The European Central Bank (ECB) sent a wave of relief across the markets, after the institution announced it would be raising interest rates for the first time in 11 years, with a 25 basis points hike scheduled for its July meeting after maintaining current rates throughout June. The interest rates increase is set to kick […]

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Following the first European Central Bank (ECB) meeting of 2021, the institution announced that it will be sticking to its current key rates and the scale of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) for the foreseeable future, as the European economy continues to grapple with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. In what The Telegraph […]

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It’s little secret that FTSE 100 oil stocks have been absolutely battered in 2020, and today’s share price drops seemed to add icing to the rather underwhelming cake. If you’re confused about why today in particular is significant, here are a few reasons why it might be so. Number 1: Sluggish oil price recovery Yes, […]

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ECB President, Christine Lagarde, announced on Wednesday evening that the central bank would consider dropping the neutrality principle it uses to guide its corporate bond purchases. The reason for this change of heart is that the neutrality principle takes no account of climate change and environmental risk in the bond buying process. The approach currently […]

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The ‘goodbye kiss’ has been delivered! Quantitative easing was more modest – with lower-than-expected volumes of asset purchases – but the trajectory of interest rate cutting was continued today by incumbent ECB President Mario Draghi. European Central Bank, acting quickly, Cuts Rates 10 Basis Points. They are trying, and succeeding, in depreciating the Euro against […]

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“no, no, no, no, no, no” Christine Lagarde was adamant last year that she wasn’t interested in running the European Central Bank. Now she stands nominated, and while many of the British public neither know who she is, nor what bearing this news has on them, the significance of the individual entering the position is […]

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