Group of Thirty

By Jana Randow

Mario Draghi’s latest stimulus tool contains a hidden message: If you think interest rates will rise before 2018, take the money now.

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is due to meet European Central Bank president Mario Draghi in Frankfurt on Tuesday afternoon.

By David Goodman and Lucy Meakin

Mario Draghi has once again proved himself to be the bond market’s best friend.

A jump in government securities across the euro area sent yields to record lows on Friday, inspired by a fresh package of stimulus measures from the European Central Bank.

By Emma Charlton & Anchalee Worrachate

Europe’s lowest government bond yields since the Napoleonic Wars are signaling investors want more action from Mario Draghi.

A Greek eurozone exit was in the cards in 2012 according to former US Treasury Timothy F. Geithner.

The European Central Bank has indicated that it is close to easing monetary policy in June, according to Executive Board member Yves Mersch.

ECB President Mario Draghi’s comment on May 8 that officials are “comfortable” with taking action next month is similar to the policy signals given by his predecessor, Jean- Claude Trichet, Mersch said at an event in Berlin.

By Stefan Riecher

The euro-area’s fastest economic growth in three years probably won’t be enough to stop Mario Draghi from easing monetary policy.

By Lucy Meakin and Neal Armstrong

The advance in euro-area government bonds that pushed the 10-year yields of Ireland, Italy and Spain to record lows today is about to end, according to investors from BlueBay Asset Management LLP to BlackRock Inc.

Neal Armstrong & Lucy Meakin

European government bonds dropped as reports showing annual inflation quickened in eight German states curbed speculation the central bank will announce a debt- purchase plan to revive the economy as soon as next month.

Former Finance Minister Giorgos Papaconstantinou issued a statement on Tuesday denying claims that the International Monetary Fund’s ex-Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn had insisted that the Greek debt be restructured as part of the bailout deal signed in May 2010.