By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The most important statement at last week’s European Central Bank press conference was President Christine Lagarde’s repeated assertion that the decision to raise interest rates by 25bp was “robust across all scenarios,” a justification that went considerably further than merely invoking the ECB’s baseline forecast.
18 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – De Nederlandsche Bank Executive Board member Bas ter Weel on Thursday said last week’s 25bp rate hike by the European Central Bank reflected increased upside risks to medium-term inflation and evidence that the latest energy shock was becoming more persistent and broad-based.
18 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – France’s Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Thursday raised €1.258 billion through an auction of three inflation-indexed government bonds (OAT€i).
18 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – France’s Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Thursday raised €13.999 billion through an auction of four medium-term government bonds (OATs) maturing between 2029 and 2034.
18 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – The European Central Bank firmly intends to maintain price stability but is operating under uncertainty regarding the effect on developments of the region’s last inflation episode, Austrian central bank Governor Martin Kocher said Thursday.
18 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Thursday that new forms of money, including stablecoins, tokenized deposits and central bank digital currencies, could weaken monetary policy transmission in the long run by reducing the role of banks in credit provision.
18 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The Central Bank of Ireland warned that Irish fiscal policy should avoid unnecessarily stimulating demand, with the economy operating at capacity and externally driven inflation pressures already rising.
18 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – The size of the European Central Bank’s interest-rate corridor could serve as a policy instrument to limit uneven monetary policy transmission across the Eurozone, Austrian central bank Governor Martin Kocher said Thursday.
18 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Portuguese airline Transportes Aéreos Portugueses, S.A. (TAP Air Portugal) on Thursday priced €350 million of 4.750% senior notes due June 30, 2031.
18 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Committee for Macroprudential Policies said Thursday that the financial position of the country’s banks, households and firms remained sound overall, while the main risks continued to stem from a highly uncertain international environment.
18 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s National Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC), the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and public procurement agency Consip on Wednesday signed a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening cooperation in public procurement, with a focus on transparency, interoperability and digitalization.
17 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen said on Wednesday that the ECB's path back to its 2% inflation target was likely to be long, dependent on "some tightening" and subject to upside risks.
17 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Wednesday allotted €2.107 billion in a dual reopening auction of federal bonds (Bunds) with maturities in 2047 and 2053.
17 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said Wednesday that the ECB’s June 11 rate hike was too small to settle the euro area’s inflation issue and that at least one further increase was more likely than not.
17 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italian state-owned railway group Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane on Wednesday priced a €650 million five-year senior unsecured green bond.
17 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – German specialty chemicals company Lanxess AG on Wednesday priced a €500 million five-year senior unsecured bond.
17 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italian investment bank Mediobanca on Wednesday priced a €500 million six-year covered bond under its €10 billion covered bond program, whose base prospectus is dated March 16, 2026.
17 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 5 June 2026 with Johan Bergström, Head of Funding of the Riksgälden, Sweden's debt management office.
16 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Sweden will issue a new bond in the first half of next year rather than in Q4 2026 as originally planned, according to Johan Bergström, Head of Funding at the Riksgälden, Sweden's debt management office.
16 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said Tuesday that last week’s rate hike was necessary to prevent energy-driven inflation from becoming embedded, but did not automatically signal the start of an extended tightening cycle.
16 June 2026 | Central Bank News