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ECB could work with non-banks: Coeure

Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB)could consider giving non-banks access to its balance sheet to keep control over money-market rates, according to Executive Board member Benoit Coeure. Speaking at a money-market workshop in Frankfurt, Coeure highlighted a “possible risk” that the new short-term rate called ESTR — designed to provide a more complete picture of actual borrowing conditions — “might ...

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New capital rules may help Europe’s weakened banks

Bloomberg European banks have found a silver lining to their recent troubles: they can make a case that they’re too weak to abide by new regulations being set by Brussels. After years fighting a rearguard battle against tighter requirements set by global regulators, some bankers in Europe now say they sense an opportunity to persuade local policy makers to go ...

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Dems take impeachment probe public as Trump roars defiant

Bloomberg House Democrats this week are taking their effort to impeach Donald Trump into a risky new phase of public hearings that the president is eager to turn into a made-for-TV personal battle, echoing his successful White House run in 2016. The hearings on Wednesday and Friday feature three career diplomats who, in previous closed-door depositions, outlined attempts by Trump’s ...

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