Central Bank


ECB’s Lane: Need Deeper Commitment to Trading Integration

ECB’s Lane: Need Deeper Commitment to Trading Integration

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Monday said that countries needed to pursue deeper and lasting trading relationships to achieve a better economic integration.

20 November 2023
ECB’s Wunsch: PEPP Reinvestments Need Rediscussing

ECB’s Wunsch: PEPP Reinvestments Need Rediscussing

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch on Friday said that the only reason to maintain the practice of reinvestments under the pandemic emergency purchase program (PEPP) was because the ECB had once committed to this, but that it was now necessary to consider the matter anew.

17 November 2023
ECB’s Lagarde: Need New Approach to Capital Markets Union

ECB’s Lagarde: Need New Approach to Capital Markets Union

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Friday said that for the Capital Markets Union (CMU) to help Europe face its challenges, a completely different approach was necessary.

17 November 2023
ECB’s Lagarde: Cannot Be Complacent About Financial Stability Risks

ECB’s Lagarde: Cannot Be Complacent About Financial Stability Risks

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that it would be inappropriate to be triumphant about having avoided risks to financial stability just because some of these hadn’t yet fully materialised.

16 November 2023
ECB’s Makhlouf: Response to Future Challenges Cannot Be Accommodative

ECB’s Makhlouf: Response to Future Challenges Cannot Be Accommodative

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Saturday said that challenges emerging from geopolitical tensions, financial system disruption and developments in technology called for a different reaction than before.

11 November 2023