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# european-central-bank - Thursday 3 May, 2012

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THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK has left its key interest rate unchanged at 1 per cent for the fifth month in succession, at its monthly board meeting held in Barcelona. ECB president Mario Draghi said the governors had not discussed the possibility of lowering the rate. Draghi was not asked about any progress on discussions regarding Ireland’s promissory note burden during his press conference.

# european-central-bank - Thursday 26 April, 2012

From Business ETC Troika

In full: The Troika’s statement after the latest bailout review

26/04/12 2,934 Views No Comments

The full text of a statement circulated by the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Bailout

As it happened: Howlin and Noonan on the Troika’s sixth review of the bailout

26/04/12 3,031 Views 12 Comments

The Troika has completed the sixth review of Ireland’s bailout programme and the Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform briefed the press earlier today.

From Business ETC Bailout

In full: Ireland ‘successfully concludes’ latest EU-IMF review

26/04/12 1,495 Views No Comments

The full text of a statement issued this lunchtime by Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin after the sixth Troika inspection.

Bailout

Troika to deliver verdict on bailout as programme reaches halfway point

26/04/12 1,618 Views 16 Comments

Officials from the EC, IMF and ECB are expected to give Ireland the thumbs up on its bailout.

# european-central-bank - Wednesday 25 April, 2012

From Business ETC Stonewalled

ECB president: ‘No plans to make a deal on promissory notes’

25/04/12 2,287 Views 35 Comments

Mario Draghi tells Gay Mitchell there’s no deal – and is warned that the EU is only “slightly more popular than the measles”.

# european-central-bank - Wednesday 11 April, 2012

5 At 5

The 5 at 5: Wednesday

11/04/12 3,882 Views 1 Comment

5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…

From Business ETC Bond Markets

ECB may re-enter bond markets after Italian auction flops

11/04/12 2,302 Views 13 Comments

Investors declined the opportunity to buy short-term Italian bills this morning, seeing interest rates double from last month.

# european-central-bank - Wednesday 4 April, 2012

From Business ETC Promissory Notes

ECB president: ‘Utmost importance’ that Ireland continues promissory note repayments

04/04/12 3,273 Views 47 Comments

Mario Draghi expects Ireland to keep up its annual repayments of the promissory note, dodging questions about a larger deal.

# european-central-bank - Sunday 1 April, 2012

From Business ETC Bond Wars

German central bank ‘to stop taking Irish bonds as collateral’

01/04/12 5,180 Views 16 Comments

A German newspaper report says the Bundesbank won’t take Irish, Greek or Portuguese bonds from banks any more.

# european-central-bank - Saturday 31 March, 2012

From Business ETC Debt

Explainer: What’s reportedly being discussed in talks on Ireland’s bank debt?

31/03/12 2,556 Views 7 Comments

RTÉ says Ireland’s banks could be given bonds by the EFSF, which could then be used to go to the ECB and get funds.

# european-central-bank - Thursday 29 March, 2012

Promissory Notes

Confirmed: Noonan announces deal on promissory notes

29/03/12 6,014 Views 154 Comments

The government had been in negotiations for some time with the European Central Bank over the €3.1 billion note which was due to be paid by this Saturday.

# european-central-bank - Tuesday 27 March, 2012

Honohan

Central Bank governor before Oireachtas Finance Committee today

27/03/12 1,286 Views 5 Comments

Patrick Honohan is due to answer questions over the Anglo Irish promissory note repayment and the emergency liquidity provided to banks during the crisis.

# european-central-bank - Thursday 22 March, 2012

From Business ETC Promissory Notes

ECB set to discuss Irish deal on promissory note

22/03/12 1,512 Views 34 Comments

Bloomberg reports Patrick Honohan will formally ask the ECB’s permission today to restructure Ireland’s promissory notes deal.

# european-central-bank - Wednesday 21 March, 2012

Promissory Notes

Noonan outlines possible changes to promissory note deal

21/03/12 5,855 Views 147 Comments

The Finance Minister has told the Dáil that the €3.1 billion repayment due next week could be converted to a long-term bond instead.

# european-central-bank - Monday 12 March, 2012

Banks

Troika deal could move tracker mortgages to IBRC – Noonan

12/03/12 4,387 Views 34 Comments

The minister for finance tells RTÉ that loss-making mortgages could be taken off the books of AIB and Permanent TSB,

# european-central-bank - Thursday 8 March, 2012

From Business ETC Every Cloud...

At least someone’s making money: ECB profits quadrupled last year

08/03/12 2,236 Views 6 Comments

A ballooning balance sheet and bigger roles in the bond markets meant the ECB turned profits of €728m, up from €171m.

From Business ETC ECB

LIVE: ECB president Mario Draghi’s press conference in Frankfurt

08/03/12 1,042 Views 1 Comment

Mario Draghi will give a press conference at 1:30pm following a meeting where Anglo’s promissory notes were up for discussion.

From Business ETC ECB

ECB leaves main interest rate unchanged at 1 per cent

08/03/12 960 Views 1 Comment

As expected, the monthly meeting of the ECB’s governing council decides not to tinker with the main interest rates.

# european-central-bank - Wednesday 7 March, 2012

From Business ETC Promissory Notes

Honohan set to make case to ECB for deal on Anglo promissory notes

07/03/12 1,388 Views 17 Comments

The ECB’s monthly meeting of central bank governors will give Patrick Honohan a chance to explain the need to strike a deal.

# european-central-bank - Friday 2 March, 2012

From Business ETC ECB

Deja vu: ECB gives banks new money – and banks save it in the ECB

02/03/12 1,883 Views 20 Comments

Overnight deposits in the ECB surged to their highest ever, just a day after it issued €529 billion to boost credit markets.

# european-central-bank - Wednesday 29 February, 2012

From Business ETC ECB

ECB pumps €529bn of new cash into European banking system

29/02/12 1,067 Views 11 Comments

The second round of unusually lengthy lending sees the ECB lend €529bn to banks, hoping the cash will be passed onward.

# european-central-bank - Tuesday 28 February, 2012

From Business ETC Downgrade

S&P downgrades Greece into ‘selective default’ territory

28/02/12 1,498 Views 11 Comments

The ratings agency demonstrates it can read, by officially acknowledging that Greece’s bond-swap is a ‘selective default’.

# european-central-bank - Tuesday 21 February, 2012

From Business ETC Bond Markets

ECB steers clear of bond-buying for first time since August

21/02/12 1,150 Views 2 Comments

Last week marked the first time in six months that the European Central Bank didn’t intervene in the sovereign bond markets.

# european-central-bank - Thursday 9 February, 2012

From Business ETC ECB

ECB interest rates remain unchanged

09/02/12 1,357 Views 6 Comments

ECB head Mario Draghi said that there are “tenatative” signs of stabilisation in the eurozone.

# european-central-bank - Monday 23 January, 2012

Bondholders

ECB affirms: Investors won’t lend to you if you burn bondholders

23/01/12 4,751 Views 96 Comments

The ECB declines to comment on Leo Varadkar’s remarks, but says its stance on Irish burden-sharing is well-known.

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should we repay the Anglo bondholders?

23/01/12 8,050 Views 145 Comments

The government is warning that consumers will be hit if €1.25bn is not paid to senior bondholders on Wednesday but others think the government should default. What do you think?

Bailout

Troika warned ‘a bomb will go off’ in Dublin unless bondholders repaid

23/01/12 7,912 Views 150 Comments

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar conveyed the strong words from the Troika partners in an interview last night.

# european-central-bank - Thursday 19 January, 2012

Troika

IMF and ECB divided on whether Ireland should burn bondholders

19/01/12 5,275 Views 49 Comments

The IMF says burden-sharing is an option, but the ECB says it’s worried that doing so cause panic to “spill over” to Europe.

Emigration This post contains videos

Noonan’s emigration comments branded ‘a disgrace’ by opposition

19/01/12 6,666 Views 130 Comments

Sinn Féin’s finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty has said that Michael Noonan’s comments earlier today were “deeply insulting”.

Troika

As it happened: The Troika’s press conference on the latest bailout review

19/01/12 3,928 Views 4 Comments

The European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund discussed Ireland’s bailout progress.

Bailout

5 things we learned at today’s bailout press conference

19/01/12 6,540 Views 27 Comments

There were five things worth noting from today’s press conference with Brendan Howlin and Michael Noonan. Here they are.

Troika This post contains videos

As it happened: Noonan and Howlin discuss the latest Troika review

19/01/12 3,028 Views 23 Comments

We liveblogged events from Government HQ as the ministers hosted a press briefing on the latest EU-IMF review of Ireland.

Bailout

Troika to deliver report on Ireland’s bailout programme

19/01/12 1,776 Views 14 Comments

It comes amid growing talk that Ireland will need a second bailout. One economist did not rule out such a possibility this morning.

# european-central-bank - Monday 16 January, 2012

From Business ETC Bond Markets

Back with a bang: ECB bought €3.77 billion of bonds last week

16/01/12 2,225 Views 7 Comments

After slowly winding down its programme of hoovering up eurozone debt, the ECB was called back into action in a big way.

# european-central-bank - Thursday 12 January, 2012

From Business ETC ECB

ECB holds main eurozone interest rate at 1 per cent

12/01/12 1,453 Views 9 Comments

The decision follows two successive months of cutting the bank’s main interest rate which was a welcome boost for mortgage holders.

# european-central-bank - Wednesday 4 January, 2012

From Business ETC Credit Crunch

European banks borrow from ECB – and then lodge the cash with the ECB again

04/01/12 5,304 Views 25 Comments

Overnight deposits at the ECB jumped by €65bn on Monday – potentially undermining ECB efforts to get money moving again.

# european-central-bank - Monday 2 January, 2012

Bonds

ECB spending on controversial buying nears €140 billion

02/01/12 2,487 Views 17 Comments

The ECB’s continued purchases in 2011 mean the central bank now holds over €210 billion of bonds from its member countries.

# european-central-bank - Thursday 29 December, 2011

From Business ETC Review 2011 This post contains images

Recessions, downgrades and Super Mario – 2011: the year in money

29/12/11 1,301 Views 5 Comments

2011 may be remembered in future as the year we sorted out the financial crisis – or the year in which it grew beyond our control.

# european-central-bank - Wednesday 28 December, 2011

From Business ETC Eurocrisis

Stocks slide over signs of jitters at European banks

28/12/11 3,482 Views 11 Comments

European banks deposited a record €412 billion with the ECB overnight – showing that banks are worried about loaning money to each other.

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