- ‘What we’d like to see is more standardisation in the sustainable bond market overall’
- Noticing that ‘investors are a little bit more cautious with regard to duration’
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot’s Sunday interview revealed a clear and hawkish shift in his thinking that apparently took place over a relatively short period of time.
7 February 2022 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will probably start hiking interest rates around the end of this year and then follow with a second increase in the spring of next year, Governing Council member Klaas Knot said Sunday.
7 February 2022 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is unlikely to be ready to start hiking interest rates as soon as July, ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Monday.
7 February 2022 Central Bank News
The ECB Governing Council has become more hawkish or at least less dovish, as we re-rank two members.
4 February 2022 Central Bank News
They Said it - Recent Monetary Policy Comments Made by ECB Governing Council Members
4 February 2022 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Inflation will probably remain high for longer than had been anticipated, and risks are to the upside, European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír said Friday.
4 February 2022 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Friday said that it was apparent that the moment had come to reduce ECB policy support for the economy.
4 February 2022 Central Bank News
- Will eventually cease issuing 15-years entirely, depending on funding volumes
- Expect roughly same or slightly more green expenditures to issue green bonds in 2022
- Ultra-long maturities more and more attractive, but not yet at necessary threshold
Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on January 24 with Tammo Diemer, member of the Executive Board of Germany’s Finance Agency:
4 February 2022 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boštjan Vasle on Friday warned of a growing threat that inflation would stay elevated for longer than had been anticipated.
4 February 2022 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – As long as the pandemic and the geopolitical situation do not engender any negative shocks, the European Central Bank could be expected to start hiking interest rates in 2023 at the latest, ECB Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Friday.
4 February 2022 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Friday said that the ECB would act gradually and consistent with circumstances rather than in keeping with any foreordained timetable.
4 February 2022 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde’s performance at the press conference on Thursday suggested that she is finally taking her Governing Council colleagues’ inflation fears with the commensurate degree of seriousness and that she regards the situation as having changed in a way that could conceivably lead to a policy move as soon as March.
3 February 2022 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – High inflation could change the macro-financial outlook, Banco de España Deputy Governor Margarita Delgado said Thursday.
3 February 2022 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – There is reason to believe that the German economy is on the verge of picking back up again, Bundesbank board member Sabine Mauderer said Wednesday.
2 February 2022 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Judging by the effort European Central Bank Governing Council members have put into hammering home their views since their last gathering, one might think that the meeting this week stood to yield a particularly significant outcome following a heated debate. While the discussion will probably be spirited, expectations of major results are likely to be dashed.
1 February 2022 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Whether European inflation subsides soon depends on whether currently high rates of price growth trigger second-round effects, European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said late Sunday.
31 January 2022 Central Bank News
They Said it - Recent Monetary Policy Comments Made by ECB Governing Council Members
26 January 2022 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – A short-term weakening of the Irish economy will not prevent generally strong growth over the medium term, according to the Central Bank of Ireland on Wednesday.
26 January 2022 Central Bank News