Split over next steps towards banking union

An interest rate reduction from the European Central Bank helped shore up markets Thursday despite concerns over the state of the U.S. and China economies, the world's two biggest.

By: In less than two months a dizzying array of global central banks have lowered interest rates. The European Central Bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Reserve Bank of India, the Bank of Israel, the Central Bank of Turkey and the list goes ...

LONDON The German Bund future meanwhile rose sharply on what traders said was market talk the European Central Bank had checked some banks? preparedness for a potential cut in its deposit rate to below zero. European shares bounced off session lows ...

Spanish government bonds have had a good run since the European Central Bank said it would protect the euro last year. But some analysts say the threat of a rating downgrade to junk remains an important risk. Credit default swap prices are ...

:05 Posted by 3RYTRO: There is little chance that consumer inflation in Poland will quickly return to the central bank's 2.5 percent target, a Monetary Policy Council member said on Saturday, leaving scope for further monetary easing.Jerzy Hausner, ...

European Union's banking regulator recommended asset quality reviews on major EU banks, which will delay the next stress tests until 2014.The European Banking Authority said in a statement that the "asset quality review" by the European Central Bank ...

Weak data fanned expectations on Thursday of more central bank action in Europe, keeping yield-hungry investors focused on the region's stock markets and the dollar near a six-week high against the euro. With most markets trading in narrow ranges, ...

The internationally acclaimed telecom strategy and investment series produced by TMT Finance will make its Central and Eastern European debut in Warsaw on September 25, 2013. The much anticipated inaugural Central and Eastern Europe conference, ...

The ECB lent banks more than 1 trillion euros in twin three-year lending operations in December 2011 and February 2012.