By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The ECB will soon unveil its first staff projections for 2028, complete with a revised profile of the inflation impact of ETS 2. On paper, that should be a big moment: an extra year of forecast, a new carbon-price shock and an inflation target that is supposed to be symmetric. In practice, Governing Council members are working to make sure it is not.
26 November 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The euro area remains exposed to elevated financial stability risks despite resilient markets and strong bank fundamentals, the European Central Bank said Wednesday in its latest Financial Stability Review.
26 November 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said in an interview published Tuesday that he currently sees no reason for another interest rate cut, while cautioning that a sharp correction in an AI-driven market boom could change the outlook.
25 November 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Tuesday warned against thinking that the ECB had lastingly achieved its inflation target.
25 November 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen on Tuesday said that the ECB remained in a good place, but emphasized that this wouldn’t necessarily last.
25 November 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Tuesday that Europe should simplify the banking sector’s regulatory framework in order to boost competitiveness.
25 November 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Monday said euro area inflation had settled close to 2% and that policymakers would continue taking decisions “flexibly from meeting to meeting” as new data become available.
24 November 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Monday warned that Europe could face weaker productivity and declining competitiveness unless it accelerates the diffusion of artificial intelligence across the economy.
24 November 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 12 November 2025 with Tammo Diemer, member of the Executive Board of the German Finance Agency.
24 November 2025 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Germany is likely to exceed €500 billion in bond issuance in 2026, according to Tammo Diemer, Executive Board member at the German Finance Agency.
24 November 2025 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Sunday said that political and economic uncertainty in France risks weighing on its borrowing costs and growth potential, with possible spillovers to the wider euro area and delays to key EU reforms.
23 November 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Saturday warned that Europe’s fiscal stance over the coming years could either reinforce productive investment and potential growth or risk entrenching what she called “fiscal stagnation.”
22 November 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Friday said that while the ECB’s current monetary policy stance was appropriate, circumstances demanded watchfulness.
21 November 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Friday said that the ECB’s interest rates were in line with its inflation forecast as well as the state of the euro area economy.
21 November 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – BILBAO, Spain (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Friday that risks to economic growth were now balanced, with incoming data having the potential to surprise in either direction.
21 November 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Europe’s productivity gap with the United States has widened markedly in recent years, driven by both structural factors and recent shocks, European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Friday.
21 November 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Friday said deeper and more liquid capital markets have become increasingly important for monetary policy transmission and for supporting investment and growth, including in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE).
21 November 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – BILBAO, Spain (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Friday that the evolution of inflation was positive, but warned against risks to growth and inflation stemming from increasing cheap Chinese imports.
21 November 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Friday said the ECB would adjust policy as required to ensure inflation stays at its 2% goal, adding that the current easing in financing conditions is supporting demand.
21 November 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Álvaro Santos Pereira said on Friday that it was important for the ECB to preserve sufficient policy space in case new shocks make additional rate cuts necessary.
21 November 2025 Central Bank News