By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Germany is likely to exceed €500 billion in bond issuance in 2026, according to Tammo Diemer, Executive Board member at the German Finance Agency.
24 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 30 October 2025 with Jun Dumolard, Head of Funding and Investor Relations at the European Stability Mechanism.
13 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The European Stability Mechanism is aware of some investor interest in longer-maturity bonds and would “pay attention” to that demand, according to Jun Dumolard, Head of Funding and Investor Relations at the ESM.
13 November 2025
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 07 November with Martin Kocher, Governor of the Austrian National Bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
12 November 2025
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – Economic growth in the euro area could prove somewhat better than current projections, given the improvement seen in the latest data, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher.
12 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 22 October with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
22 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – It could be that the European Central Bank’s easing cycle has reached the terminal rate and that the next adjustment of interest rates will be upwards, according to ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Wednesday.
22 October 2025
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Wednesday said that the ECB was in a good position from which to maintain its current monetary policy stance while observing the course of economic developments.
16 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 1 October 2025 with Bob Kieffer, Director of the Luxembourg Treasury.
9 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Luxembourg will launch a retail defense bond in the first quarter of 2026 with an issuance size of about €150 million, according to Bob Kieffer, Director of the Luxembourg Treasury.
9 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 24 September 2025 with Mercedes Abascal, Deputy Director General of Public Debt Management at the Spanish Treasury.
30 September 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Spain will not proceed with the syndicated bond issuance that had been expected late in 2025, diverging from its standard practice of four such operations a year, according to Mercedes Abascal, Deputy Director General of Public Debt Management at the Spanish Treasury.
30 September 2025
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – VALLETTA (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 15 September 2025 with Edward Scicluna, Governor of the Central Bank of Malta and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
16 September 2025
By Marta Vilar and David Barwick – VALLETTA (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s Governing Council is not planning another interest rate cut, and if the current, delicate balance of inflationary forces still holds in December, the ECB will not ease further this year, according to Council member Edward Scicluna.
16 September 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 4 September 2025 with Henrik Nørby, Head of Monetary Policy Implementation and Government Debt at Danmarks Nationalbank.
8 September 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Denmarks upcoming new green bond will be issued via syndication within the next month, according to Henrik Nørby, Head of Monetary Policy Implementation and Government Debt at Danmarks Nationalbank.
8 September 2025
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 01 September 2025 with Gediminas Šimkus, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
2 September 2025
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Further European Central Bank policy easing is probably more a question of when, not if, according to ECB Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus.
2 September 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) - Following is the transcript of an interview on 4 August 2025 with Robert Holzmann, Governor of the Austrian National Bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
5 August 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s Governing Council for the most part agrees that it is now appropriate for a ‘steady hand’ approach to monetary policy, according to Council member Robert Holzmann.
5 August 2025