The European Central Bank will hold interest rates at 2.00% in September according to a majority of economists polled by ...

By Stefano Rebaudo and Linda Pasquini (Reuters) -Investors are increasingly pricing in a "higher for longer" interest rate ...

The ECB's deposit rate, which credit institutions receive when they park money at the bank, stands at a record-high 4%. The ECB ended its long era of zero and negative interest rates in July 2022.

European Central Bank policymakers are setting a high bar for an interest rate cut in September and they would need to see a significant deterioration in growth and inflation before backing further ...

With Thursday's move, the ECB's deposit rate fell by 25 basis points to 3.5%. The refinancing rate, however, was cut by a much bigger 60 basis points to 3.65% in a long-flagged technical adjustment.

ECB cuts interest rates by 25 basis points, meeting market expectations and adjusting monetary policy after nine months of steady rates. ECB projects headline inflation to average 2.5% in 2024, 2. ...

The European Central Bank's decision to cut interest rates by 25 basis points was voted for by all of the 20 national representatives except one, ECB President Christine Lagarde told reporters ...

The median expectation was for 100 basis points of cuts this year, taking the ECB's deposit rate to 3.00% by the end of 2024. While 36 of 85 economists forecast the rate would be higher than that ...

The ECB lowered the rate on its main refinancing operations to 3.65% from 4.25%, while the rate on its marginal lending facility was dropped to 3.9% from 4.5%.

"The ECB is starting 2025 in a similar way to how it finished 2024, by cutting interest rates and signalling that it expects to ease policy again in the coming months.

The European Central Bank will likely lower interest rates in 2024 as the pace of price increases eases toward 2% by next year, Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said.

The European Central Bank must be prepared to lower its key interest rate again if needed, Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said Friday. The ECB Thursday left its key rate unchanged ...