By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday suggested that it was highly improbable that an initial interest rate hike would occur next year.
3 November 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Tuesday appeared to suggest that climate change could lead to gradually higher inflation.
2 November 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Professional forecasters surveyed by the European Central Bank revised up their inflation expectations markedly, according to the ECB’s Survey of Professional Forecasters for the fourth quarter of 2021, released on Friday.
29 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Euro area non-financial corporates were generally optimistic about their prospects in the current quarter and thereafter, the European Central Bank said on Friday.
29 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is closely monitoring the evolution of medium-term inflation risks, ECB Governing Council member Boštjan Vasle said Friday.
29 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Time flies at the European Central Bank, where President Christine Lagarde on Thursday unexpectedly deemed it the moment to debate, decide and announce the future of the ECB’s pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP).
28 October 2021
- Insider: ‘do not see a situation that first we need to stop asset purchases and only later on increase the interest rates’
- Insider: ‘see possibilities of a combined strategy’ where ECB hikes rates but still buys government debt
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Rare is the Governing Council meeting of the European Central Bank that is preceded by as thin a trickle of communication from the Executive Board as the gathering this week.
26 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – An expected tightening of credit standards could limit corporate investment in the coming months, according to the European Central Bank’s latest Bank Lending Survey, released Tuesday.
26 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Currently elevated inflation reflects the strength of the economic recovery and is a temporary phenomenon, European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said Thursday.
21 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – German Bundesbank head Jens Weidmann, member of the European Central Bank Governing Council, on Wednesday announced his intention to step down at the end of the year.
20 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – As the pandemic-related crisis becomes less acute, the gradual withdrawal of loan moratoria and guarantees will be appropriate, Banco de España Deputy Governor Margarita Delgado said Wednesday.
20 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Fears of stagflation are unfounded as the recovery is still strong, and no one should question the European Central Bank’s ability to maintain price stability, ECB Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said Tuesday.
20 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Inflation developments now being seen are temporary, and with the trend consistent with the European Central Bank’s monetary policy, the ECB is inclined not to react prematurely, ECB Governing Council member Olli Rehn said Tuesday.
19 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Inflation will subside by end-2022 to below the European Central Bank’s price stability target, so that there will be no reason next year for interest rates to be hiked, ECB Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said Tuesday.
19 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The pandemic-related crisis is not nearly over and its ramifications for financial stability will be felt only when policy support is withdrawn, European Central Bank Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos said Monday.
18 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s forward guidance will continue to support the achievement of price stability even after the approaching end of the pandemic-related crisis, ECB President Christine Lagarde said Saturday.
17 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – When monetary policy is very loose, further easing can pose threats to financial stability by harming banks more than it helps them, according to a research bulletin published Thursday by the European Central Bank.
14 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Favourable financing conditions remain essential and the European Central Bank Governing Council is prepared to do as required to achieve price stability, ECB President Christine Lagarde said Thursday.
14 October 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau, freshly nominated to a second term at the helm of Banque de France, delivered a speech on Tuesday in which he staked out a broad array of bold positions:
13 October 2021