By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Greek Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) allotted €500 million of 13-week Treasury bills on Wednesday, exceeding the auctioned amount of €400 million.
29 April 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The German Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) allotted €3.834 billion of Federal bonds (Bunds) on Wednesday via the reopening of a 10-year line.
29 April 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Over the last month, the European Central Bank has laid the groundwork for a hold at this week’s Governing Council monetary policy meeting. If the three key last-minute data points—namely euro area GDP and inflation as well as the ECB’s corporate telephone survey—do not deliver a major surprise, then a unanimous hold on Thursday still looks like the most likely outcome.
28 April 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The European Central Bank lagged markets in turning hawkish after the Middle East conflict began and is already retreating from that stance, even as investors continue to price in two rate hikes for 2026, having only recently dropped expectations of an April move. This shift is clearly reflected in Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter and we explain it in this piece.
28 April 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s latest Consumer Expectations Survey makes a hold by the Governing Council on Thursday a harder sell, but does not make a rate hike unavoidable.
28 April 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Eurozone consumers’ inflation expectations rose in March, including at the three-year horizon, while growth expectations worsened and expected unemployment increased, the European Central Bank said in its latest Consumer Expectations Survey, released Tuesday.
28 April 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) allotted a total of €4.50 billion of Treasury bills (BOTs) on Tuesday across two maturities.
28 April 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Dutch State Treasury Agency (DSTA) raised €1.31 billion through the reopening of its Dutch State Loan (DSL) 3.75% January 15, 2042 bond on Tuesday.
28 April 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Austria’s debt management agency, the OeBFA, allotted €2.0 billion of Austrian Treasury bills (ATBs) on Tuesday across two maturities, with bid-to-cover ratios of 1.80 and 1.88.
28 April 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s latest SAFE survey, just released, does not compel a rate hike on Thursday but does make a relaxed hold harder to justify.
27 April 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Eurozone companies reported tighter bank lending conditions and a marked rise in short-term inflation expectations in the first quarter of 2026, the European Central Bank said Monday.
27 April 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania allotted €45 million in a tap of its euro-denominated government bond maturing January 22, 2031 on Monday.
27 April 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Belgian Debt Agency issued a total of €2.995 billion of linear ordinary bonds (OLOs) on Monday across three maturities, close to the top of its indicated €2.6 billion to €3.0 billion range.
27 April 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) - Agence France Trésor (AFT) issued a total of €8.045 billion of fixed-rate discount Treasury bills (BTFs) on Monday across four maturities, with demand about 3.5 times the amount served.
27 April 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír said Friday that the policy discussion had shifted markedly in recent months, with talk of a possible rate cut now replaced by debate over whether a modest increase may eventually be needed.
24 April 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter continued to decline this week, building on last week’s reversal from earlier hawkish levels. The Governing Council index has now slipped back into neutral territory, sitting just below the threshold that would signal a slightly hawkish stance.
24 April 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is a collection of views expressed by ECB Governing Council members on various topics of high relevance related to next week’s meeting and the further evolution of monetary policy.
24 April 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said political attacks on central bank independence ultimately backfire, arguing that recent pressure on the Federal Reserve had triggered a flight from US assets and the dollar rather than delivering any durable policy gain.
23 April 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday said that the countries of Europe needed to join forces financially to meet the costly challenges it faces.
22 April 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Wednesday argued that the digital euro had become a political project aimed at strengthening Europe’s sovereignty in payments, saying the bloc could no longer afford heavy reliance on non-European providers in such a critical area.
22 April 2026 | Central Bank News