VIDEO: ECB"s Draghi Kicks Back Proposals On Sovereign Debt Risk-weighting

ECB President Mario Draghi has kicked back a proposal from advisors to change the way sovereign debt is risk-weighted and asked them to do some more work on it, German weekly news magazine Spiegel reported. The euro zone’s sovereign debt crisis has highlighted the dangers of banks buying its government bonds as a theoretically safe buffer against risky investments, particularly since holders of Greek bonds took a hit in the country’s bailout. The measures suggested by the advisors could have a big impact on how crisis-stricken states finance themselves in the future.

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VIDEO: ECB"s Draghi Kicks Back Proposals On Sovereign Debt Risk-weighting

VIDEO: ECB Cuts Rates

The European Central Bank, spooked by plummeting inflation in the euro zone, cut its main rate to 0.25%, just a whisper above zero. Katie Martin assesses the ECB’s move and whether it will have the desired effect.

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VIDEO: ECB Cuts Rates

VIDEO: ECB Cuts Rates

The European Central Bank, spooked by plummeting inflation in the euro zone, cut its main rate to 0.25%, just a whisper above zero. Katie Martin assesses the ECB’s move and whether it will have the desired effect.

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VIDEO: ECB Cuts Rates

VIDEO: Draghi: ECB Ready To Act If Market Rates Rise Too High

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the central bank is looking carefully at money market interest rates and is ready to act if they rise too high.

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VIDEO: Draghi: ECB Ready To Act If Market Rates Rise Too High

VIDEO: ECB Will Walk a Fine Line

The European Central Bank will walk a fine line when it meets later today as it will likely try to talk up the euro zone’s recovery without provoking suggestions that it should raise its interest rates. Photo: Reuters

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VIDEO: ECB Will Walk a Fine Line