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Eurozone crisis: ECB saves Greek banks - for now - with €1.1bn emergency liquidity extension
Greek citizens have withdrawn an estimated €3bn over the past few days to secure their money.
Greek crisis: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras plays brinkmanship with creditors over bailout
Leader summoned to Brussels as loan repayment deadline looms large.
Mario Draghi: No indicators for ECB to stop QE before September 2016
The ECB decided to keep its interest rates at 0.05% and hardly revised its inflation rates expectations.
Stefan Stern: Alexis Tsipras must be allowed to stop Greece from suffering under mountain of debt
Europe's leaders should look at themselves and consider who lent Greece the money in the first place.
Monetary Policy meeting: ECB leaves interest rate at record low of 0.05%
The bank announced the frozen rate decided in the first Governing Council monetary policy meeting of June.
Greek Crisis: Athens' creditors play hardball over reforms as deal deadline looms
€7.2bn in cash-for-reforms deal to be put to a reluctant Athens.
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras: Debt repayment decision now lies with troika creditors
Greek Prime Minister says he put forward a comprehensive proposal after Troika leaders met
Greek Crisis: Athens to introduce surcharge on cash machine withdrawals
Cash-strapped government hopes to raise €180m as debt forecast to rise.
Markets round-up: FTSE 100 scales new peak breaking 7,100 mark in record high
Investors buoyed by weak growth data from China and positive eurozone news from the ECB.
Central banks watch: Fed officials including Janet Yellen in focus next week as ECB to meet and Romania to set rates
Janet Yellen is scheduled to speak this week as well.
Greece: ECB boss Mario Draghi gives guarded support and a stern warning
Head of European Central Bank expressed cautious optimism that Greece would benefit from ECB money printing.
Frankfurt: Blockupy ECB protesters set fire to cars and burn barricades [Video]
The protests coincide with the inauguration of the European Central Bank's new headquarters.
Germany: Blockupy protesters set police cars on fire at European Central Bank (ECB) opening in Frankfurt
Thousands of protesters clash with riot police near new European Central Bank building in Frankfurt.
ECB reveals details of €1tn bond buying scheme
The European Central Bank said on 5 March that it will launch into quantitative easing next week.
George Osborne declares 'major win' after European court backs UK clearing house challenge
ECB plan to ensure all euro clearing houses based in eurozone thrown out by EU court.
New look €20 note unveiled by ECB in Frankfurt
European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi unveiled a new €20 bank note.
Greek PM 'certain' eurozone will accept deal
German magazine says European Central Bank has made contingency plans for Greek exit.
Eurogroup's Dijsselbloem: Low inflation can be sign of positive development
In his address to the World Trade Forum in Seoul, he emphasised the region's need for stronger and coherent policies.
Greek banks in focus after ECB stops accepting its bonds
Greece's economy remained heavily in focus on Thursday (February 5) after the country's finance ministry said its banking system was protected through its access to emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) available from the domestic central bank, after the European Central Bank (ECB) said it would stop accepting Greek bonds in exchange for funding.
Eurozone growth prospects brighten slightly
The eurozone's economic prospects are brighter now than they were three months ago thanks to cheaper oil, a weaker euro and the European Central Bank's quantitative easing, the European Commission said on Thursday (February 5).
Simon Heffer: Whether Greece stays or leaves, anti-austerity threatens to test the EU to destruction
The eurozone will never be the same again after Syriza's victory in Greece.
Eurozone PMI summary: Analysts expect lower euro and crude price to boost growth
Italy PMI rises to four-month high, French to eight-month high and German stayed just above 50.
Swiss franc best performer in January and Canadian dollar the worst
Pound, euro as well as New Zealand and Australian dollars take a hit.
New Zealand dollar at three-year low, as RBNZ to review policy amid falling inflation
Recent inflation data supports the case for a rate by the RBNZ.
Gold prices set to rise on financial markets uncertainty
Spot gold prices have gained some 10% so far this year.
Euro has downside room despite sharp fall on ECB move
EUR/USD and EUR/GBP have to drop further to hit significant channel supports.
ECB agrees landmark €1.1tn QE plan to stimulate eurozone
The European Central Bank agreed a programme to print money to buy up to €60bn worth of sovereign bonds from March until September 2016.
Gold prices at fresh-five month high ahead of ECB meeting
Gold prices have gained some 9% so far this year on safe-haven buying.
SNB acted in anticipation of ECB QE, says Luxembourg finmin
The ECB could approve a bond-buying scheme on 22 January to battle deflation and revive growth in the eurozone.
Swiss franc skyrockets as SNB scraps EUR/CHF floor ahead of ECB stimulus
With ECB set to loosen euro taps soon, defending EUR/CHF would be quite costly for SNB.