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• ECB Does Nothing, Indicates Monetary Tightening

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-11-05

  The Prudent Investor submits: Leaving its key interest rate unchanged at 1% on Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) appears to remain in standby mode, keeping financial institutions flush with cheap liquidity. The only new twist in President Jean-Claude Trichet's repetitive flood of calming words came in...

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• The Numbers Are Too Big: IMF Research on Euro Policy Without a Single Absolute Figure

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-09-01

  The Prudent Investor submits: On Tuesday the IMF published a research paper that states "Euro Area Monetary Policy in Uncharted Waters". It is time to ring the bell for the Euro system when the IMF manages to publish a 36-page paper without a single absolute € figure...

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• European Credit Rankings: No Up-Trend to Be Found

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-07-09

  The Prudent Investor submits: Catch this graph of brand new credit rankings by European credit insurer Coface: Stable at lower levels at best, no positive outlook anywhere. This chart is from the Austrian daily Der Standard. click to enlargeGRAPH: European map by credit rankings. The eventual bottoming...

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• With Rates on Hold, ECB's Trichet's Quite Complacent for the Moment

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-07-02

  The Prudent Investor submits: It's summertime and the livin' is... (fill with adjective best describing your situation.) The European Central Bank (ECB) has gone into a wait and see mode, leaving main interest rates unchanged and forecasting a return to mild inflation after Eurostat had issued a...

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• The ECB Shells Out ?1,437 Per Eurozone Citizen to Europe's Banks

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-06-24

  The Prudent Investor submits: If your small-time loan you need for your kid's bracelets is denied by your bank's customer representative, you have every right to go berserk. The European Central Bank (ECB) came up with one of their ominous "innovations" on Wednesday that essentially is nothing...

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• ECB Rate Decision Preview: Hawks Likely to Prevail

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-05-07

  The Prudent Investor submits: The European Central Bank (ECB) is most likely to leave its leading overnight interest rate unchanged at 1.25% at its council meeting later today. There have been lots of sound-bites from various eurozone CB governors in the last two weeks, forcing ECB president...

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• ECB Will Make Money Even Cheaper

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-09

  The Prudent Investor submits: Reflecting on the sharp and sudden downturn in most Eurozone countries, the European Central Bank [ECB] can be expected to lower the price of Euros for banks even further after the record rate cut from last Thursday that brought the main refinancing rate...

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• Eurozone Inflation Plummets to 2.1%; M3 Growth Unchanged at 8.7%

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-28

  The Prudent Investor submits: According to a flash estimate of Eurostat statistics office plummeted to 2.1% in November after 3.2% in October. While the flash estimate delivers no details on the price changes in the goods basket, it can be safely assumed that plunging oil prices...

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• ECB Adopts New Collateral Guidelines, Leaves Public in Dark

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-21

  The Prudent Investor submits: The European Central Bank (ECB) has adopted new guidelines for collateral eligible in its refinancing operations. Having warned of a sinking quality of the ECB's balance sheet in January that were followed by an update of collateral guidelines in September, this move signals...

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• ECB Offers More Money at Cheaper Prices

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-06

  The Prudent Investor submits: Taking advantage of lower commodity and energy prices while facing economic headwinds from a contraction in retail sales, the European Central Bank (ECB) lowered its key refinancing rate another 50 basis points to 3.25%, meeting market expectations. The deposit facility rate was brought...

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