# European Central Bank

All time

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

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

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Feb 21st 2012, 9:03 AM

# ECB

ECB interest rates remain unchanged

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

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Feb 9th 2012, 2:30 PM

# Bondholders

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

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

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Jan 23rd 2012, 6:32 PM

# Bailout

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

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

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Jan 23rd 2012, 8:17 AM

# Troika

IMF and ECB divided on whether Ireland should burn bondholders

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.

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Jan 19th 2012, 3:40 PM

# Emigration

Noonan's emigration comments branded 'a disgrace' by opposition

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

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Jan 19th 2012, 3:34 PM

AS IT HAPPENED

The Troika's press conference on the latest bailout review

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

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Jan 19th 2012, 2:00 PM

# Bailout

5 things we learned at today's bailout press conference

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

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Jan 19th 2012, 1:54 PM

AS IT HAPPENED

Noonan and Howlin discuss the latest Troika review

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

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Jan 19th 2012, 11:56 AM

# Bailout

Troika to deliver report on Ireland's bailout programme

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

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Jan 19th 2012, 7:50 AM

# Bond Markets

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

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

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Jan 16th 2012, 4:31 PM

# ECB

ECB holds main eurozone interest rate at 1 per cent

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

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Jan 12th 2012, 1:08 PM

# Credit Crunch

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

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

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Jan 4th 2012, 9:18 PM

# Bonds

ECB spending on controversial buying nears €140 billion

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

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Jan 2nd 2012, 3:40 PM

# Review 2011

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

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.

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Dec 29th 2011, 10:58 AM

# eurocrisis

Stocks slide over signs of jitters at European banks

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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Dec 28th 2011, 6:34 PM

# Debt Crisis

ECB reports biggest-ever demand from banks for cheap loans

The ECB’s one-off round of three-year loans sees more demand than anticipated, sending stock markets down.

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Dec 21st 2011, 7:42 PM

# Support

IMF calls on EU to support Ireland

The IMF says Ireland has made “exceptional” efforts to meet its bailout targets – and urged the EU to give more assistance to the country concerning its banking debts.

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Dec 21st 2011, 7:55 AM

# Bankers

Taoiseach urges banks to pass on interest rate cut

The ECB has announced a cut in interest rates – but AIB, Ulster Bank and National Irish Bank have all said they won’t pass on the cut to mortgage customers.

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Dec 13th 2011, 7:42 PM

# Markets

Markets fall as EU fiscal agreement does little to inspire confidence

Buoyant upon initial news of the deal last week, the markets were not so happy today…

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Dec 12th 2011, 6:09 PM

# Mortgages

Five banks not passing on full ECB rate cut to mortgage customers

The ECB yesterday announced a 0.25 per cent cut in its base rate which will kick in from 14 December – but not for all Irish mortgage holders…

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Dec 9th 2011, 8:16 AM

# Germany

Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann targeted with letter bomb

Frankfurt police were notified by bank staff who found a suspicious package in the company’s mail room yesterday.

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Dec 8th 2011, 11:47 AM

# ECB

ECB could cut interest rate cut by 0.5 per cent today

The bank is expected to announce its second rate cut in five weeks as EU leaders travel to Brussels for a eurozone crisis summit.

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Dec 8th 2011, 8:37 AM

# Bad timing

Um, really? ECB makes video celebrating 10 glorious years of the euro

They may have missed that whole eurozone crisis thing.

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Dec 2nd 2011, 2:30 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Does Ireland have a future in the euro?

France and Germany want updated treaties to create a greater fiscal union. Should Ireland be a part of that?

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Dec 2nd 2011, 9:57 AM

# European Union

Merkel: EU needs a new Treaty to end debt crisis

Angela Merkel sings from the same hymn sheet as Nicolas Sarkozy, but warns that the euro crisis will take “five years” to solve.

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Dec 2nd 2011, 9:14 AM

# crisis

Sarkozy: We need to rethink Europe to save the euro

In a dramatic speech this evening, the French president said that there needs to be a “rethink” of how Europe is structured – and possibly a new treaty.

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Dec 1st 2011, 8:37 PM

# European Union

Gilmore gives strongest hint yet that Ireland opposes EU treaty change

As EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels, Eamon Gilmore insists changing EU treaties won’t act quickly enough to fix the debt crisis.

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Dec 1st 2011, 10:01 AM

# Debt Crisis

Kenny tells Dáil: ‘I have an answer to the euro problem’

The Taoiseach says the only way to solve Europe’s debt crisis is to tap the European Central Bank’s “infinite capability”.

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Nov 30th 2011, 1:41 PM

# Woah

IMF preparing €600bn of assistance for Italy - report

An Italian newspaper reports that the IMF would make available hundreds of billions of euro of credit for Italy in order to try and stabilise the country’s economy.

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Nov 27th 2011, 1:43 PM

# Greece

Troika in Greece to settle details on bailout loans

Yesterday, the Greek finance minister said the country would not need to implement any further austerity measures to reach its deficit target for the year.

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Nov 19th 2011, 12:56 PM

# budget leaks

Budget leaks: State asset sell-off may not yield money for job creation

The government has said publicly it wants to use State asset sell-off revenue for job creation but confidential documents paint a different picture.

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Nov 18th 2011, 1:58 PM

# Firepower

Taoiseach says ECB can provide 'ultimate firepower' to solve euro crisis

Enda Kenny met with German chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin yesterday and there was plenty to discuss.

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Nov 17th 2011, 10:30 AM

# Eurozone

Martin says there's weeks to save the euro amid reports of French-German split

Micheál Martin has been critical of France and Germany’s role in the eurozone amid reports the region’s two largest economies are split on the role of the European Central Bank.

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Nov 17th 2011, 8:57 AM