By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday that US tariffs would have a limited impact on inflation in the euro area, though this effect would be upward.
21 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Tuesday said that threatened US tariffs meant the return of uncertainty that could be itself cause economic growth to sputter.
20 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Tuesday that he approved of the additional German government spending, given the current state of the world.
20 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Tuesday congratulated his fellow Council member Boris Vujčić, governor of the Croatian National Bank, for having gotten the support of the Eurogroup in the contest to succeed ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos.
20 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that there were multiple factors that could drag inflation down significantly.
20 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Euro area finance ministers on Monday agreed to back Croatian National Bank Governor Boris Vujčić to succeed European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos, according to people familiar with the decision.
19 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks warned that European policymakers should not be “naive” about the bloc’s exposure to Russia and said the financial system needed to be prepared for escalation.
18 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – This week the ECB Tone Meter moved in opposite directions for the Governing Council and the Executive Board, settling at +0.9 and +0.13 respectively, with both readings remaining in very marginally hawkish territory.
16 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank vice president’s role is defined by three core tasks, according to ECB Governing Council member Olli Rehn.
16 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane on Friday said euro area inflation was moving onto a more durable 2% footing and suggested interest rates were likely to remain broadly stable unless the outlook shifted materially.
16 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Thursday that the US government's attacks on the Federal Reserved increased risks to the outlook as lower central bank independence would likely raise inflation in the US.
15 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta said on Thursday that Italy’s economic growth had softened in recent months, driven mainly by geopolitical and trade tensions alongside weak domestic demand, adding that forecasts pointed to only a modest expansion in the years ahead.
15 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Thursday that financial markets place high value on central bank independence because it underpins confidence that inflation will remain under control.
15 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following Wednesday's hearings at the European Parliament in Brussels with all candidates hoping to succeed European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos, Aurore Lalucq, Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, issued the following statement:
14 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday that the downside risks to inflation were “at least as high” as the upside risks and that a further slide in the US dollar if the Federal Reserve’s independence were weakened, could be one such disinflationary risk.
14 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Wednesday said the ECB has fulfilled its mandate and could be more confident, but stressed that policymakers are not complacent about inflation.
14 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Wednesday that the ECB was seeing a growing influx of low-priced goods into Europe and that China had been increasing its exports to the bloc.
14 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Wednesday that rising geopolitical tensions significantly increased downside risks to economic growth and that wage growth was expected to moderate in the coming quarters and stabilize toward the end of 2026.
14 January 2026
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Tuesday expressed concern about the apparent use of legal pretexts by the US government to go after the Federal Reserve over what actually amounted to disagreement about monetary policy.
13 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde joined other leading central bankers on Tuesday in signing a joint declaration backing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, following threats by the US government to pursue a criminal indictment against him.
13 January 2026