Policymakers must remain agile, noting that the stronger euro was having a significant disinflationary effect, Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said.

The ECB's June estimate showed that higher U.S. tariffs would result in lower growth and - depending on any EU retaliation - lower medium-term inflation in the euro zone. Even the ECB's baseline projection from June, which incorporates 10% tariffs from the United States, saw price growth below 2% over the next 18 months.

There’s little reason for the European Central Bank to lower interest rates further unless the economy suffers a major blow, according to Governing Council member Martins Kazaks.

The ECB has just done something it hasn’t done in over a year: nothing. On Thursday, the European Central Bank decided to keep interest rates unchanged after

In June, the ECB lowered its key deposit rate for an the eighth consecutive quarter-point reduction. President Donald Trump thinks the Fed should follow suit.

ECB President Christine Lagarde left economists and investors a little less certain as to when, or perhaps even whether, further easing will arrive.

European bonds dropped for a third day as traders continued to reduce their bets on a final European Central Bank interest-rate cut this year.