By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Recent conversations by Econostream with multiple European Central Bank policymakers point to one conclusion: any lingering expectations of a December rate cut would be unrealistic unless the policy environment changed significantly.
22 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday said the ECB had succeeded in engineering a soft landing, bringing inflation back to target without damaging growth, and that the institution’s independence and credibility were central to that outcome.
21 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – On 21 October 2025, European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip R. Lane said monetary transmission is proceeding but remains uneven, with financial conditions still restrictive and credit dynamics subdued compared to past regularities.
21 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Tuesday said that Europe must accelerate investment in renewables to secure affordable, sustainable and reliable energy and strengthen its long-term competitiveness.
21 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel on Tuesday said that credibility in monetary policy depends on central bank independence, reliable statistics and a clear focus on the price stability mandate.
21 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Sunday noted the loss of attractiveness of the US dollar.
19 October 2025
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Saturday called anew for reducing internal European barriers to trade and denied that Europe bore chief responsibility for global imbalances.
18 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Saturday that he was “confident” about inflation and that the ECB should not be complacent.
18 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Friday that the ECB would have to adjust interest rates if inflation was at risk of persistently undershooting its 2% target.
17 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said on Friday that he would back a “mildly supportive stance” if inflation stayed below 2% while growth held at potential and the labour market remained solid.
17 October 2025
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Friday said that Europe was in need of measures to boost too-weak economic growth and that the US dollar’s hegemony was being challenged but likely to continue.
17 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen said on Friday that the ECB was in a good place but that risks required ongoing vigilance.
17 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Friday that there was currently no need for the ECB to act.
17 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Friday advocated further ECB monetary policy easing.
17 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Edward Scicluna said he doesn’t expect any change to interest rates this month, while signaling that the December policy meeting will feature a more heated discussion on the basis of new data and projections.
17 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Friday reaffirmed that the ECB would decide its monetary policy stance on a meeting-by-meeting basis, guided by data and without pre-commitment to any rate path.
17 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Thursday that the ECB was trying to be fully flexible in its moves and would stick to its meeting-by-meeting approach.
16 October 2025
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Wednesday said that he saw no grounds at the moment for changing euro area interest rates.
16 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Thursday made a plea to leave open all possibilities for monetary policy.
16 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher said on Thursday that interest rates would remain unchanged unless a significant shock materialized.
16 October 2025