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Bloomberg states: "The European Commission could decide as soon as June 26 to trigger a disciplinary procedure against Italy in order to force the government in Rome to clean up its public finances. Here are the next steps: The commission has to propose opening a so-called Excessiv...

Overview: The Trump-Xi meeting at the G20 this coming weekend and heightened tensions in the Gulf, with the US set to impose new sanctions on Iran's crippled economy are keeping investors on edge. News the opposition won the re-do of the Istanbul mayoral election has lifted the Turkish lira....

Central banks are prepared to take fresh measures to strengthen and extend the business cycle primarily because price pressures are below what their predecessors thought would be acceptable levels. Draghi, speaking for the ECB, the Federal Reserve, and the Bank of Japan ratcheted up their conc...

Behind the scenes, the financial war between America and China is escalating dangerously into a war to secure global financial resources. At a time of growing liquidation of dollar assets by foreigners, the US Treasury's internal analysis will highlight future government funding problems ...

Overview: The global capital markets are trading quietly ahead of the weekend. Equity markets are mostly narrowly mixed. Chinese shares extended their run, and the major benchmarks were up 4%+ on the week. Japan, Australia, South Korea, and India saw gains pared. European equities were edgin...

Mr. Draghi's speech in Sintra, Portugal, a few days ago, was reminiscent of his famous "Whatever it Takes" speech. Mr. Draghi said the bank had "considerable headroom" to launch a fresh expansion of its $2.9 trillion Quantitative Easing program and suggested it could, in the short term, target...

On June 18th, 2019, ECB's vice president said another large bond-buying program could be an option if inflation in the region doesn't reach its intended target. As you can see in the following chart from Trading Economics , the inflation rate is dropping in the Eurozone and is currently b...

With eurozone core inflation falling to 0.8% year-on-year in May and 5-year forward inflation expectations falling to under 1.2% in recent weeks, indications from the ECB that all options are on the table to return inflation to below but close to 2% can hardly be a surprise. Adding to a steady...

By Shekhar Aiyar, deputy chief in the IMF's European Department; John Bluedorn is a senior economist in the Structural Reforms Unit of the IMF’s Research Department; Romain Duval is an advisor in the IMF's Research Department Growth in the euro area rebounded earlier this year, but ...

By Darren Williams As global growth prospects have weakened, the world of central banking has been turned upside-down. But while the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has already hinted at a change of course, the European Central Bank ((ECB)) is still struggling to adapt to the new reality. It's ...