By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos’ pronouncement on Sunday that the Eurozone economy is emerging structurally unscathed from the pandemic may imply that the ECB is more firmly on hold than observers already assumed.
27 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European economy has suffered no structural damage in the wake of the pandemic, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said Sunday.
26 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – Consumers’ uncertainty will restrain the economic recovery from the pandemic, Jonathan Haskel, external member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, said on Thursday.
23 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – Weak demand will continue to depress inflation over the medium term, European Central Bank Governing Council member Pablo Hernandez de Cos said on Thursday.
23 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – Recent data are confirming the appropriateness of the European Central Bank’s baseline forecast of economic growth in the euro area, ECB President Christine Lagarde said Thursday.
23 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The financial system is not the focus of the crisis caused by the pandemic, but is nevertheless under pressure, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said Wednesday.
22 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – European Central Bank Board member Isabel Schnabel on Tuesday played down expectations of further ECB action and rejected the idea of allowing monetary policy to be dictated by financial markets.
21 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – Making fewer purchases than the volume of the European Central Bank’s pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP) would allow is a ‘nice idea’ that would reinforce the ECB’s credibility, ECB Governing Council member Carlos da Silva Costa said Friday.
17 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank’s implementation of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) has decelerated somewhat in light of an improved environment, but the ECB still intends to deploy the full envelope, ECB President Christine Lagarde said Thursday.
16 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – LONDON (EconoStream) – Downside risks to demand and the likelihood of persistent disinflationary pressures are among the factors that led Silvana Tenreyro, External Member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, to support additional monetary accommodation last month, she said on Wednesday.
15 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The possibility of inflation expectations becoming unanchored could make it harder to chart a monetary policy course through the current crisis, Lael Brainard, member of the U.S. Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, said Tuesday.
14 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank will consider in its strategy review whether its definition of price stability remains appropriate, ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Monday.
13 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The economic fallout from the pandemic could leave companies and households unable to handle their debt burdens and thus at risk of insolvency, European Central Bank Governing Council member Carlos da Silva Costa said Wednesday.
8 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank has ‘quite a bit of time’ to decide whether the measures it has taken so far are sufficient to counter the economic fallout from the pandemic, ECB President Christine Lagarde said Wednesday.
8 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The impact on economic growth from the pandemic may be less severe than anticipated, but still seems likely to be consistent with the European Central Bank’s chief scenario, ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Tuesday.
7 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank must take into account the potential monetary policy ramifications of greater international use of the euro, even as the institution is an important contributor to the policy mix supporting a bigger global role for the common currency, ECB Executive Board member Fabio Panetta said Tuesday.
7 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank should play it safe when it comes time to withdraw monetary accommodation so as to avoid any need to backtrack, ECB Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Friday.
3 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The Bank of England’s policy stance is suited to the current environment but risks to the outlook are negative overall, Jonathan Haskel, external member of the BOE’s Monetary Policy Committee, said on Wednesday.
1 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The economic recovery is proceeding at different speeds throughout the euro area, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said Wednesday.
1 July 2020 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – Whenever it is that inflation increases, no one should think that the European Central Bank won’t modify its stance accordingly, ECB Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Wednesday.
1 July 2020 Central Bank News