By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – Were the European Central Bank to cut interest rates in both June and July, financial markets would tend to anticipate a relatively fast pace of further monetary policy easing, potentially leading to another bout of unjustified exuberance, according to ECB Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch.
29 April 2024
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 19 April with Madis Müller, Governor of the Estonian central bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
25 April 2024
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – Available information does not now suggest that the European Central Bank Governing Council should necessarily cut rates in both June and July, but rather, monetary authorities will need to be guided by data still to come, ECB Governing Council member Madis Müller said Friday.
25 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 17 April 2024 with Mário Centeno, Governor of Banco de Portugal and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
22 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – The European Central Bank could potentially reduce interest rates by more than 100bp in total before the end of the year, according to ECB Governing Council member Mário Centeno.
22 April 2024
By David Barwick - VALLETTA (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 18 March 2024 with Edward Scicluna, Governor of the Central Bank of Malta and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
22 March 2024
By David Barwick - VALLETTA (Econostream) – It is by no means excluded that the European Central Bank will see its way to a first rate cut in April, according to Edward Scicluna, Governor of the Central Bank of Malta and member of the ECB’s Governing Council.
22 March 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s updated macroeconomic forecasts are likely to show lower inflation for 2024 and possibly also 2025, according to an ECB insider who spoke to Econostream recently.
5 March 2024
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 26 February with Gediminas Šimkus, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
28 February 2024
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) – It would not be inappropriate for the European Central Bank Governing Council at its meeting next week to start a discussion around monetary policy easing, even if March remains premature for a first rate cut, ECB Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said Monday.
28 February 2024
By David Barwick – GHENT, Belgium (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 23 February with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
28 February 2024
By David Barwick – GHENT, Belgium (Econostream) – It remains too soon for the European Central Bank to consider the current level of monetary restrictiveness to have been maintained long enough, given uncertainty about developments and the need to avoid a resurgence of inflation, Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Friday.
28 February 2024
By Roxana Zabrautanu – BUCHAREST (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 14 February with Stefan Nanu, Director General of the Romanian State Treasury.
26 February 2024
By Roxana Zăbrăuțanu – BUCHAREST (Econostream) – The successful issuance by the Romanian Treasury of $4 billion in bonds is evidence of very strong demand, according to General Director Ștefan Nanu.
26 February 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Two sources of wage data released this week sent mixed signals, but an expert responsible for an indicator of high importance to European Central Bank monetary policy has assured Econostream that on balance, the deceleration of wages was broad-based and set to continue.
22 February 2024
By David Barwick – BRUSSELS (Econostream) - Following is the transcript of a brief chat that took place on 8 February 2024 between Econostream and Pierre Wunsch, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, following the latter’s presentation at a public event we reported on at the time.
12 February 2024
By David Barwick – BRUSSELS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch on Thursday said that while an argument could be made for deferring monetary policy easing until more data became available, the risks of deciding not to continue to wait were also not great.
12 February 2024
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Wednesday said that the likelihood of ECB policy easing would grow as the year 2024 progressed and in particular following the month of April.
17 January 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 15 January with Constantinos Herodotou, Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
15 January 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – It is too soon to contemplate monetary policy easing or even the potential pace at which such easing might eventually take place, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Constantinos Herodotou.
15 January 2024