By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday that we were not yet in a currency war, but that there was a threat of a trade war.
16 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Friday that the end of the easing cycle might be near but that high uncertainty had the potential to change the policy outlook.
16 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Thursday that even with a potential easing of trade tension, elevated uncertainty would likely dampen economic activity.
15 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that incoming data would help him reach a decision for the Council's June meeting.
14 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that there was room for another rate cut by summer.
13 May 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Tuesday reiterated his view that trade tensions’ medium-term impact on euro area inflation was unclear.
13 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said on Tuesday that monetary policy would need ‘careful calibration’ given the effects of shocks related to fragmentation.
13 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Tuesday that it was crucial that the ECB be cautious and not overreact.
13 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Tuesday that sharp moves in the market in the past few weeks were due to very high valuations and low risk being priced in.
13 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Tuesday that the impact of trade tensions on inflation was hard to determine and that there were forces working in opposition to each other.
13 May 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Granted, European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel would object to our title above, her speech early Saturday (Frankfurt time) during a conference at Stanford University having clearly been meant as a pushback against calls to take euro area interest rates ever lower.
12 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Monday that another interest rate cut in June was quite possible.
12 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Saturday that the ECB should keep rates near current neutral levels, and that an accommodative stance would be inappropriate.
10 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Saturday that the ECB expected inflation to continue trending downward despite potentially remaining steady over the next months.
10 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Friday that US policies seemed clearer after April 2 but that uncertainty remained high.
9 May 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – There was never much question about where European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn came down on the question of whether or not to cut interest rates again in June, but the Bank of Finland governor laid any lingering doubts to rest on Friday.
9 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said on Friday that he could not rule out another interest rate cut after the June meeting, but that its timing was open.
9 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Friday that a confirmation of ongoing disinflation and weaker growth in the ECB's June projections would argue for another rate cut.
9 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that the ECB had updated its strategy during this week’s retreat in Porto, Portugal.
8 May 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta on Tuesday highlighted the risks associated with unbacked crypto-assets but said that stablecoins suffered from too many flaws to offer a solution to payment system deficiencies.
6 May 2025