By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Thursday that lessening the uncertainty surrounding global trade should be the major objective of policymakers.
22 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Thursday that rates were no longer restrictive and that the ECB should proceed with caution.
22 May 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Thursday said that US President Donald Trump had made the global monetary framework so uncertain that the dollar’s safe-haven function was being called into question, creating an opportunity for the euro to become more important.
22 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Thursday that inflation could return to the ECB's 2% target soon, while economic growth could turn weaker.
22 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Thursday that the ECB's inflation target would be achieved at the start of next year.
22 May 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – The euro’s importance as a global currency is set to increase, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann on Thursday.
22 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that despite the progress made on the tariff front lately, there was still some way to go.
21 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said that risks around the ECB's baseline scenario could push macroeconomic projections lower.
21 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno said on Wednesday that the ECB could need to cut interest rates below what he considered to be the neutral rate.
21 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Wednesday that tariffs could have adverse effects on economic activity.
21 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Tuesday that he could neither rule out nor confirm that the ECB will cut rates in June.
20 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Tuesday that US tariffs could dampen inflation in the short term but trigger a surge in prices in the medium term.
20 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller said on Monday that cutting interest rates further could be justified if they were not lowered ‘significantly’.
19 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 19 May 2025 with Janno Luurmees, Head of Estonia’s State Treasury Department.
19 May 2025 Debt Issuance News
- Janno Luurmees, Head of Estonia’s State Treasury Department: ‘We anticipate another Treasury bill auction in 2H25’
- Luurmees: Increasing defence spending may lead to higher issuance in 2H25
- Luurmees: Higher defence spending ‘could bring long-term issuance back to consideration’
- Luurmees: Might pre-finance part of 2026 budget if market conditions favourable
- Luurmees: ‘We are far from any kind of debt spiral’
- Luurmees: Currently no decisions made about future retail issuances
- Luurmees: ‘We have no plans to issue green bonds at this stage’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said on Sunday that the economy could require that the ECB enter accommodative territory.
18 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Sunday that Europe should be ready to react strongly to US tariffs if negotiations turn out to be unsuccessful.
18 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Saturday that the ECB could leave rates ‘broadly’ around current levels.
17 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Friday that the ECB would include alternative scenarios about US tariff policies in its June forecasts.
16 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday that we were not yet in a currency war, but that there was a threat of a trade war.
16 May 2025 Central Bank News