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European Central Bank makes largest ever interest rate hike

The ECB's benchmark is now 1.25% for lending to banks, with more hikes on tap

  • September 8, 2022 September 8, 2022
  • 10:35

European Central Bank faces increasingly gloomy economic picture

A winter surge of Covid-19 cases suggests EU economic output will fall again in Q1

  • January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021
  • 10:56

Stimulus package breaks new ground in European unity

Economists say the stimulus figure is weighty enough to impress international investors

  • July 21, 2020 July 21, 2020
  • 10:25

ECB unveils plan to buy government bonds

Program aims to bring down borrowing rates

  • September 6, 2012 September 6, 2012
  • 08:45