Mario Draghi
ECB set to start bond purchases next week
The European Central Bank will launch into quantitative easing next week having increased its economic growth forecasts for this year and next.
President Mario Draghi said the first bond purchases with new money would take place on March 9.
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Greece cannot rely on ECB to dodge funding crunch, Draghi says
Greece cannot rely on the European Central Bank to raise a limit on Athens' issuance of short-term debt, ECB President Mario Draghi suggested on Thursday.
He also said the rules meant the ECB could not buy Greek bonds under its new asset-buying programme.
ECB keeps rates unchanged as investors await QE details
By Stefan Riecher
The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at record lows as investors wait for President Mario Draghi to reveal more details of his 1.1 trillion-euro ($1.2 trillion) bond-buying plan.
Where Greece hopes to find cash - and why the ECB says no
Cash-strapped Greece had been hoping that the European Central Bank -- which is about to pump billions into the eurozone economy -- would help ease its torment, but so far the ECB has been markedly reluctant to come to its aid.
These are the key issues over which they are at loggerheads:
Draghi details sought as ECB's QE plan poised to be fleshed out
By Alessandro Speciale
European Central Bank policy makers meet in Cyprus on Thursday with investors expecting President Mario Draghi to flesh out details of the 1.1 trillion euro ($1.2 trillion) quantitative-easing plan he announced in January. Here are five questions traders are seeking answers to:What will ECB- style QE look like?
Nicosia: Protest outside venue where ECB board meeting takes place
Thousands of Cypriots protested outside Nicosia’s congress center on Wednesday against an ECB board meeting inside, chaired by ECB President Mario Draghi.
The rally was organized by unions and civil organizations. No incidents were reported during the peaceful protest.
Greece's week before March 9 meeting of euro finance ministers
By Eleni Chrepa
Greece faces another week of hurdles before the March 9 meeting of euro-region finance ministers in Brussels, where they will evaluate the government's list of proposed measures aimed at keeping aid flowing.
Draghi's QE moves to starting line as economic outlook brightens
By Stefan Riecher
The euro-area economy has taken a step in the right direction.
ECB uncomfortable with leading role in Greek funding drama
By Paul Carrell & John O'Donnell
European Central Bank policymakers decamp to Cyprus on Wednesday wrestling with the uncomfortable fact that they may hold the keys to Greece's continued membership of the euro.
The Greek govt, ECB and IMF on Greek funding
Foreign parliaments and institutions are struggling to keep Greece on track with its 'program' by voting on the 4-month extension to Greek funding attacked to a reforms list created by Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis.
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