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jonnyDumb<p>Sign for unlocking russias frozen assets: <a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/make_putin_pay_loc/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/m</span><span class="invisible">ake_putin_pay_loc/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christinelagarde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christinelagarde</span></a>, president of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuropeanCentralbank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanCentralbank</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecb</span></a>) has repetely called for implementing the Draghi report: <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commission.europa.eu/topics/eu</span><span class="invisible">-competitiveness/draghi-report_en</span></a> (When she presents interest rates changes)</p>
Business | The Guardian US<p>European markets soar as Germany lifts ‘debt brake’ to raise defence spending <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/05/european-markets-soar-as-germany-lifts-debt-brake-to-raise-defence-spending" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">mar/05/european-markets-soar-as-germany-lifts-debt-brake-to-raise-defence-spending</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/EuropeanCentralBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanCentralBank</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/FriedrichMerz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FriedrichMerz</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Stockmarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stockmarkets</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Currencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Currencies</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Eurozone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eurozone</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Bonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bonds</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Euro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Euro</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EuropeanCentralBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanCentralBank</span></a> Cuts Rates as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> Cools</p><p>Policymakers who set interest rates for the 20 countries that use the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/euro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>euro</span></a> lowered rates in back-to-back meetings for 1st time since 2011.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ECB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ECB</span></a> lowered their key rate by ¼ pt, to 3.25%. The decision came 5 wks after a cut at the bank’s previous meeting, &amp; on the day a report showed eurozone’s inflation rate slowing to 1.7% in Sept, falling below the bank’s 2% target for the 1st time in &gt;3 yrs.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GlobalEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/business/ecb-interest-rate-cut-inflation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/10/17/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/ecb-interest-rate-cut-inflation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Central banks around the world are exploring whether the rates required to keep inflation in check and economies growing are higher now than the ultra-low ones before the pandemic. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/09/27/economy/global-neutral-world-finance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/business/2024</span><span class="invisible">/09/27/economy/global-neutral-world-finance/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/federalreserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalreserve</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washington</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economicindicators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economicindicators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pboc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pboc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europeancentralbank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europeancentralbank</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bankofengland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankofengland</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Meanwhile at the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/EuropeanCentralBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanCentralBank</span></a>, one of Christine Lagarde's team has prompted complaints after saying that (some of) the ECB's staff needed to be 'reprogrammed' to support the Bank's policies around the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a>;</p><p>understandably some staff found such a notion as disrespectful to their right to have views of their own;</p><p>moreover as a staff representative put it: the idea of reprogramming of staff is 'in direct contradiction to the democratic values the ECB &amp; EU stand for'.</p><p>h/t FT</p>
Euractiv<p>ECB-Lagarde says corporate profits contributed to inflation <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/ecb-lagarde-says-corporate-profits-contributed-to-inflation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/economy-j</span><span class="invisible">obs/news/ecb-lagarde-says-corporate-profits-contributed-to-inflation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChristineLagarde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristineLagarde</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ECB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ECB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EuropeanCentralBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanCentralBank</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Greedflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greedflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a></p>
Euractiv<p>Why the digital euro should be designed like a public good <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/why-the-digital-euro-should-be-designed-like-a-public-good/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/economy-j</span><span class="invisible">obs/opinion/why-the-digital-euro-should-be-designed-like-a-public-good/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalEuro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalEuro</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EuropeanCentralBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanCentralBank</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HenrikeHahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HenrikeHahn</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MasterCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasterCard</span></a></p>
Euractiv<p>Banking crisis: Learning the right lessons <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/banking-crisis-learning-the-right-lessons/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/economy-j</span><span class="invisible">obs/opinion/banking-crisis-learning-the-right-lessons/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bankingcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankingcrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banks</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CreditSuisse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreditSuisse</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ECB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ECB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EuropeanCentralBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanCentralBank</span></a></p>
Sune Auken<p>The European Central Bank taking no prisoners.</p><p>"It’s also worth noting that the Bitcoin system is an unprecedented polluter. First, it consumes energy on the scale of entire economies. Bitcoin mining is estimated to consume electricity per year comparable to Austria. Second, it produces mountains of hardware waste. ... (cont) 1/</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EuropeanCentralBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanCentralBank</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2022/html/ecb.blog221130~5301eecd19.en.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/</span><span class="invisible">2022/html/ecb.blog221130~5301eecd19.en.html</span></a></p>