By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Tuesday that the impact of trade tensions on inflation was hard to determine and that there were forces working in opposition to each other.
13 May 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Granted, European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel would object to our title above, her speech early Saturday (Frankfurt time) during a conference at Stanford University having clearly been meant as a pushback against calls to take euro area interest rates ever lower.
12 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Monday that another interest rate cut in June was quite possible.
12 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Saturday that the ECB should keep rates near current neutral levels, and that an accommodative stance would be inappropriate.
10 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Saturday that the ECB expected inflation to continue trending downward despite potentially remaining steady over the next months.
10 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Friday that US policies seemed clearer after April 2 but that uncertainty remained high.
9 May 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – There was never much question about where European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn came down on the question of whether or not to cut interest rates again in June, but the Bank of Finland governor laid any lingering doubts to rest on Friday.
9 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said on Friday that he could not rule out another interest rate cut after the June meeting, but that its timing was open.
9 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Friday that a confirmation of ongoing disinflation and weaker growth in the ECB's June projections would argue for another rate cut.
9 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that the ECB had updated its strategy during this week’s retreat in Porto, Portugal.
8 May 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta on Tuesday highlighted the risks associated with unbacked crypto-assets but said that stablecoins suffered from too many flaws to offer a solution to payment system deficiencies.
6 May 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras’ comments on Monday appear to be a cautious retreat from his earlier insistence on the likelihood of a terminal rate of 2%.
6 May 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Monday said that the ECB would evidently go on easing monetary policy.
5 May 2025 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta said on Monday that recent trade tensions and increasing uncertainty would have an impact on monetary policy decisions
5 May 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Saturday seemed to encourage expectations of further easing and in any case did not in the least push back against these.
5 May 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Saturday said that disinflation was proceeding well but that downside risks to growth were materialising.
3 May 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The imposition of tariffs by the US could lead to higher inflation globally, the European Central Bank said on Friday.
2 May 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Wednesday said that inflation faced downside risks in the short run, but more ambiguous risks further out.
30 April 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Wednesday called for a 25bp rate cut in June.
30 April 2025 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday said that he continued to see the terminal rate of the ECB’s policy easing at 2% and to be reached this year.
29 April 2025 Central Bank News