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Janney Capital Markets is previewing the European Central Bank meeting set for this week, and the call is that the ECB will lower its interest rates by 0.25%. The backside of the call is that the ECB...
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The Spanish government today approved a set of financial reforms that it hopes will end the country’s banking crisis. The proposed reforms will fulfill a commitment by Spain to the European Central...
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President Mario Draghi made another vague comment about how the European Central Bank can help relieve the financial tension in Europe: Yet it should be understood that fulfilling our mandate...
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U.S. equity markets jumped sharply about half an hour ago following a report in The New York Times that German chancellor Angela Merkel said: I want Greece to stay in the euro zone and that’s what...
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Spain continues to talk with other Eurozone countries over the conditions that the country would have to meet in order to secure funds to help with its rising borrowing costs. In an exclusive report...
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For those of us who spent Sunday doing something other than reading financial news, German magazine Der Spiegel ran an unsourced story claiming that the European Central Bank (ECB) planned to...
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While European stocks rose to a four-month high and most Asian markets advanced, U.S. stock-index futures are lower this morning. No major U.S. economic reports are set for release today. Earnings...
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Germany has formally rejected the plans of the European Central Bank (ECB) president, Mario Draghi, to buy sovereign paper, which could range into the tens of billions of dollars, to bring down...
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Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesStocks are up solidly Thursday after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi unequivocally vowed to preserve the euro. The Dow Jones is up 1.53%, the Nasdaq...
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The European Central Bank (ECB) said this morning that Greek debt, whether issued or backed by the government, is “for the time being” no longer eligible to be used as collateral in eurozone...
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The European Union and the European Central Bank (ECB) can no longer just kick the can down the road if they hope to solve the financial crisis in the Eurozone. That’s the conclusion of the...
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The European Central Bank looks to be getting closer and closer to finally admitting that it cannot stick its head in the sand and make silly comments about worrying over inflation and looking for...
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The government of Cyprus has requested a bailout from other members of the Eurozone through the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) or the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) which together have...
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Yields on 10-year Spanish bonds rose 27 basis points today to 6.80%, an all-time high. The country’s main stock exchange, the IBEX fell 1% and the Stoxx Europe 600 fell -0.2% on the news, before...
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Some Eurozone officials are reported to be considering delaying tomorrow’s scheduled €5.2 billion payment to Greece that is part of the €130 billion bailout package sealed by the EU, the IMF,...
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