European Central Bank

Hardouvelis: ECB QE won't solve Greek cash problems

Any European Central Bank quantitative easing program would help Greece?s economy but would not be enough to solve its liquidity problems, Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis said on Tuesday.

?A quantitative easing program alone is not enough to solve the Greek economy?s liquidity problems,? Hardouvelis said at an economic conference in Athens.

Greek central bank asks ECB to allow emergency bank lending line if needed

By George Georgiopoulos

Greece's central bank has moved to protect its banks from any fallout from the coming general election, asking the European Central Bank to approve a stand-by domestic emergency funding line, a Bank of Greece official said on Saturday.

Looking to the ECB to move the dial

By Mike Peacock

After a head-spinning bout of volatility, next week will be dominated by one question: Will the European Central Bank take the ultimate policy leap or pull its punches?

The ECB could launch a government bond-buying program with new money as soon as its Jan. 22 meeting, although Greek elections three days later are a complication.

ECB weighing QE through national central banks but not for Greece, Spiegel reports

By Jana Randow

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi briefed German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on quantitative-easing plans under which national central banks would buy bonds issued by their own country, Spiegel magazine reported.

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