Mario Draghi
Mario Draghi can ‘use the force' in central banking ‘confidence trick'
Market participants say ECB president Mario Draghi is the ‘Yoda' of central banking for his adept use of ‘Jedi mind tricks'
ECB cuts frequency of monetary policy meetings
The governing council will set policy once every six weeks from January 2015; when combined with new rotation system national central bank governors will only vote six or seven times each year
ECB set to flood banks with cash as deposit rate turns negative
European Central Bank cuts main rate to ‘lower bound’ and deposit rate below zero; plans to provide banks with up to €400bn in cheap loans to boost lending to real economy
Opinion: The ECB is in danger of losing its voice
Mario Draghi's primary monetary policy tool - communication - may no longer be enough, says Patrick Artus of Natixis
Draghi flags up eurozone credit constraints
The ECB could help boost lending to SMEs through LTROs if credit supply fails to keep pace with credit demand, Mario Draghi tells Portugal conference
ECB's Mario Draghi faces ongoing German ‘angst’
ECB president to face further German resistance on interest rates, banking union and OMTs – with Germany’s constitutional court ruling likely more problematic than some observers believe.
Draghi points to ECB action next month
European Central Bank holds rates but is ‘comfortable’ with the prospect of easing monetary policy following next month’s economic forecasts
Draghi comes out in favour of ECB minutes
ECB president Mario Draghi says publishing a ‘more complete account’ of monetary policy deliberations would ‘strengthen’ decision-making process
Draghi maps out ECB reaction function
Mario Draghi reveals the different circumstances under which the ECB would use each of the monetary policy instruments at its disposal
Bank of England and ECB in joint call to put ABS back in play
European Central Bank and Bank of England promise more thorough treatment of how to reverse asset-backed securities market decline - which could allow ECB to undertake QE
Draghi opens door to QE as ECB holds
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi says governing council discussed asset purchases in latest meeting; votes to hold rate despite more disinflation
Eurozone policy was ‘backward' in the financial crisis, says Draghi
The policy measures brought in by the ECB and other eurozone authorities in 2010–11 were right in isolation but introduced in the wrong sequence, Mario Draghi has said
Draghi calls for 'good' form of bank deleveraging
By encouraging creative destruction in the banking sector, the ECB facilitates creative destruction in the wider economy, Draghi tells Vienna crowd
ECB holds rates on back of ‘positive’ data
Mario Draghi attributes ECB inaction to improvement in economic data; new staff forecasts show inflation climbing to 1.7% only in the last quarter of 2016
ESRB handbook calls on macro-prudential regulators to overcome ‘inaction bias'
Comprehensive guidance on macro-prudential tools was published yesterday by the European Systemic Risk Board
ECB ‘obliged' to introduce OMT to defend price stability, Draghi tells Bundesbank
ECB president Mario Draghi tells a Bundesbank symposium in Frankfurt that OMTs build on the doctrine adhered to by the German central bank for several decades
Robert Pringle's Viewpoint: The eurozone’s unfinished business
Economic adjustment and financial sector reform must go hand in hand – with the ECB due to play a central role
Banque de France's Christian Noyer on bank runs, the euro crisis and a Fed-like ECB
Christian Noyer explains how he has restructured the Banque de France to enable it to become the Eurosystem’s ‘New York Fed’, while facing down a bank run and tackling the euro crisis
Banking union can create sustainable financial integration in eurozone, Draghi says
Speaking at the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the European Monetary Institute, the forerunner to the ECB, Mario Draghi says banking union can strengthen financial integration
ECB holds rates despite continued disinflation
European Central Bank holds refinance rate at 0.25% and shuns additional policy instruments despite inflation falling to 0.7%; attention turns to updated and expanded staff forecasts in March
The winners of the inaugural Central Banking awards
Paul Volcker, Mario Draghi, People's Bank of China, Central Bank of Colombia, Sveriges Riksbank, Bank of Spain, BlackRock, Northern Trust, VocaLink and OpenLink win inaugural Central Banking awards
Governor of the year: Mario Draghi
Unflappable conviction and outstanding leadership has enabled ECB president Mario Draghi to decisively restore confidence in crisis-hit Europe
ECB 'strengthens' guidance but keeps policy on hold
Mario Draghi says December’s inflation drop was ‘broadly as expected’ and did not warrant a knee-jerk response; places additional emphasis on governing council’s forward guidance
Jörg Asmussen quits the ECB to return to politics
Executive board member leaves the bank after two years to become deputy labour secretary in new German government; Buba's Sabine Lautenschlaeger an early favourite to replace him