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  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Sovereign bonds
    ECB policy tightening sends eurozone borrowing costs soaring

    Borrowers including Italy face ‘double whammy’ of higher funding costs and slowing growth

  • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
    European Central Bank
    ECB policy tightening raises risks of ‘financial accident’

    Abrupt slowdown in stimulus programme could knock Italian and Greek bonds, investors say

  • Monday, 3 January, 2022
    European Central Bank
    Economists anticipate slow wind-down of ECB bond-buying stimulus

    Forecasters polled by FT foresee extended period of purchases in contrast to other central banks

  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
    Monetary policy
    The week central banks got the chills about inflation

    In an almost simultaneous change of heart, policymakers are moving to raise rates and ditch crisis support

  • Thursday, 16 December, 2021
    European Central Bank
    ECB to exit pandemic QE programme as inflation soars

    Central bank will boost other bond-buying scheme next year to avoid ‘brutal transition’

  • Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
    The Big Read
    The return of inflation: crunch time for the European Central Bank

    The ECB has sounded more dovish than most central banks. But rising prices and Covid are putting it under growing pressure

  • Sunday, 12 December, 2021
    Greece debt crisis
    Greece to make push for ECB to keep buying its bonds

    End of pandemic emergency purchases risks leaving Greek junk bonds without European support

  • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
    ECB executive Schnabel warns that QE is inflating asset prices

    Benefits of central bank’s bond buying programme are ‘fading’, while it may cause ‘excessive risk taking’

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    News in-depth
    Omicron adds to doubts over ECB’s commitment to further stimulus

    Debate inside central bank reflects questions over new variant’s impact on inflation

  • Friday, 19 November, 2021
    Monetary policy
    Lagarde and Weidmann clash over how to respond to surging inflation

    Euro knocked by ECB president’s dovish comments on need to avoid ‘premature tightening’ of monetary policy

  • Monday, 15 November, 2021
    European Central Bank
    Deutsche Bank boss calls on ECB to tighten monetary policy as inflation surges

    Christian Sewing says ultra-loose interest rate policy ‘has lost its effect’

  • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
    European Central Bank
    Lagarde pushes back on eurozone rate rise bets

    As other central banks tighten, ECB concludes surge in inflation is temporary after ‘soul-searching’

  • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
    Deutsche Bundesbank
    End of an era as Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann steps down

    Head of Germany’s central bank was a vocal and often lonely critic of the ECB’s ultra-loose monetary policy

  • Sunday, 17 October, 2021
    ECB considers boosting purchases of EU recovery fund debt

    Central bank examines ways to retain flexibility in bond markets afforded by pandemic relief scheme

  • Thursday, 9 September, 2021
    European Central Bank
    ECB to slow bond-buying as Europe’s economy improves

    But Lagarde insists ‘the lady isn’t tapering’ and warns eurozone is ‘not out of the woods’

  • Thursday, 9 September, 2021
    Markets InsightFrederik Ducrozet
    Doves have strong case against premature ECB tightening

    Central bank is pulling back but needs to convince markets its asset purchase programme will not end too soon

  • Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    It is time for the ECB to talk about tapering

    Outlook is still unclear but justification for emergency support is weakening

  • Monday, 6 September, 2021
    News in-depthEuropean Central Bank
    ECB weighs slower bond purchases as economy rebounds

    Monetary policy hawks fear rising inflation while doves seek to maintain stimulus

  • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
    News in-depthEuropean Central Bank
    Bond investors position for pullback in ECB support

    Central bank expected to hint at lighter support for bond market but with big safety nets

  • Thursday, 19 August, 2021
    Markets InsightJohn Plender
    The case for continuing QE is hard to fathom

    Unconventional monetary policy is creating ever greater vulnerabilities

  • Wednesday, 21 July, 2021
    News in-depth
    ‘Forceful for longer’: Investors bet ECB bond buying is here to stay

    Central bank’s new inflation target sets stage for lengthier period of loose monetary policy

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    ECB split deepens over scaling back bond-buying as economy improves

    Minutes of June’s meeting show some policymakers want to reduce stimulus

  • Monday, 14 June, 2021
    Sovereign bonds
    Greek 5-year bond yield turns negative for first time

    Investors head in to riskier European debt confident that eurozone’s central bank has no plans to taper support

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    European Central Bank
    ECB raises inflation forecast but sticks to bond-buying plan

    Easing of lockdowns and rising vaccinations boost growth outlook

  • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
    Eurozone economy
    Eurozone bonds rebound as ECB officials push back on taper talk

    Government debt sell-off has reversed on fading expectations the central bank will slow its bond buying

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