By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Monetary policy in the euro area needs to remain restrictive for now and it is not clear when easing will become possible, European Central Bank Governing Council member Tuomas Välimäki said on Tuesday.
16 January 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno on Tuesday said that the path of inflation towards the ECB’s medium-term target was more relevant to a decision to reduce rates than spot inflation at the relevant moment.
16 January 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Tuesday said that the ECB’s next monetary policy move would be to reduce interest rates, probably this year, provided there were no surprises.
16 January 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s consumer expectations survey, released Tuesday, showed November medium expectations of future inflation down to the lowest level since early 2022.
16 January 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Tuesday suggested that market rate expectations were unrealistically optimistic.
16 January 2024
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By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is an overview of recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members. We include only comments made since the Governing Council meeting of 14 December, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 08 December.
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Monday said that any decision to reduce interest rates required new data.
15 January 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is an overview of recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members. We include only comments made since the Governing Council meeting of 14 December, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 08 December .
15 January 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 15 January with Constantinos Herodotou, Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
15 January 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – It is too soon to contemplate monetary policy easing or even the potential pace at which such easing might eventually take place, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Constantinos Herodotou.
15 January 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Saturday said that key data for decision-making concerning wages would be available by the June ECB Government Council meeting.
13 January 2024
By Isabel Teles – DUBLIN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Friday said that interest rate cuts would not be discussed soon.
12 January 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank can loosen monetary policy sooner than it would otherwise if inflation were to weaken more quickly than projected, ECB Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said Thursday.
11 January 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that interest rates were unlikely to increase again if the economic situation remained as expected.
11 January 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Thursday said that interest rates had reached their terminal level.
11 January 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Wednesday said that more data confirming that inflation had sustainably converged to the ECB’s target were necessary before discussing a reduction in interest rates.
10 January 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Tuesday said that it was necessary to do more to achieve the ECB’s price stability objective.
10 January 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch has been reappointed to a second five-year term at the head of the National Bank of Belgium.
10 January 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 5 January 2024 with Mário Centeno, Governor of Banco de Portugal and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
9 January 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank won’t have to wait until May in order to make coming policy decisions, according to ECB Governing Council member Mário Centeno.
9 January 2024