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ECB Insight: Lagarde’s Meal Begins, With Crow on the Menu

ECB Insight: Lagarde’s Meal Begins, With Crow on the Menu

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – More than anything else, Tuesday’s interview of European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde with various European newspapers was an answer to the question, ‘How do you say Holzmann was right without saying Holzmann was right?’

11 June 2024 | Central Bank News
ECB’s Kažimír: ‘I Will Wait for the New Data in September’

ECB’s Kažimír: ‘I Will Wait for the New Data in September’

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír on Monday said that he was now waiting to see how the data looked in September before acting again and that there was no hurry about monetary policy easing.

10 June 2024 | Central Bank News
ECB’s Kazāks: Future Rate Cuts Dependent on Economic Outlook

ECB’s Kazāks: Future Rate Cuts Dependent on Economic Outlook

By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – It is too early to make definitive statements about future rate cuts, as these will depend on the inflation and economic outlook, European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Monday.

10 June 2024 | Central Bank News
ECB’s Šimkus: More Interest Rate Cuts Possible In 2024

ECB’s Šimkus: More Interest Rate Cuts Possible In 2024

By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Friday said that it would be possible for the ECB to cut interest rates again this year.

7 June 2024 | Central Bank News
Bundesbank: German Economy Projected to Slowly Recover

Bundesbank: German Economy Projected to Slowly Recover

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – After two years of weakness, the German economy is projected to slowly recover in 2024 and to strengthen in 2025 and 2026, the German Bundesbank said on Friday in its latest semi-annual forecasts.

7 June 2024 | Central Bank News
ECB Insight: Holzmann’s Lonely Stand, We Suspect, Changes Little to Nothing

ECB Insight: Holzmann’s Lonely Stand, We Suspect, Changes Little to Nothing

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The opposition of Austrian National Bank Governor Robert Holzmann to the European Central Bank’s decision yesterday to cut interest rates by 25bp must have been somewhat of a surprise not just to a large number of his fellow Governing Council members, but to Holzmann himself.

7 June 2024 | Central Bank News