By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said Tuesday that last week’s 25bp rate hike was a straightforward decision given the inflation outlook and the Eurozone economy’s resilience, but declined to say whether further tightening would follow.
16 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar - MADRID (Econostream) - European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Tuesday that lower oil prices following the recent US-Iran agreement might not fully capture the supply disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East.
16 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday raised £4.25 billion through an auction of the 4⅞% Treasury Gilt 2036.
16 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Lest anyone think Nadia Calviño really closed the door on Tuesday to becoming the next head of the European Central Bank: she did not. Given ample opportunity to be clear about her potential interest in succeeding current officeholder Christine Lagarde, the European Investment Bank president was at pains not to take it.
16 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Investment Bank President Nadia Calviño on Tuesday declined to discuss who should next lead the European Central Bank and played down the suggestion that she herself could be a candidate.
16 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Emmanuel Moulin said on Tuesday that the recent agreement reached by the US and Iran was “good news” but warned that a return to normalcy would take time.
16 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Tuesday raised €3.824 billion in a reopening of its 2.50% federal note (Bobl) due April 16, 2031.
16 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Álvaro Santos Pereira said on Monday that it was “not worth speculating” about the ECB’s next interest rate decision.
15 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s rate hike last Thursday did not amount to an assessment that the economy no longer faces downside risks, but it did reflect the emerging view that those risks may have been overstated in the context of an inflation shock that is dominating the blow to growth.
15 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Monday that the ECB was prepared to take further action if needed to prevent higher energy prices from spreading more broadly through the economy.
15 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Slovakia’s Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL) on Monday accepted €649 million of competitive bids in a multi-line government bond auction, drawing total competitive demand of €1.068 billion.
15 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Monday raised €7.593 billion through the sale of four Treasury bills (BTFs).
15 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that the ECB had increasingly observed indirect inflation effects spreading across the economy in recent weeks.
15 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Monday that the ECB remained in a position to adjust interest rates gradually, citing stable oil price developments and an effective transmission of monetary policy.
15 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír said Monday that last week’s rate increase had been necessary and that the ECB still had more to do to contain medium-term inflation pressures.
15 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s general government debt fell by €2.9 billion in April from the previous month to €3.155 trillion, reflecting mainly a decline in Treasury cash holdings, the Bank of Italy said on Monday.
15 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Monday that the digital euro would help Europe reduce its reliance on foreign-owned payments infrastructure and give the region a payment instrument usable across the whole currency area.
15 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said Monday that last week’s 25bp rate increase had been warranted by a worsening inflation outlook and that the ECB would keep its options open at its July meeting.
15 June 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany's Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Monday raised a total of €4.658 billion through a dual auction of Treasury discount papers (Bubills).
15 June 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír on Friday said the ECB’s work on inflation was not finished and declined to rule out taking monetary policy into restrictive territory.
12 June 2026 | Central Bank News