Exclusive: ECB Insider: ‘I’m Almost Sure’ That December Hike Will Be 50BP
Exclusive: ECB Insider: ‘I’m Almost Sure’ That December Hike Will Be 50BP
24 November 2022
Central Bank Exclusives
Exclusive: ECB’s Holzmann: If Things Stay Unchanged Between Now and Dec 15, I Would Go for 75BP
Exclusive: ECB’s Holzmann: If Things Stay Unchanged Between Now and Dec 15, I Would Go for 75BP
21 November 2022
Exclusive: ECB’s Kazāks: ‘There is no pivot. We still say that inflation is a problem, and we will keep raising rates’
- Kazāks: ‘Discussion about the size of the step is appropriate and of course there will be one’
7 November 2022
Exclusive: Governing Council to Hold Non-Monetary Policy Meeting in February in Lapland
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is planning a non-monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council in northern Finland in February, Econostream understands.
28 October 2022
Exclusive: ECB Insider: Expect Lane to Propose 75bp Hike at Upcoming Council Meeting
- ECB insider: Need to Adjust Other Instruments; TLTROs Take Precedence over QT
17 October 2022
Exclusive: ECB Insider: What Everyone Agrees Is That We Need to Take Action
- ECB insider: Could easily picture second-round effects on wages, even if the economy weakens
20 September 2022
Exclusive: ECB Insider: If Price Stability Requires Restrictive Policy, Then We Must Become Restrictive
- ECB insider: ‘Wrong’ to think we would only enter restrictive territory reluctantly
12 September 2022
Exclusive: ECB Insider: QT is ‘Just the Next Step’; Need to Discuss it and ‘Better Sooner than Later’
- ECB insider: I want to discuss QT as soon as possible
12 September 2022
Exclusive: ECB Insider: Lagarde Did Not Push for 50bp
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde did not express support for a rate hike of 50bp at this week’s Governing Council meeting, according to an ECB insider who spoke to Econostream.
9 September 2022
Exclusive: ECB Insider: 50bp Rate Hike Likelier in October than Another 75bp
- ECB insider: Would need very strong case to justify another 75bp
9 September 2022
ECB Insider: New 2024 HICP Projection Won’t Move Much; 2023 GDP and HICP to See Big Changes
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The next set of European Central Bank staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area, due to be unveiled on Thursday, will see medium-term inflation little changed, while forecasts for 2023 will include substantial revisions to both inflation (upwards) and growth (downwards), an ECB insider told Econostream.
1 September 2022
Exclusive: ECB’s Stournaras: Misguided to Hike Rapidly at the Risk of Needing to Backtrack Soon
- Stournaras: ‘Should err on the side of caution rather than on the side of speed’
31 August 2022
Exclusive: ECB Insider: ‘Very Unlikely’ That We Will Do More Than 25 Basis Points in July
Exclusive: ECB Insider: ‘Very Unlikely’ That We Will Do More Than 25 Basis Points in July
15 July 2022
Exclusive: ECB Policymakers Unwavering in Support for Tighter Monetary Policy
Exclusive: ECB Policymakers Unwavering in Support for Tighter Monetary Policy
5 July 2022
TRANSCRIPT: Interview with Spanish Treasury’s Pablo de Ramón-Laca Clausen on 28 June 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on June 28 with Pablo de Ramón-Laca Clausen, General Director of the Tesoro and Financial Policy, Spain’s sovereign debt issuer:
1 July 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Spain DMO Head: ‘Well enough advanced in our programme that we don’t need a fourth syndication’
EXCLUSIVE: Spain DMO Head: ‘Well enough advanced in our programme that we don’t need a fourth syndication’
1 July 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Spain DMO Head: ‘No one disputes that the Eurosystem needs to hike interest rates’
EXCLUSIVE: Spain DMO Head: ‘No one disputes that the Eurosystem needs to hike interest rates’
1 July 2022
Exclusive: ECB’s Kazāks: Would Not Exclude that We Need to Take Stronger Action in July
- Kazāks: ‘Fair case to discuss whether 25 basis points in July are still appropriate’
28 June 2022
TRANSCRIPT: Interview with ECB Governing Council member Kazāks on 27 June 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on June 27 with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
28 June 2022
Exclusive: ECB Insider: When You Develop an Anti-Fragmentation Tool, It Means You’re Afraid
- ECB insider: Would be good to have an anti-fragmentation tool, but there are also risks to this
15 June 2022