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ECB’s Knot: AI Could Be Beneficial, Given the Right Regulations

ECB’s Knot: AI Could Be Beneficial, Given the Right Regulations

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Thursday said that appropriate policies were necessary to guarantee that artificial intelligence (AI) contributed positively to the economy.

11 July 2024 Central Bank News
ECB’s Villeroy: Inflation Shock Is Being Replaced by Uncertainty Shock

ECB’s Villeroy: Inflation Shock Is Being Replaced by Uncertainty Shock

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Thursday said that uncertainty was emerging as a new threat to growth and employment at the same time that the impact of inflation was fading. 

11 July 2024 Central Bank News
Exclusive: ECB’s Centeno: Recent PPI Data Call Into Question the Adequacy of Our Easing Pace

Exclusive: ECB’s Centeno: Recent PPI Data Call Into Question the Adequacy of Our Easing Pace

By Isabel Teles – SINTRA, Portugal (Econostream) – The decline of euro area producer prices since the end of 2022, confirmed by weaker-than-expected May data released last week, is grounds for the ECB to ask itself whether it is easing monetary policy rapidly enough to avoid undershooting inflation, according to ECB Governing Council member Mário Centeno.

9 July 2024 Central Bank News
ECB Insight: While Ultimately Unlikely to Give Fragmentation a Pass, Insiders Hate to Even Think About TPI and France

ECB Insight: While Ultimately Unlikely to Give Fragmentation a Pass, Insiders Hate to Even Think About TPI and France

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank insiders show great reluctance even to consider a priori the use of the transmission protection instrument (TPI) for the benefit of France, but seem disinclined to tolerate fragmentation, were it to really come to it, based on the views of various Eurosystem insiders who spoke to Econostream recently on the subject.

5 July 2024 Central Bank News
ECB’s Nagel: Privacy Is Key to Digital Euro's Success

ECB’s Nagel: Privacy Is Key to Digital Euro's Success

By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Ensuring the protection of privacy is crucial for the success of the digital euro, European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said Friday.

5 July 2024 Central Bank News
ECB’s Lagarde: Need to Ensure Disinflation; Focus on Services Data

ECB’s Lagarde: Need to Ensure Disinflation; Focus on Services Data

By Isabel Teles – SINTRA, Portugal (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that the ECB needed to ensure the continuation of the disinflation process and that this required information related to services prices in particular.

4 July 2024 Central Bank News
ECB’s Knot: There Are Rollover Risks Still in the Pipeline

ECB’s Knot: There Are Rollover Risks Still in the Pipeline

By Isabel Teles – SINTRA, Portugal (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Wednesday said that the discussion of fiscal policy and sovereign debt was back on the radar and that rollover risk could still materialise.

3 July 2024 Central Bank News
ECB’s Stournaras: Two Additional Rate Cuts Reasonable This Year

ECB’s Stournaras: Two Additional Rate Cuts Reasonable This Year

By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Two more rate cuts are possible this year, given that the euro area would remain in restrictive territory after that amount of policy easing, European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said Wednesday.

3 July 2024 Central Bank News
ECB’s Centeno: ‘I Expect a Few More Rate Cuts This Year’

ECB’s Centeno: ‘I Expect a Few More Rate Cuts This Year’

By Isabel Teles – SINTRA, Portugal (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno on Tuesday said that the ECB would continue to follow its meeting-by-meeting approach and that if the data were favourable, there would be more interest rate cuts this year.

2 July 2024 Central Bank News