Update 5: European Central Bank Ups Growth Forecast
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The European Central Bank on Thursday raised its economic growth forecast for the 12 nations using the euro and kept its key interest rate steady at record lows as it waits for the recovery to firm up.
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The European Central Bank council meets to set interest rate policy Thursday, amid expectation that it will keep its key rate steady, as it awaits solid evidence the continent's economic recovery has firmed up.
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The European Central Bank surprised financial markets on Thursday by revealing it had considered raising interest rates even as the euro zone economy slows, saying it is worried about inflationary risks.
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Switzerland raised interest rates for the seventh time in a row on Thursday, as the central bank acknowledged that opening the country&#39;s borders to European Union citizens had accelerated economic growth.
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The European Central Bank upgraded Thursday its forecasts for oil prices both this year and next year. The guardian of the euro expected the price of oil to average 36.
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The European Commission raised its estimate for euro zone growth this year to 2.1 percent from the 1.7 percent forecasts last spring due to surging external demand.
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The central bank says China's economy should grow by 10.5 percent this year, state media reported Sunday, even stronger than the 10 percent predicted last week by the National Bureau of Statistics.
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The Federal Reserve raised U.S.  interest rates on Tuesday by a quarter-percentage point for the  fifth time this year and said it will keep gradually lifting  them from rock-bottom levels as the economy grows.
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Citing a risk of higher inflation, the European Central Bank raised its interest rate to 3.25 percent.
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The European Central Bank will likely hold interest rates steady Thursday, waiting to see if its latest increase can stem inflation, but it is expected to prepare the markets for another move in March.
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European equities flirted with 5-month  peaks as hopes that economic growth was sustainable and a small  dip in oil prices helped lure investors back to recent  underperformers such as technology and insurance stocks.
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Exports help raise Q4 GDP to a stronger-than-expected 3.5%
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"All ministers stated their satisfaction with the way the ECB operated over the summer. They did everything they could to prevent financial markets from developing in a way that could have been dangerous."  Continuing financial market turbulence poses increasing risks to the eurozone's economic growth outlook in spite of a swift and robust response from the European Central Bank, eurozone finance ministers said on ... via Financial Times
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The European Central Bank is expected to raise its interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 3.75%.
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The European Central Bank leaves eurozone interest rates on hold at 2%, and upgrades its economic growth forecasts.
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US interest rates are expected to rise for the fifth time since June following the US Federal Reserve&#39;s latest rate-setting meeting later on Tuesday.
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The European Central Bank is expected to keep interest rates steady at 2 percent on Thursday, with markets looking for any hint that the central bank's worries about growth have heightened.