Articles on Mario Draghi
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Over its 400 pages, the Draghi report reheats old proposals and is vague on other plans.
With the opposition all but giving up, a party with origins in post-war fascism is poised to form a government.
Italians will vote soon. A likely victory for the far-right Brothers of Italy could take the country down an uncharted path.
The latest political chaos in Italy is the result of a series of political manoeuvres by varying parties.
The Italian parliament has been dissolved following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi. What happens next, and why is Italy’s politics so fragmented?
The road to EU membership is usually a long process, sometimes taking decades.
With the markets turning and the Russia-China axis looking ever more worrying, Rome could not risk destabilising the government.
The former European Central Bank supremo has been generally seen as a good hire for Italy, but there are also global issues at play.
Mario Draghi, former president of the European Central Bank, has been appointed prime minister after the government collapsed.
The annual meeting of central bankers and economics professors in Wyoming is a chance for some to send a message on the path of monetary policy.
Quantitative easing cannot single-handedly save Europe.
European leaders have consistently claimed that their anti-contagion measures would protect the rest of the eurozone from a Greek exit. This looks like pure propaganda.
The first ever minutes from the rate setting meeting at the ECB should remind member governments of the Eurozone’s disarray.
Mario Draghi did get round to announcing a much-anticipated new round of quantitative easing (QE) in the end, but never have nine minutes felt so long. The world tuned into the European Central Bank press…
This Greek election is the most important in recent memory. It appears Syriza has won by a large margin, ending four decades of two-party rule in Greece. Since 2010 – and as a result of austerity measures…
The European Central Bank is due to decide whether and how to undertake quantitative easing (QE) via large-scale purchases of government debt on secondary markets. For Germany - as the Eurozone’s largest…
The European Central Bank’s decision to cut its interest rates further showed that the zero rate rubicon holds no fear, while one substantial bullet was kept in the barrel. It is a useful marker for markets…
In July 2012 European Central Bank president Mario Draghi famously announced that the ECB would do “whatever it takes” to rescue the Euro. And he added: “Believe me, it will be enough.” In fact, it has…
Mario Draghi almost single-handedly rescued the Eurozone from disaster two years ago, by pledging to do “whatever it takes to preserve the euro”, so the appeal from the European Central Bank (ECB) chief…
Last week was one of mixed fortunes for the Eurozone. The week began badly with news that Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti was resigning due to Silvio Berlusconi’s withdrawal of parliamentary support…



















