By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Belgium has finished its syndications for 2024, with nearly 60% of its long-term issuance already done, according to Maric Post, Director Treasury and Capital Markets at the Belgian Debt Agency (BDA).
3 May 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Friday said that the direct financing of green investments by the ECB could have a negative impact on price stability.
3 May 2024 Central Bank News
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 29 April 2024 with Sir Robert Stheeman, Chief Executive Officer of the UK Debt Management Office:
2 May 2024 Debt Issuance News
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Maintaining the liquidity and stability of the gilt market poses a significant challenge for the Debt Management Office (DMO) of the United Kingdom, according to Sir Robert Stheeman, Chief Executive Officer of the DMO.
2 May 2024 Debt Issuance News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane late Thursday said that keeping a data-dependent and a meeting-by-meeting approach was the best way to deal with unexpected events when calibrating the monetary policy stance.
2 May 2024 Central Bank News
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Three interest rate cuts are more likely than four this year, European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said Thursday.
2 May 2024 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – LONDON (Econostream) – The ongoing transmission of European Central Bank monetary policy could result in weaker-than-expected economic growth, according to Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos on Wednesday.
1 May 2024 Central Bank News
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – The European Central Bank should refrain from cutting key interest rates back-to-back in June and July, ECB Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said Tuesday.
30 April 2024 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 20 April with Pierre Wunsch, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
29 April 2024 Central Bank News
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 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Monday said that even with considerable risks around inflation, the 2% target would be reached in 2025.
29 April 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Monday said that his confidence about the disinflationary process was growing, but that key conditions related to the labour market needed to materialise for the ECB's 2% target to be met.
29 April 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Friday said that market surprises were not ruled out and that there was still scepticism about de disinflationary process.
26 April 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno on Friday said that the ECB’s projections already showed inflation fluctuating around 2% in 2024 and that the Governing Council shouldn’t wait until the price stability target was met to start dialling back monetary restrictiveness.
26 April 2024 Central Bank News
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s consumer expectations survey, released Friday, showed inflation expectations over the next 12 months down in March, while expectations for economic growth remained unchanged.
26 April 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Thursday said that changes required for the euro area to become a climate-neutral economy would require considerable investment, which could impact inflation and induce a monetary policy response.
25 April 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Thursday said that even with disinflation progressing in many areas of the world, the stubborness of inflation ruled out complacency.
25 April 2024 Central Bank News
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Inflation is expected to remain stable and to reach the 2% target in 2025, according to the European Central Bank’s latest Economic Bulletin, published Thursday.
25 April 2024 Central Bank News
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – A gradual economic recovery led by services is expected over the course of 2024, according to the European Central Bank’s latest Economic Bulletin, published Thursday.
25 April 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Thursday said that services inflation was still a worry and that it was necessary to remain watchful of unit labour costs.
25 April 2024 Central Bank News