By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Friday that financial markets anticipate further easing and that the ECB remains ready to act if needed,
25 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday that tariffs were unlikely to cause inflationary pressures, while the strength of the euro was disinflationary.
25 July 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is in no rush to change its key interest rates, ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Friday.
25 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Portuguese government has appointed OECD Chief Economist Álvaro Santos Pereira as the next governor of Banco de Portugal, replacing Mário Centeno.
24 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that the ECB was well positioned to maintain a wait-and-see attitude pending the evolution of the situation over the upcoming months.
24 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s Governing Council on Thursday decided to keep its key interest rates unchanged, as widely expected by markets and analysts.
24 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Portuguese government is set to name the next head of the Banco de Portugal governor following Thursday’s Council of Ministers meeting. While a reappointment of Governor Mário Centeno remains unlikely, it’s still a possibility.
21 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is a collection of views expressed by ECB Governing Council members on various topics of high relevance related to next week’s meeting and the further evolution of monetary policy:
16 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Tuesday urged a stable approach to the ECB’s monetary policymaking.
15 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta said on Friday that if downside growth risks added to existing disinflation, the ECB would have to cut interest rates further.
11 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said on Wednesday that there was no reason to cut interest rates again in 2025.
9 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that it would not be appropriate for policymakers to promise or exclude further easing.
9 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Wednesday that he hoped the euro would stabilise and that its strength would have no additional negative impact.
9 July 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s June rate cut was intended to prevent temporary inflation undershooting from becoming more lasting, ECB Executive Board member Philip Lane said Wednesday, adding that high uncertainty continued to call for a data-dependent, meeting-by-meeting approach.
9 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Tuesday that incoming data would determine if the ECB had to lower rates further or if it would be better off keeping them at current levels.
8 July 2025
By David Barwick - TALLINN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Monday said that it was important that Germany not lose sight of the need for sustainable fiscal developments.
7 July 2025
By David Barwick - TALLINN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Monday said that he saw indications of a German economic recovery ahead and was thus cautiously optimistic.
7 July 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Saturday said that monetary policy restrictiveness had been mostly removed.
5 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday that there was a risk that inflation would undershoot the ECB's 2% target if the strength of the euro were to persist.
4 July 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Friday that the ECB had delivered price stability, given euro area inflation of 2%, and would continue to do so at all cost.
4 July 2025