By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said Friday that it was appropriate to leave interest rates unchanged while policymakers monitored the Middle East conflict and awaited new forecasts and analysis in September.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Emmanuel Moulin said on Friday that conditions had moved back closer to the ECB's June baseline, saying this was why policymakers had left interest rates unchanged at their July meeting.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher said Friday that data arriving over the coming weeks would determine whether the ECB raises interest rates again in September or holds them steady.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Ülo Kaasik said Friday that financial markets were understandably expecting interest rates to rise again this year as renewed Middle East tensions kept inflation risks elevated.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is a transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 23 July 2026 with Olaf Sleijpen, Governor of De Nederlandsche Bank and member of the European Central Bank Governing Council.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank could still raise interest rates in September even if second-round effects have not yet emerged, should the overall inflation outlook warrant it, according to ECB Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Most participants in the European Central Bank’s latest Survey of Professional Forecasters expected a further interest rate increase, while cutting their euro-area growth forecast for this year, results released Friday showed.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde left herself plenty of room to maneuver on Thursday while appearing to offer reassurances about how long she intends to remain at the ECB.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Primož Dolenc said Friday that risks stemming from the Middle East conflict remained high and that euro area economic growth was continuing.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel was strikingly neutral after Thursday’s decision, offering none of the mildly hawkish signaling one might ordinarily expect from him.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Bundesbank President and European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said Thursday that keeping interest rates unchanged in July was appropriate after June’s increase left policymakers well placed to assess further developments.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch on Friday said he opposed raising banks’ minimum reserve requirement while the reserves remained unremunerated, arguing that this would amount to a form of taxation.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Jersey-incorporated AA Bond Co Limited on Thursday priced £400 million of senior secured Class A notes.
23 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday broadly delivered the expected communication mix, acknowledging, as we anticipated earlier in the day, that some governors had “asked themselves whether we should not consider a hike” while resisting every invitation to turn that discussion into guidance for September.
23 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said some governors considered raising interest rates at the July meeting, but policymakers ultimately agreed unanimously to leave rates unchanged and decide in September after receiving substantial new economic data.
23 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB Holds Rates at 2.25%, Says Full Inflationary Impact of Energy Shock Still to Come
23 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Thursday allotted £500 million of the 4% Treasury Gilt 2063.
23 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Will European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde say on Thursday that the Governing Council discussed raising rates again at its meeting?
23 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg – Förderbank (L-Bank) on Wednesday priced $1.5 billion of three-year senior unsecured notes.
22 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Greek Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) on Wednesday allotted €500 million of 26-week Treasury bills.
22 July 2026 Debt Issuance News