Negative interest rates? That’s a negative.
Interest rates in Japan and Europe are now less than zero. That’s not a disaster—but it could lead to one.
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European Central Bank
Day of the central bankers, and a dust-up in the tech world
April 15: Prepare yourself for monetary policy meetings in Canada and Europe, and the European Commission gets tough on Google
Fed watching and oil’s relentless slide
March 18: The U.S. interest rate announcement is today, as oil slips south of $43 and protestors flock to the ECB
The Morning Playbook: Monday’s business news
March 9: A flurry of hype before Apple’s timely announcement. Plus, Greece, a Loblaw expansion, and the life and times of a Pigeon King
The ECB has pulled the trigger, but will the bazooka blow?
Jan. 25: The first weekend playbook, and the big question this week: now that the eurozone has committed to quantitative easing, will it work?
The Canadian-European central bank double bill
Jan. 22: A Bank of Canada rate-cut, plus, a massive quantitative easing program for the eurozone
All eyes to the eurozone
Financial and economic news for December 4
England’s upside down interest
The Bank of England is floating the idea of a negative interest rate
Are you smarter than a central banker?
An ECB-created iPhone app lets users try their hand at managing the money supply