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Yields no comfort to Draghi fighting deflation
By Emma Charlton & Anchalee Worrachate
Europes lowest government bond yields since the Napoleonic Wars are signaling investors want more action from Mario Draghi.
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Draghi primes ECB to act as inflation scarcity prompts alarm
By Scott Hamilton
Mario Draghi will confront the threat of deflation this week as he prepares to unleash an array of measures to jolt the economy and ignite prices.
European Central Bank ‘finally ready’ to act to fight deflation
Financial markets are betting on an interest rate cut from the European Central Bank next week as low inflation, the strong euro and anaemic credit finally spur it into action.
The ECB has held its key interest rates steady at their current all-time lows since November, repeatedly promising to act if necessary to avert deflation in the 18 countries that share the euro.
Tabakovic attends three-day forum in Sintra
BELGRADE - At the invitation of European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi, National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic is attending a three-day forum on central banking, hosted by the ECB in Sintra, Portugal, on May 25-27, the NBS said in a statement on Monday.
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Draghi says ECB must be particularly watchful on low inflation
By Jeff Black & Alessandro Speciale
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi signaled policy makers are ready to take action in June should they see low inflation becoming entrenched.
Mersch says Draghi comments reflect Trichet’s 'strong vigilance’
The European Central Bank has indicated that it is close to easing monetary policy in June, according to Executive Board member Yves Mersch.
ECB President Mario Draghis comment on May 8 that officials are comfortable with taking action next month is similar to the policy signals given by his predecessor, Jean- Claude Trichet, Mersch said at an event in Berlin.
Draghi drives ECB toward stimulus even as GDP grows
By Stefan Riecher
The euro-areas fastest economic growth in three years probably wont be enough to stop Mario Draghi from easing monetary policy.
BlueBay, BlackRock see euro area bond rally fading out
By Lucy Meakin and Neal Armstrong
The advance in euro-area government bonds that pushed the 10-year yields of Ireland, Italy and Spain to record lows today is about to end, according to investors from BlueBay Asset Management LLP to BlackRock Inc.
European bonds drop as German inflation data damp QE speculation
Neal Armstrong & Lucy Meakin
European government bonds dropped as reports showing annual inflation quickened in eight German states curbed speculation the central bank will announce a debt- purchase plan to revive the economy as soon as next month.
Eurozone inflation stuck in 'danger zone', keeps pressure on ECB
A shock drop in March eurozone inflation to its lowest level since November 2009 was confirmed on Wednesday, keeping pressure on the European Central Bank to intervene should prices not rebound.