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Libor, Other Interbank Interest Rates Ease - Wtop Radio
london (ap) - the cost of interbank lending in dollars slipped tuesday, with three-month dollar loans at 1.435 percent tuesday. the libor _ or london interbank offered rate _ was down from 1.459 percent, or a little more than 0.02 percentage point ...
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Biggest Bond Buyers Favor European Notes As Ecb Cuts (update2)
dec. 29 (bloomberg) -- the world’s biggest bond investors are betting european central bank president jean-claude trichet will be forced to follow federal reserve chairman ben s. bernanke and step up the pace of interest-rate cuts.
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Biggest Bond Buyers Favor European Notes As Ecb Cuts (update1)
dec. 29 (bloomberg) -- the world’s biggest bond investors are betting european central bank president jean-claude trichet will be forced to follow federal reserve chairman ben s.
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Diary - european Central Bank (ecb) Events To Feb 28 - Reuters
===== this diary includes speeches and public appearances by members of the ecb's governing council, which sets monetary policy for the 15-nation euro zone. refinancing tenders are listed at the bottom ...
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European Two-year Bonds Have Best Year Since 1995 On Rate Cuts - Bloomberg
dec. 31 (bloomberg) -- european government bonds jumped in 2008, with two-year note yields posting the biggest annual decline in 13 years, amid speculation policy makers will keep cutting interest rates to ease the effects of a regional recession ...
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Bank Overnight Deposits At Ecb Rise To 237 Bln Euros
frankfurt, dec 30 (reuters) - banks deposited 237.008 billion euros at the european central bank overnight, the ecb said on tuesday, up from the 229.786 billion euros reported on monday.
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Ecb Pressured To Cut Rates By Weaker Sales, Lending (update2)
dec. 30 (bloomberg) -- the european central bank will begin the new year under pressure to keep cutting interest rates after retail sales fell for a seventh successive month and loans to households and companies grew at the slowest pace in four years.
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Cyprus Would Have Been Worse Off Without Euro, Says Ecb's Orphanides - Economicnews
(cep news) frankfurt - the ongoing financial crisis would have impacted cyprus to a much greater degree without the euro, european central bank governing council member athanasios orphanides said in an e-mailed statement on wednesday. "the negative ...
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Leading Article: Ten Years On, Europe's Single Currency Is Vindicated - The Independent
euro anniversaries might seem two a penny these days. the most recent was the 10th birthday of the european central bank in may. but the anniversary that falls at midnight tonight – the moment, 10 years ago, when the exchange rates of europe's ...
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Ecb Chief Trichet Does Not Exclude January Rate Cut: Report
european central bank president jean-claude trichet appeared on tuesday to allow for a january interest rate cut by stressing that inflation should not fall much below two percent.
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Banks Park More Liquidity At Ecb's Deposit Facility Tuesday
frankfurt -(dow jones)- banks borrowed less money from the european central bank's one-day marginal lending facility tuesday than the previous day, but parked more cash at the ecb's deposit facility, ecb data showed wednesday.
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Ecb Chief Trichet Hints At Rate Cut In January - Independent
the euro-area economy is fighting its first recession in 15 years. john macdougall/afp/getty images european central bank president jean-claude trichet appeared yesterday to allow for a january interest rate cut by stressing that inflation should not ...
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Turnpike Tolls Set To Increase - Daily Local News
a stock trader gestures at the trade floor at the duesseldorf stock exchange, western germany, thursday april 27,2000. the european currency euro hits a new all-time low since its launch last year. the head of the european central bank in frankfurt ...
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Early Rate Cut Not Excluded By Ecb Boss
the european central bank president appeared to allow for a january interest rate cut by stressing that inflation should not fall much below two per cent.
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(afx Uk Focus) 2008-12-31 10:29 Factbox-five Facts On Slovak Cbank Governor Sramko
bratislava, dec 31 (reuters) - ivan sramko, governor of the national bank of slovakia (nbs), will take a seat on the policy-making governing council of the european central bank (ecb) after slovakia becomes the 16th member of the euro zone on jan. 1. following are five facts about ivan sramko: -- sramko was born on sept. 3, 1957 in bratislava and graduated from the bratislava-based economic ...
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At 10, Euro Seen As Success - Times-leader
frankfurt, germany — ten years ago, europe launched its grand experiment with a shared currency — and watched it plunge in value before recovering. the euro sculpture, the autumnal sun, is seen in front of the european central bank ecb building ...
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Thomson Financial News - Forbes
'problems in financial markets are affecting the real economy across the world and global growth is expected to be very weak in 2009.' - european central bank governing council member john hurley. 'everyone's pinning their hopes on economic stimulus ...
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Pound Breaches 98 Pence Per Euro For First Time On Rate Bets
dec. 30 (bloomberg) -- the pound breached 98 pence per euro for the first time, edging closer to parity with the common currency, on speculation the bank of england will cut interest rates faster than the european central bank.
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Factbox-five Facts On Slovak Cbank Governor Sramko
bratislava, dec 31 (reuters) - ivan sramko, governor of the national bank of slovakia (nbs), will take a seat on the policy-making governing council of the european central bank (ecb) after slovakia becomes the 16th member of the euro zone on jan. 1.
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Update 1-irish Credit Growth At 14-year Low In November - Forbes
dublin, dec 31 (reuters) - growth in lending to ireland's private sector weakened further in november to an annualised 14-year low with a falling property market and a faltering economy keeping mortgage growth at its softest since 1986. private ...
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