Governing Council

• Focus on ECB’s Greek Bonds

  By Jeff Black and Gabi Thesing, Bloomberg  |  January 25, 2012

  Central bank said to oppose restructuring of its holdings of Greek debt.

• ECB Outlines Additional Aid

  By Gabi Thesing and Simone Meier, Bloomberg  |  December 8, 2011

  Central bank will offer banks unlimited cash for three years, loosen collateral rules.

• ECB's Draghi Changes Course

  By Matthew Brockett, Gabi Thesing  |  November 4, 2011

  New president cuts interest rates in his first meeting in move to spur growth.

• Money Funds Cut European Bank Debt

  By Christopher Condon, John Glover, Charles Stein, Bloomberg  |  September 23, 2011

  U.S. funds reduce holdings of European bank assets to lowest since 2006.

• Resignation Deals a Blow to ECB

  By Matthew Brockett, Jeff Black, Bloomberg  |  September 9, 2011

  Exiting chief economist Stark opposed bank’s purchases of Italian, Spanish bonds

• Commodity Currencies a Refuge

  By Liz Capo McCormick, Lukanyo Mnyanda, Allison Bennett, Bloomberg  |  August 8, 2011

  Norwegian krone and Australian dollars to benefit from U.S., EU problems.

• ECB Buys Italian, Spanish Debt

  By Matthew Brockett, Jeff Black, Bloomberg  |  August 8, 2011

  Central bank purchases trigger bond rallies in Italy, Spain.

• ECB Leaves Key Rate at 1.5%

  By Jana Randow, Bloomberg  |  August 4, 2011

  Spread of debt crisis to Spain and Italy increases pressure on policy makers.

• ECB May Have More Leeway on Greece

  By Jana Randow , Jeff Black, Bloomberg  |  May 26, 2011

  Central bank's rules on collateral eligibility at issue.