By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank on Monday published the results of its latest strategy assessment, reaffirming its commitment to a symmetric 2% inflation target and pledging an agile and proportionate policy response amid a more volatile inflation environment.
30 June 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – With less than a year to go until the next anticipated vacancy on the European Central Bank’s Executive Board—Vice President Luis de Guindos is set to depart at the end of May 2026—we continue our examination of some of the policymakers regarded as potential Board candidates.
30 June 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Friday that the ECB believed that the inflation target was going to be met.
27 June 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Perhaps they merely confirm our prior thinking, but we found today’s comments by outgoing ECB Governing Council member and De Nederlandsche Bank Governor Klaas Knot particularly worth highlighting.
27 June 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Friday that he could not rule out an additional interest rate reduction in 2025, but that it could take a while for this to happen.
27 June 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – In a series that kicked off on Monday with European Central Bank Governing Council member and Bank of Finland Governor Olli Rehn , we are looking at some of the well-known policymakers regarded as potential ECB Executive Board candidates.
27 June 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member said on Thursday that inflation expectations were weak and had to be monitored by the ECB.
26 June 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Thursday that the Iran-Israel conflict could impact negatively on the Eurozone economy.
26 June 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Wednesday that the battle against inflation was not fully won.
25 June 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Tuesday that in order to take further steps the ECB had to consider various factors.
24 June 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír said on Tuesday that the ECB should keep rates unchanged until there is more certainty around trade.
24 June 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – SANTANDER, Spain (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday that he did not believe that recent developments in the Middle East conflict had derailed the disinflation process in the euro area so far.
24 June 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that developments in the Middle East had not yet changed the underlying inflation outlook.
24 June 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that the ECB had to carefully monitor the conflict in the Middle East as it could bring about short-term inflationary pressures.
23 June 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Monday that policymakers should avoid giving an interest rate outlook too far ahead.
23 June 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Monday that the euro area economy remained resilient despite rising global uncertainty, with inflation broadly aligned with the ECB’s 2% target..
23 June 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – With less than a year to go until the next anticipated vacancy on the European Central Bank’s Executive Board—Vice President Luis de Guindos is set to depart at the end of May 2026—we consider it timely to examine some of the policymakers regarded as potential Board candidates.
23 June 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno said Sunday that the ECB needed to provide additional stimulus to ensure inflation returns to 2%.
22 June 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Wednesday said that euro area inflation would fall below target in the near term, but expressed confidence that it would return to 2% in the medium term, as the effects of energy prices faded and wage and employment dynamics provided underlying support.
19 June 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – KYIV (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Thursday called for joint European financing of defence.
19 June 2025 Central Bank News