strongly resisted by the regulator

Overall inflation rises to 1.8% in August amid acceleration in basic grocery costs and uncertainty over tariffs

Flows into term savings accounts with agreed maturity of up to two years easing, says Central Bank

Does Fianna Fáil really want to nominate him for the Áras and deliver us a sharp reminder of what that felt like?

Without an influx of foreign workers, the euro zone will have 3.4 million fewer people of working age by 2040, says ECB’s Christine Lagarde

Sinn Fein spokesman assails AIB over tracker mortgages

Irish inflation measured at 1.6%, according to Eurostat data

Irish residential property prices have soared almost 165% from their post-crisis lows in 2013

US President Donald Trump has threatened to triple a basic tariff on imports from the EU to 30 per cent if Brussels does not cut a deal by August 1st

Deposit rate likely to be kept at 2% on Thursday

Mortgage market players need to offer more ways to allow once distressed borrowers to clear their mortgage debt

Prices continue to climb as European Central Bank cuts interest rates

European economy still expected to grow if 10 per cent tariffs stay, ECB’s Philip Lane says

Rates here still remain higher than euro zone average

Policymakers at central bank fret that a surging currency increases the risk of inflation undershooting

Interest rates expected to be kept on hold at central bank’s next meeting after June reading

Amid changes in ECB interest rates, homeowners have continued to move away from tracker mortgages