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
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras’ comments on Monday appear to be a cautious retreat from his earlier insistence on the likelihood of a terminal rate of 2%.
6 May 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Monday said that the ECB would evidently go on easing monetary policy.
5 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta said on Monday that recent trade tensions and increasing uncertainty would have an impact on monetary policy decisions
5 May 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Saturday seemed to encourage expectations of further easing and in any case did not in the least push back against these.
5 May 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Saturday said that disinflation was proceeding well but that downside risks to growth were materialising.
3 May 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The imposition of tariffs by the US could lead to higher inflation globally, the European Central Bank said on Friday.
2 May 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Wednesday said that inflation faced downside risks in the short run, but more ambiguous risks further out.
30 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Wednesday called for a 25bp rate cut in June.
30 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday said that he continued to see the terminal rate of the ECB’s policy easing at 2% and to be reached this year.
29 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Sovereign issuers in Europe have not registered any major impact from the bond market turmoil following the April 2 US tariff announcement, but are attentive to secondary market developments, according to sources from four important European sovereign debt issuers.
29 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank under President Christine Lagarde is a den of rampant favoritism, according to reporting by news organisation Politico, which on Tuesday cited a new poll recently conducted among ECB employees.
29 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 8 April 2025 with Petra Wehlert, Head of Capital Markets of KfW.
29 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – German investment and development bank KfW could tap the USD market again in 2025, according to KfW’s Head of Capital Markets, Petra Wehlert.
29 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone on Tuesday said that while tariffs would clearly dampen euro area growth in the medium term, their impact on inflation was less obvious and could be disinflationary.
29 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Tuesday said that step-by-step rate cuts may continue.
29 April 2025