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ECB monitoring euro but rally not dramatic: council member

The remarks come less than a day after the central bank left its deposit rate at 2% for a fifth meeting

“If the euro appreciates further and further, at some stage this might create of course a certain necessity to react in terms of monetary policy,” says Kocher.

ECB may need fresh rate cut if euro strengthens, says Austrian central bank governor

Recent gains against the US dollar were ‘modest’ and did not require a response, he adds

Asia-Pacific borrowers increased euro-denominated issuance to a record 23% of the total across both currencies this year, up six percentage points from 2024.

US loses financing edge as Asia borrows in euros

The boom is being driven by lower funding costs

The euro offering comes on the heels of China’s successful US$4 billion  dollar-denominated bond sale about two weeks ago.

China’s euro-denominated sovereign bonds sale sees strongest demand in six years

The offering is around 12.5 times oversubscribed, attracting orders exceeding 50 billion euros

If lawmakers pass the needed legislation by the end of next year, the ECB expects a pilot of the digital euro to launch in 2027 and the first issuance take place as early as 2029.

ECB questions proposal of a purely offline digital euro

THE European Central Bank is pushing back against a European Parliament proposal that would launch the planned digital euro solely offline.

EU finance ministers agreed last month on a road map for launching the digital euro but retained a say on its eventual introduction and on the holding limit.

Digital euro could drain up to 700 billion euros of deposits in bank run, ECB says

The ECB has presented the digital currency as an alternative to US-dominated means of payment

The dollar is being aided by some more hawkish commentary by Federal Reserve officials.

US dollar mixed as yen sell-off wanes, euro hit by French politics

[NEW YORK] THE US dollar was mixed on Thursday (Oct 9) as a sell-off in the Japanese yen appeared exhausted for now, while the euro was dented by political uncertainty.

“The initiative will provide a real European alternative to the US-dominated stablecoin market, contributing to Europe’s strategic autonomy in payments,” said the consortium of European banks, including UniCredit.

European banks to launch euro stablecoin in bid to counter US dominance

The new Amsterdam-based company is expected to launch its stablecoin in the second half of next year

Issuance in US dollars and euros by Asia-Pacific borrowers totals about US$306 billion so far this year.

Asia’s US$306 billion of global bond sales are about to go higher

The latest moves mark early signs of a global pickup in issuance, as companies aim to lock in some of the tightest credit spreads in decades