By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) – A 25bp June interest rate hike by the European Central Bank would be prudent and a second tightening move thereafter is more likely than not, according to ECB Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus, who said that policymakers should gather additional evidence after June rather than feel compelled to tighten again immediately.
29 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta on Friday said the ECB’s monetary policy stance should be reevaluated, as the energy shock is already pushing up consumer prices.
29 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) sold £1 billion of the 1⅛% Treasury Gilt 2039 on Thursday.
28 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) sold €10.5 billion of BTPs and CCTeus on Thursday, according to data published by the Bank of Italy.
28 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) sold £1 billion of the 0⅜% Treasury Gilt 2030 via tender on Thursday.
28 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said on Thursday that central banks should embrace the digitalization of money and payments while preserving safety, uniformity and reliability.
28 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Thursday that even if the current energy shock began to reverse, its second-round effects would continue to weigh on the economy “for a while.”
28 May 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday warned that the environment facing central banks had become markedly more difficult, arguing that legal independence alone was no longer sufficient and that credibility earned through action would be decisive in preserving monetary autonomy.
28 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Portugal’s Treasury and Public Debt Management Agency (IGCP) on Thursday priced a new €3 billion 20-year syndicated government bond due June 15, 2046.
28 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Austria’s debt management agency, OeBFA, on Thursday priced a €5.5 billion dual-tranche syndicated transaction comprising a new five-year and a new 15-year benchmark bond, according to a press release from the Republic of Austria.
28 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Wednesday sold €500 million of the 2.2% two-year Treasury Bond (BTP) due February 28, 2028 in a supplementary auction reserved for specialists, according to data published by the Bank of Italy.
27 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said on Wednesday that an interest rate hike in June was the most likely scenario.
27 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – DUBLIN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said on Wednesday that that the ECB should lead markets rather than follow them, warning that it “would be a big mistake” to raise rates without the justification of evidence, simply because markets expected it.
27 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – DUBLIN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said Wednesday that he had not yet seen clear second-round effects stemming from the Middle East conflict, though he added that did not mean such effects did not exist or could not emerge in time for the ECB’s June meeting.
27 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – LONDON (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Wednesday sold £4 billion of 4⅛% Treasury Gilt 2033.
27 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said Wednesday that central banks had to adapt their analytical tools and communication to a world of more frequent, complex and less predictable shocks.
27 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Wednesday sold a combined €1.549 billion of reopened 2041 and 2056 Federal bonds (Bunds).
27 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Wednesday sold €7.5 billion of a six-month BOT maturing November 30, 2026, according to results published by the Bank of Italy.
27 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar and Laura Contemori – MADRID/ROME (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Wednesday that the economic slowdown caused by the Middle East shock could partly offset inflationary pressures, though the overall impact would still be inflationary.
27 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said Wednesday that the Middle East energy shock posed upside risks to inflation and downside risks to growth, warning that it could raise market volatility and make debt servicing more difficult.
27 May 2026 Central Bank News