Europe - ECB (May 08 - Dec 25)

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Combatting the Crunch: ECB Plans Negative Rate on Bank Deposits
http://www.spiegel.de/international/bus ... 70186.html

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ECB prepares to launch fresh tools to battle low inflation
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/econ ... ation.html

[winston]

The major focus will be Thursday's European Central Bank monthly policy meeting.

The ECB may lower interest rates to counteract low inflation.

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Europe needs a 'Big Bazooka', but the ECB is preparing a peashooter
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comm ... ooter.html

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The nagging fear that QE itself may be causing deflation
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comm ... ation.html

[winston]

Why is ECB doing all thiese ? They must know that things are very bad ...

ECB cuts lending rate from 0.25% to 0.15%

ECB cuts overnight deposit rate from 0% to to -0.1%

And what does negative interest rates means ?

[winston]

“NIRP” is here: Europe officially unleashes negative interest rates

http://thecrux.com/nirp-is-here-europe- ... thinkable/

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Europe steps up fight against deflation risk
http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/05/news/ec ... _Highlight


Mario Draghi takes historic gamble with negative rates but still stops short of QE
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/fina ... of-QE.html

[winston]

The next phase of the "Bernanke Asset Bubble" is here

Mario Draghi indicated that the European Central Bank’s interest rates will probably remain low for at least another 2 1/2 years.

“We have prolonged banks’ access to unlimited liquidity up to the end of 2016. That is a signal,” the ECB president said in an interview published in Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf on June 21, responding to a question on how long rates will stay low.

Source: Bloomberg

http://thecrux.com/confirmed-the-draghi ... e-is-here/

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"It is clear that monetary policy, when seen from a German viewpoint, is too expansive for Germany, too loose," Weidmann told a crowd at the start of the open day. "If we pursued our own monetary policy, which we don't, it would look different."


ECB interest rates too low for Germany, says Bundesbank chief
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101831933?__sour ... =101831933