Annette Weisbach

Annette Weisbach is a Frankfurt-based reporter for CNBC covering Germany and the ECB with more than 10 years’ experience in business news. Annette Weisbach is known for her primary focus on the European Central Bank (ECB) and its impact on the eurozone economy. She has reported extensively on interest rate decisions, inflation trends, and monetary policy developments. In addition to her ECB coverage, Annette has provided insights into German business and economic issues, contributing to CNBC's global financial news coverage.

Biography:  https://www.cnbc.com/annette-weisbach/

98%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

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The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

95%

Examples:

  • No new quarterly data is available for the ECB’s Governing Council to consider.
  • Recent inflation data shows a decline in headline inflation, but wage growth remains a concern for the ECB.
  • The economic trajectory is uncertain and biased to the downside, but the inflationary picture is still not clear.
  • Wage growth has become the main obstacle for the ECB to reach its 2% inflation target.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • No new quarterly data is available for the ECB’s Governing Council to consider.
  • Recent inflation data shows a decline in headline inflation, but wage growth remains a concern for the ECB.
  • The economic trajectory is uncertain and biased to the downside, but the inflationary picture is still not clear.
  • Wage growth has become the main obstacle for the ECB to reach its 2% inflation target.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

ECB Rate Decision: Inflation Concerns Persist as Services Prices Remain High and Economy Weak

ECB Rate Decision: Inflation Concerns Persist as Services Prices Remain High and Economy Weak

Broke On: Thursday, 18 July 2024 The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to maintain interest rates, signaling a potential future cut with cautious guidance due to lingering inflation concerns and stubbornly high services prices. The economy remains weak, but projections of anaemic growth have yet to be confirmed by hard indicators. Uncertainty surrounds the ECB's central scenario and the pace of U.S. Federal Reserve rate cuts.
ECB Set to Cut Rates: Implications for Euro, Inflation, and Global Markets

ECB Set to Cut Rates: Implications for Euro, Inflation, and Global Markets

Broke On: Wednesday, 05 June 2024 The European Central Bank (ECB) is set to cut borrowing costs for the first time since 2019, ending record-fast hikes amid falling Eurozone inflation and a weak economy. ECB President Christine Lagarde will address the governing council meeting on April 11, 2024. Despite some analyst skepticism about recent inflation figures, the ECB is expected to lower its key interest rate from 4% to 3.75%, weakening the euro while US rates continue tightening.