The European Central Bank may stop describing its monetary policy stance as “restrictive” at its next decision in March, according to people familiar with the Governing Council’s debate.

The European Central Bank is all but certain to cut interest rates on Thursday and is likely to keep open the door to further policy easing as concerns over lacklustre economic growth supersede worries about persistent inflation.

During the press conference, ECB President Christine Lagarde indicated that the central bank's macro assessment had hardly changed from its December meeting. The ECB still sees the disinflationary process on track and expects a pick up in demand, though it acknowledges the near-term weakness of the eurozone economy.

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The European Central Bank lowered its interest rates for a fourth policy session in a row on Thursday and is likely to opt for more

The European Central Bank is set to lower interest rates for a fifth meeting as inflation that’s nearing the 2% target lets officials further loosen the shackles on the economy.

Several members of the ECB’s Governing Council have already voiced such fears, stressing that the ECB should cut rates to a “neutral” level as quickly as possible. Deutsche Bank’s Mark Wall said in e-mailed comments that rates may “quite probably” end up below neutral by year-end.

ECB cuts the deposit rate by a quarter point to 2.75 per cent as expected and offers little shift in tone from December as it continues to move policy away from restrictive territory

Mexico maintains a target for gross domestic product growth of between 2% and 3% this year, the finance ministry said on Thursday, noting there were no signs of a "permanent weakening" that could push the country into a recession.

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced today a 25-basis-point interest rate cut, marking its fifth reduction since the bank began easing monetary policy in June last year.With

The Fed left the rate unchanged as expected, while the ECB slashed the interest rate by 0.25 percentage point, " Alexander Shepelev noted