ECB Monetary Operations On Monday, 8 December, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced its weekly main refinancing operation (MRO). The auction was conducted on Tuesday, 9 December and...

Market swings are expected to persist in the following weeks after yesterday’s mixed trading saw European indices rise significantly yesterday after a difficult seven day selloff.  The...

The Russian ruble has regained some ground after declining by a whopping 20 percent earlier Tuesday. The ruble extended Monday's collapse — when it declined by 10 percent — despite...

Uncharacteristically for this time of year, when markets usually tend to smoothen up and lighten up in terms of activity, volatility is creeping upwards once again, all for the wrong reasons, as,...

The European Commission says Greece is on course to end a draconian bailout program in February and switch to "much lighter surveillance" despite delays concluding negotiations with rescue...

The Euro area has yet to hit the same GDP rate as was evident in 2008, Central Bank Governor Josef Bonnici has said, however notes that Malta's GDP has continued to rise well above the 2008...

The headlines say that markets are trading lower due to a continued decline in the price of oil which is leading to concerns that global growth is slowing down. However, I believe it is more a result...

Oil prices fell further Friday after the International Energy Agency lowered its forecast for global oil demand next year. In its monthly oil report, the agency said...

The European Central Bank (ECB) withstood yesterday another test as the second TLTRO (Targeted Long Term Refinancing Operations) auction concluded with a take-up of EUR130 billion, a result that was...

The price of oil fell below $60 for the first time since July 2009 on Thursday and ended trading in New York at $59.95. Benchmark U.S. crude oil dropped 99 cents, or 1.6 percent. Oil has fallen...