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S&P 500 falls 1 percent after ECB caution

Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 8, 2011

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell on Thursday, with the S&P 500 down 1 percent, after cautious remarks from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi about more bond purchases to ease the region’s debt crisis.



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ECB’s Trichet sees low inflation for 10 years: paper

Posted by Reuters: Business News on October 30, 2011

BERLIN (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet was quoted by a German newspaper as saying inflation in the euro zone would be “very low” over the next 10 years, with expectations currently for around 1.8 percent.



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Trichet says "crisis not over"

Posted by Reuters: Business News on October 28, 2011

BERLIN (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said in an interview in a German newspaper to be published on Sunday that the euro zone sovereign debt crisis was not yet over and that it was too early for the all-clear signal.



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Fed’s Lockhart sees hope in latest round of data

Posted by Reuters: Business News on October 18, 2011

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (Reuters) The U.S. economy is unlikely to slip back into recession, and an improvement in recent indicators has been encouraging, Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart said on Tuesday.



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Trichet leaves ECB, and opinion, divided

Posted by Reuters: Business News on October 6, 2011

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – After keeping his cool for almost eight years, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet exploded last month.



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ECB set to hold rates, boost liquidity; Trichet bows out

Posted by Reuters: Business News on October 5, 2011

Frankfurt (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet is expected to prepare the ground for a pre-Christmas interest rate cut at his final policy meeting on Thursday and offer banks further protection against the euro zone’s worsening debt storm.



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ECB steps up pressure on Italy as debt worries grow

Posted by Reuters: Business News on September 2, 2011

ROME (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet told Italy’s struggling center-right government to deliver on its promised austerity package, adding to international pressure on weakened premier Silvio Berlusconi.



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Fed’s Evans backs strong policy accommodation

Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 30, 2011

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said on Tuesday he favored strong central bank accommodation for a substantial period of time, as the U.S. economy looks to be moving “sideways.”



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Analysis: Trichet loses face but leaves ECB a winner

Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 25, 2011

Just two weeks after he insisted publicly “we say no to selective default,” European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet agreed to a deal forged by the leaders of Germany and France that will result in exactly that.



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ECB’s Trichet confident Greek crisis a one-off

Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 22, 2011

BERLIN (Reuters) – Greece’s sovereign debt crisis will prove unique in the euro zone and will not spread to other countries, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said in a newspaper interview on Friday.



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