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ECB hints at monetary loosening in June

Central bank keeps interest rates on hold but Mario Draghi drops hints the ECB will loosen monetary policy next month to combat low inflation

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Taper tremors fail to deter ETF investors

Average weekly trading volume of high-yield ETFs has risen 18% since sell-off last year, while trading of high-yield bonds in the cash market fell 6%

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Euro balks at $1.40 after Draghi signal

Global stocks rise and the euro gives up early gain amid expectations that US and eurozone monetary policy will remain easy for some time

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Barroso criticises EU over crisis response

Commission president criticises governments for failing to act as a bridge to EU and urges mainstream parties to counter eurosceptic and populist rhetoric

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Fannie and Freddie to pay out $10bn

Dividends to the US Treasury exceed bailout funds provided in the crisis, as the future of the mortgage finance companies remains unclear

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Orbán urges Europe to have more children

Speaking in Berlin, the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has claimed that procreation not immigration is the answer to economic problems

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