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The article looks at monetary policy, economic conditions, and politics in the European Union (EU). The author criticizes the European Central Bank's (ECB's) planned quantitative easing (QE) policy as well as its decision to tighten bank capital reserve requirements, saying both are likely to limit economic growth.

The article discusses world politics and economics as of November 2015, noting the effects of economic discontent on public political opinion. Topics include the popularity of leftist and right-wing political parties in Europe, a decline in U.S. middle class incomes, and efforts at monetary stimulus through quantitative easing (QE) in Japan, Europe, and the U.S.

The article discusses the strategy of European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi to maintain the value of the euro and increase economic growth in the euro zone. Topics include a campaign for a quantitative easing program, resistance to the program by Germany, and the central bank's buying of government bonds.

The article discusses quantitative easing (QE) in Europe, the U.S., and Asia. According to the author, QE programs have limited effects on economic growth, because the proceeds are mostly used to buy stocks, resulting in benefits that are limited to higher income brackets. Details on indirect QE in China and on the European Central Bank (ECB) are presented.

The article looks at monetary policy as of February 2014, focusing on the European Union (EU) and Japan. It reports that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB) are both continuing expansionary monetary policies, in contrast to the decision of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board to begin tapering its quantitative easing (QE) bond purchases. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic polices are discussed.

The article encourages Mario Draghi to make a stand on certain policies before he retires as the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) at the end of October 2019. Draghi introduced quantitative easing in 2015 despite opposition from northern member states of the European Union (EU). He has been urged to support a further cut in the interest rate, to restart quantitative easing and to commit the central bank to buying bonds.

The article offers global financial services industry news briefs as of March 14, 2016. Topics discussed include decreasing key interest rates and expanding quantitative easing by European Central Bank; increase in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index; and decline in exports and imports in China.

The article reports on developments pertaining to the economic conditions in the European Union countries as of April 28, 2018. Topics discussed include moderation of monthly indicators such as industrial production, business confidence and retail-sales growth, the decline of the purchasing managers' index, and the waning impact of the European Central Bank's quantitative-easing programme.

The article reports that the asset buying programme of the European Central Bank (ECB) will likely end in September 2018 due to housing and equity crisis in the region. Topics include the impact of the inflation rate to the quantitative easing programme, the concerns raised by market participants about overinflated prices and the alternative measures to be used by ECB if bond buying ends, and the decline in the U.S. stock market resulting to the instability of the market worldwide.

The article focuses on the Federal Reserve's (Fed) Quantitative easing (QE) programme for making equality between the euro and the U.S. dollar, which was ended in October 2014. Topics discussed include the rhetoric from the Fed around their rate hike for March 2014, decline in rate of euro dollar and delayed in the rate hike of U.S dollar in June 2015 due to decline in oils prices.

The article focuses on the economic recovery of the European Union (EU) after the global financial crisis and the European sovereign debt crisis. Topics include the rate of foreign investment in the EU in 2015, the European Central Bank's (ECB) quantitative easing (QE) plan, and the increase in European business activity in 2015.

The article focuses on the increase in foreign investment within Europe in April of 2015. Topics include the positive growth forecasts for 2015, the economic recovery within the European Union (EU) after the global financial crisis, and the cause of the euro-zone's weak economic recovery. Information is provided on the European Central Bank's (ECB) quantitative easing (QE) plan.

The author shares his views on the impact of the devaluation of the euro against the U.S. dollar on the Chinese economy. Topics discussed include the effect of the European Central Bank's (ECB) quantitative easing (QE) on the eurozone economy and the rest of the world, the export market of China in the eurozone, and the possibility that Chinese companies will increase their investment in Europe.

The article focuses on the use of quantitative easing (QE) in European banks. Topics include European Central Bank (ECB) policy, the benefits of loosening monetary policy, and interest rate planning within the European Union (EU). Information is provided on the European economy and how QE can affect bank profits.

The author discusses aspects of economic recovery after the 2008 global financial crisis, and suggests that the European Central Bank (ECB) would benefit from employing similar tactics used by the U.S. and British central banks. The author criticizes the ECB in resisting quantitative easing and enabling economic inflation, while allowing for disparities in political will.

The article focuses on the key factors considered by central banks to change the interest rates in the European Union countries. Topics discussed include the significant change in volatility during the time of increase in interest rates, the era of quantitative easing (QE), and the impact of inflation in the economic growth and employment.

The article offers information on the European economy that is recovering from the euro-zone financial crisis, as of December 2015. Topics discussed include structural reforms during the financial crisis; benefits received by the European markets form the European Central Bank's (ECB) 1.10 trillion U.S. dollars program of quantitative easing; and strategies of ECB President Mario Draghi.

The article discusses forecasts from The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) that real gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the euro area will rise from 0.9% in 2014 to 1.5% in 2015. It notes that the improved outlook for growth in the euro zone is due to the programme of quantitative easing (QE) introduced by the European Central Bank (ECB), a depreciating euro and lower fiscal policy. It cites EIU's view that the probability of Greece exiting the euro zone stands at 40%.

The article reports that the near-term corporate credit performance of Europe achieved a positive outlook due to the quantitative easing of the European Central Bank, based on an International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers. Topics discussed include European credit managers foresee better credit conditions and moderate growth in defaults from May to July 2015, and credit performance was not linked to the Greek financial uncertainty.

The article discusses the issue of negative interest rates on collection accounts of securitization trusts in Europe owing to the quantitative easing steps taken by the European Central bank and the central banks of Switzerland and Sweden. Euro Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor) dip on January 19, 2015 and gain on January 26, 2015 and its effects are mentioned. Statements of analyst Sebastian Schranz of Moody's Investors Service and analysts at BofA Merrill Lynch are also presented.

The article focuses on monetary policy enacted by Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), and how it has impacted stock markets and the value of the euro. It states that investor sentiment was revived after the announcement the ECB was adopting quantitative easing, resulting in a 5.3 percent rise in global stock markets in February 2015. It mentions that a sharp decline in oil prices have helped benefit European consumers even as the value of the euro has declined.

The article presents the author's views on the trend of interest rates in Europe Union. He notes that qualitative easing (QE) is not a substitute for the reforms needed for European Union's labor and product markets. He shares the possibility for eurozone countries to use the money to support continued deficit spending that will set eurozone on the road to Japanese-style stagnation and deflation.

The article reports developments in the stock market in Europe as of late January 2015, particularly the move by the European Central Bank (ECB) to launch a quantitative easing (QE) program to revive the region's economy. ECB President Mario Draghi claimed that the scheme includes the purchase of private sector bonds, sovereign debt, and debt issued by European institutions. Psigma Investment Management's Tim Gregory claimed that the QE will benefit Germany.

The article focuses on the impact of quantitative easing (QE) in the European Union in 2015. Topics include the monetary policy set forth by the European Central Bank (ECB), the EU's economic recovery after the global financial crisis and the European sovereign debt crisis, and the ECB's efforts to reduce inflation.

The article focuses on the possibility that the European Central Bank (ECB) will end its quantitative easing (QE) scheme in 2015. Topics include the economic conditions within European Union (EU) member states, inflation in the EU, and the creation of a sovereign debt purchasing program. Information is provided on balance-sheet expansion at banks.

The article focuses on European Central Bank's (ECB) effort to boost the economic recovery of European Union countries (Eurozone). Topics include strategies adopted which includes asset-backed securities (ABS), quantitative easing (QE), buying of government bonds, addressing the banking sector problems and comments by ECB president Mario Draghi.

The article offers information on the impact of ineffective monetary policy and thin capital markets on the European Central Bank (ECB). It discusses the efforts by ECB to adopt Quantitative easing (QE)monetary policy to stimulate the economy and states that Adam Posen, a former Bank of England governor, doubts the appropriateness of the policy. It mentions that according to Posen, excessive market liquidity led to inflation and suggests financial securitization to check the same.

The article focuses on the European Central Bank's (ECB) resistance to using quantitative easing (QE). It states the ECB considers QE to be a policy of last resort even though prices are increasing in the euro zone far below the bank's target of nearly two percent. It mentions the use of QE by the U.S. Federal Reserve which lowered corporate borrowing costs and boosted the U.S. economy. It talks about concerns that QE would reduce the pressure on at-risk European countries to enact reforms.

The article focuses on the economic and political conditions within the European Union (EU) in 2014. Topics include the increase in anti-establishment groups in Europe, the economic recovery of EU countries after the global economic crisis and the sovereign debt crisis, and the need for the European Central Bank (ECB) to implement economic reform such as quantitative easing.

The article looks at monetary policy and economic conditions in Europe, as of January 2014. It discusses monetary policies implemented by the European Central Bank (ECB) under its president, Mario Draghi, and assesses the bank's policy options in the near term to prevent deflation. Topics include quantitative easing, negative interest rates, and national central banks including the Bank of England and the German Bundesbank.