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ECB's Bini Smaghi Calls Talk of Euro Zone Breakup "Nonsense"

Frankfurt - European Central Bank Executive Board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi said he expects the economy to recover by 2010 and dismissed talk of a euro zone break up, calling it nonsense.On Thursday, the ECB released its revised staff projections, which point to the euro zone economy contracting by between 3.2% and 2.2% before recovering modestly to a growth rate of between -0.7% to +0.7% in 2010. The central bank also decided to reduce its main refinancing rate

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ECB Has Not Exhausted its Tools to Boost Economy, Says Liikanen

(CEP News) Frankfurt - The European Central Bank has not yet used all of its tools to help the economy recover from its current slowdown, ECB Governing Council member Erkki Liikanen said.

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Rates Could Come Down Further in March, Says ECB's Liikanen

(CEP News) Frankfurt - With inflation in line with the European Central Bank's target of price stability, the central bank could reduce its main refinancing rate at its next meeting in March, ECB Governing Council member Erkki Liikanen said.

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Euro Mixed in Aftermath of Fed Actions, ECB Speakers

The euro is mixed against majors following the Fed's surprise decision on Wednesday to begin purchasing Treasuries, and some commentary from European Central Bank speakers and German lawmakers on Thursday.On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve took unprecedented action to pump $300 billion into the purchase of long term U.S. Treasuries. The announcement sent the greenback plummeting against majors. An article in the Financial Times suggests that European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet has signalled a preference for further

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ECB's Nowotny Still Sees Room for Maneuver, Not in Favour of Rates at Zero

(CEP News) Frankfurt - European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said that, while the central bank has room to bring rates below its current level of 2%, he did not support rates at zero percent.

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Rules Preventing International Bail Outs Important for Euro Zone, Says ECB's Stark

(CEP News) Frankfurt - European Central Bank Executive Board member Jürgen Stark says that rules preventing euro zone members from taking on the liability of the debt from others is an

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ECB's Gonzalez-Paramo Says Inflation Expectations are Anchored

European Central Bank policy has managed to anchor inflation expectations, said executive board member Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo.Speaking in Madrid on Monday, he said the central bank's liquidity policy has become a non-conventional tool, but that the bank's main goal remains price stability. On reaction to the global financial crisis, Gonzalez-Paramo said the ECB's balance sheet has doubled, while governments have acted quickly to support European banks. However, he said governments have to be ready to exit

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Global Economy in Steep Downturn, Says ECB's Weber

Frankfurt - European Central Bank Governing Council member Axel Weber said the global economy is in a deep slump and noted downside growth risks, including ongoing financial market turbulence.Because of the declining demand for exports, the German economy will be particularly strongly affected, Weber said at the Bundesbank following the central bank's annual report. Earlier on Tuesday, the Federal Statistics Office reported that German exports fell 4.4% month-over-month and 20.7% year-over-year in February to €66.6 billion. The central

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ECB Forecasters Revise Down GDP, CPI Estimates

(CEP News) Frankfurt - Echoing European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet's introductory remarks, the ECB noted in its monthly bulletin that inflationary pressures are diminishing and that it sees consumer price growth in line with the goal of price stability over the medium term.The central bank also reiterated that the euro area is in an extended period of economic decline. Growth risks are clearly on the downside, the report read. At its meeting on Feb. 5, the ECB Governing Council

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ECB's Weber Says Alternative Policies Only Necessary Under Threat of Deflation

Alternative monetary policies will only be deployed if deflation pressures were to mount in euro zone countries, Bundesbank President Axel Weber said on Thursday.In a press conference with reporters in Frankfurt, the central banker said the European Central Bank plans to continue with its extraordinary liquidity-providing operations for now and will consider further action if things get worse. For now, the ECB continues to have room to cut rates further if needed, he added.His comments mirror those

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