Tag: Quantitative Easing (QE)

• Thursday, January 8th 2015 - 06:28 UTC

  Euro zone inflation turns negative putting more pressure for ECB stimulus

  

  Inflation in the Euro-zone has turned negative, official figures have shown, with prices in December 0.2% lower than the same month a year earlier. The tip into deflation adds pressure on the European Central Bank (ECB) to take further action to stimulate the bloc's economy.

• Thursday, June 6th 2013 - 23:26 UTC

  Bank of England leaves rate unchanged as it prepares to receive Mark Carney

  

  The Bank of England on Thursday voted to keep its main interest rate at 0.5% following a monetary policy meeting, the last for departing Governor Mervyn King. The BoE also decided against creating more cash under its Quantitative Easing (QE) program that is aimed at boosting growth amid Britain's fragile economic recovery.