Central banks
ECB decides on Greek ELA and bank collateral
By Evgenia Tzortzi
The governing council of the European Central Bank is convening on Wednesday to discuss whether to extend the limit of the cash flow granted to Greek lenders via the emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) facility of the Bank of Greece.
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ECB Has Green Light to Buy Gov't Bonds from Troubled States
The European Central Bank (ECB) has the right to buy government securities from EU members undergoing a financial crisis, a Luxembourg court has ruled.
Under its newly-adopted arrangements the ECB, which oversees the single currency (euro) will be able to buy, in case of need, an unlimited number of securities.
Greek banks get fresh cash lifeline
ECB extends the emergency liquidity assistance limit by 2.3 billion euros to offset flight of deposits
By Yiannis Papadoyiannis
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Capital controls risk increasing
Moody?s, JP Morgan say such restrictions are drawing closer
By Yiannis Papadoyiannis
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Draghi's Europe looks healthiest for years even with Greece
By Jeff Black
Mario Draghi is trying to make the euro area a hard place to leave.
ECB to press case for steady QE, may urge Greece to accept deal
By Balazs Koranyi & John O'Donnell
The European Central Bank is set to raise its inflation forecast on Wednesday, saying that its trillion-euro-plus asset buying program is already paying off, and may urge Greece to accept a new deal from its creditors to access fresh aid.
ECB extends ELA limit by 500 mln euros
By Yiannis Papadoyiannis
The European Central Bank on Tuesday ensured it maintained Greek banks? 3-billion-euro safety cushion of unused cash by extending the Bank of Greece?s emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) limit by half a billion euros.
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Greek contagion contained may weaken Tsipras bargaining position
By David Goodman & Lucy Meakin
Alexis Tsipras?s claim that a financial collapse in Greece would drag down the rest of the euro region is looking increasingly like a hollow threat.
Draghi deflation relief means little with Greece unsolved
By Catherine Bosley & Alessandro Speciale
With a solution to the Greek crisis still out of reach, Mario Draghi can count on at least one piece of good news this week: euro-area consumer prices are rising again.
Greece, bond purchases to top agenda at ECB meeting
The European Central Bank, bolstered by the success of its controversial bond purchase programme, will pledge to keep it in place while downside risks to economic growth remain, analysts said.
The ECB's decision-making governing council is scheduled to meet on Wednesday but is unlikely to announce any new policy moves, central bank watchers predicted.