ECB can use new banking knowledge in rate setting: Constancio

(Reuters) - European Central Bank policymakers will be able to use the information they gain from their new banking supervisory powers in the traditional monetary policy side of their jobs, ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio said on Monday.

ECB won't adopt threshold-based rate guidance: Constancio

(Reuters) - The European Central Bank will not tie interest-rate policy to specific economic thresholds, a top policymaker said on Saturday.

Euro zone corporate lending shrinks at record pace in Nov

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lending to companies in the euro zone contracted at the fastest pace on record in November, piling pressure on the European Central Bank to do more to revive the currency bloc's economy.