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Alexander Weber

Belgium, Brussels

European Economy Reporter at Bloomberg News

European economy reporter, ECB watcher for Bloomberg News in Frankfurt.

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  • 4 days ago | bloomberg.com | Mark Schroers |Alexander Weber

    El Banco Central Europeo está bien posicionado para enfrentar una “incertidumbre excepcionalmente alta”, pero vigilará de cerca las oscilaciones en los mercados de materias primas a medida que aumentan las tensiones en Medio Oriente, dijo la presidenta Christine Lagarde. Ante legisladores europeos en Bruselas, Lagarde afirmó que la inflación se estabilizará en torno al objetivo de 2% y que los riesgos para el crecimiento económico siguen inclinados a la baja.

  • 4 days ago | bloomberg.com | Mark Schroers |Alexander Weber

    Christine Lagarde(Bloomberg) -- The European Central Bank is well placed to tackle “exceptionally high” uncertainty but will closely watch gyrations in commodities markets as tensions in the Middle East flare, President Christine Lagarde said. Addressing European lawmakers in Brussels, Lagarde said inflation is set to stabilize around the 2% goal and risks to economic growth remain tilted to the downside.

  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Alexander Weber |Daryna Krasnolutska

    Christine Lagarde(Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said greater trade in the region could help compensate for losses suffered as a result of global fragmentation. Speaking in a surprise visit to Kyiv, she recalled that the bulk of the euro zone’s exports go to other European countries, including the UK, Switzerland and Norway.

  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Alessandra Migliaccio |Alexander Weber

    Fabio Panetta(Bloomberg) -- The euro-zone’s economic prospects face “substantial” dangers that officials are struggling to assess, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, as well as the fighting in the Middle East, mean monetary policy is being conducted “under conditions of heightened uncertainty,” the Bank of Italy governor said Wednesday in Milan.

  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Alexander Weber |Mark Schroers

    European Central Bank refinancing operations could cover a bulk of the region’s liquidity requirements in the coming years, according to a Bundesbank paper that showcases a looming debate about the implementation of monetary policy. Such loans could be introduced as a first step once excess cash in the financial system has declined sufficiently, with asset purchases to follow only at a later stage, the German central bank said Monday in an article from its monthly report.

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ECB officials insist that interest rates need to stay high, but another stark slowdown in inflation suggests the economic picture is changing faster than they expected https://t.co/NDxXCgDe4z via @economics