By David Barwick – Frankfurt (Econostream) – Negative interest rates should not become the norm and a return to positive rates can be seen as a good thing, according to Cristina Casalinho, head of the Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency.
3 June 2021
- ‘We Need to Be Careful About Bringing Long-Dated Bonds to the Market’
- Portugal Has a ‘Good Set of Arguments on Which Rating Agencies Can Base Their Decisions’
- ‘We Don’t Expect Major Negative Surprises’ in H2 Concerning Funding Needs
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday reiterated the ECB’s determination to ensure that euro area financing conditions remain favourable well into the economic recovery process.
2 June 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will have to eventually withdraw monetary accommodation when warranted by the inflation outlook, ECB Governing Council member and German Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said Wednesday.
2 June 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The fact that the euro’s international importance, though not high, emerged unscathed from the turbulence of 2020 may indicate that a larger global role for the common currency could only be the result of additional policies and reforms, according to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday.
2 June 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – German unemployment last month registered a clear decline, according to seasonally adjusted data released on Tuesday by the German Federal Employment Agency.
1 June 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Sustained and significant rises in yields are not warranted by economic prospects and will have to be countered, European Central Bank Governing Council member Ignazio Visco said Monday.
31 May 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Consumer prices in Germany accelerated for the fifth month in a row in May, growing at an annualized 2.5%, according to the flash estimate of the German Federal Statistical Office on Monday.
31 May 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Central banks that target an inflation range are not necessarily likelier to find it harder to anchor expectations than their peers whose inflation targeting relies on another formulation of the inflation objective, according to a European Central Bank working paper published Monday.
31 May 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The euro area remains mired in crisis, European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Friday.
28 May 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Friday effectively adjusted the goal posts defining the limits in time of the ECB’s extraordinary measures.
28 May 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on May 25 with Teppo Koivisto, director of the Financing Division of Finland’s State Treasury and thus responsible for Finnish public debt management.:
28 May 2021
- ‘We Were Right That We Decided to Revise the Guidance’ on Last Week’s 10-Year RFGB
28 May 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – It needs to be evident to everyone that the European Central Bank is not subordinating monetary policy to fiscal policy, ECB Governing Council member and German Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said Thursday.
27 May 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on May 19 with Davide Iacovoni, director general of the directorate of the Italian Treasury that is responsible for Italy’s public debt management:
27 May 2021
By David Barwick – Frankfurt (Econostream) – A withdrawal of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy support would not be a problem for Italy’s sovereign borrowing once economic growth returns and potential growth is boosted, according to Davide Iacovoni, director general of the directorate of the Italian Treasury responsible for public debt.
27 May 2021
- ‘Would Definitely Say That There Is a Chance for Another BTP Futura Later in the Year’
27 May 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Fabio Panetta on Wednesday said that yields had recently increased undesirably and that financing conditions were tightening.
26 May 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – There is no evidence calling for a change in the European Central Bank’s asset purchases under its pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP), ECB Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said Tuesday.
25 May 2021
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – German business confidence rose clearly in May as both expectations and assessments of the current situation improved, economic research institute Ifo said on Tuesday.
25 May 2021