By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The Dutch government supports a possible candidacy by former De Nederlandsche Bank President Klaas Knot to succeed Christine Lagarde as president of the European Central Bank, according to the Dutch Finance Ministry.
5 August 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – German electricity transmission system operator Eurogrid on Tuesday priced a €500 million 12-year senior unsecured European Green Bond due August 18, 2038.
4 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – German mortgage lender Münchener Hypothekenbank on Tuesday priced a CHF170 million green covered bond due August 27, 2035.
4 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday allotted £4.25 billion of its 4⅝% Treasury Gilt 2032.
4 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Federal Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Tuesday allotted €4.552 billion of its reopened 2.70% Federal Treasury note (Schatz) due September 13, 2028.
4 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Austria’s debt management agency, OeBFA, on Tuesday allotted €575 million of its 2.85% government bond (RAGB) due October 20, 2031, via auction.
4 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Bank of Italy’s €-coin indicator, a measure of underlying euro area economic growth, rose to 0.54 in July from 0.39 in June, according to a joint release by the Bank of Italy and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) published Tuesday.
4 August 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – France’s Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Monday allotted €7.443 billion across four fixed-rate discount Treasury bills (BTFs).
3 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Lithuanian Finance Ministry on Monday sold €55 million of a bond due June 14, 2033.
3 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s state-sector borrowing requirement was provisionally estimated at €13.4 billion in July, compared with €14.116 billion in the same month of 2025, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) said Monday.
3 August 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Friday sold €617 million across two Treasury bonds (BTPs) and one floating-rate security (CCTeu) in supplementary auctions, according to data released by the Bank of Italy.
31 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher said Friday that uncertainty surrounding the inflation outlook remained high, with geopolitical developments capable of rapidly affecting energy prices.
31 July 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said Thursday that policymakers should retain full freedom to move interest rates in either direction as they assessed the medium-term inflation outlook.
30 July 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Thursday sold €750 million of six-month Treasury bills (BOTs) in a supplementary auction, according to data released by the Bank of Italy.
30 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Thursday allotted €8 billion across three Treasury bonds (BTPs) and one floating-rate security (CCTeu), according to data released by the Bank of Italy.
30 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – NICOSIA (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 28 July 2026 with Christodoulos Patsalides, Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
29 July 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – NICOSIA (Econostream) – The passage of time is working against the European Central Bank on inflation as elevated oil prices persist, increasing the importance of pre-emptive action even though the September decision remains open and data-dependent, according to ECB Governing Council member Christodoulos Patsalides.
29 July 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Wednesday sold €7.5 billion of six-month Treasury bills (BOTs), according to data released by the Bank of Italy.
29 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Wednesday allotted €4.497 billion of a reopened federal bond (Bund).
29 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Wednesday sold €877.31 million of the 2% BTPei due February 15, 2037, in a supplementary auction, according to data released by the Bank of Italy.
29 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News