Eurozone
Strong euro less harmful for developing trade
The euro's strength has a weaker effect on the competitiveness of euro-area exports when the destination is a developing country, finds new research from the European Central Bank.
Stock prices count in bank lending
Stock markets play a key role in the lending decisions of European banks, finds a new paper from Banque de France.
Eurozone inflation hits fresh record
Annual inflation in the eurozone looks to have hit a record high of 4.1% in July.
Research suggests Sarkozy's ECB ire unjustified
Though it is unlikely to placate Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, new research has found the European Central Bank (ECB) is more transparent than the national central banks of the eurozone members were before the introduction of the euro.
EU needs more crisis coordination
European Union financial regulators need to improve crisis prevention and management, and their supervisory structures, says research from Deutsche Bank.
Sarkozy challenges ECB's accountability
Nicolas Sarkozy, the president of France, is reported to be preparing proposals designed to increase the European Central Bank's (ECB) accountability.
Keep wages low, Trichet warns eurozone bosses
Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), has urged euro-area employers to avoid raising wages and prices for services on the back of higher oil and food costs.
Lawmakers press for changes to ECB price target
Members of the European Parliament have proposed a series of changes to the European Central Bank's inflation target.
Globalisation and the euro area
Globalisation has benefited the euro area in several ways, research published by the European Central Bank shows.
ECB publishes payment systems report
The European Central Bank (ECB) on Friday released its first payments systems and market infrastructure oversight report.
Number of counterfeit euro notes surges
The number of counterfeit banknotes recovered in the eurozone soared by 5.4% in the first half of 2008, the European Central Bank (ECB) said on Thursday.
Euro debt issuance hit by market turmoil
The euro lost ground as a currency of debt issuance in 2007, a result that the European Central Bank said may reflect the continued fallout from the credit crisis.
ECB's Tumpel hails "encouraging" replies to T2S
Responses from Europe's settlement houses to an invitation to join the European Central Bank's settlement initiative, T2S, have been "encouraging" said Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, an executive director at the ECB, two days ahead of the deadline for replies.
ECB raises rate to 4.25%
The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised interest rates for the eurozone for the first time in a year.
ECB sells 30 tonnes of gold
The European Central Bank (ECB) sold 30 tonnes of gold on 30 June.
Eurozone inflation surges to 4%
Euro-area annual inflation is expected to have soared to a fresh high of 4% in the year to June, data released Monday revealed.
The determinants of euro's global currency role
A research note from Deutsche Bank finds four factors that would lead to a rise in the use of the euro as an international currency by 2010.
ECB fails to find builder for new headquarters
The European Central Bank (ECB) said on Wednesday that it had closed its tender for the construction of its new headquarters as contractors' estimates were well above what the central bank had budgeted for.
Trichet reiterates price stability commitment
Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank, has said that the rate-setting Governing Council is strongly determined to secure the firm anchoring of longer-term inflation expectations.
Poll investigates banks' transparency
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors, a body set up to advise the European Commission on banking regulation, has surveyed the disclosures of 22 large banks.
One rate hike enough: ECB's Bini Smaghi
The European Central Bank (ECB) looks increasingly likely to raise rates just once in the coming months, after Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, a member of the institution's executive board, said a single 25 basis-point rate hike will suffice to bring inflation back…
Online petition set up to stop ECB rate hikes
A French economist has set up an online petition to muster opposition to the European Central Bank's likely rate hike in July.
Runaway Eurozone inflation hits fresh high
Annual inflation in the euro area surged in May to a record high of 3.7%, up from 3.3% the previous month.
Real convergence and EU growth
An occasional paper from the European Central Bank focuses on real convergence and its determinants in candidate and potential candidate countries for joining the euro.