By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The European Stability Mechanism is aware of some investor interest in longer-maturity bonds and would “pay attention” to that demand, according to Jun Dumolard, Head of Funding and Investor Relations at the ESM.
13 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said in an interview published Thursday that extreme optimism around artificial intelligence technology had created concentration risks in equity markets and that valuations could fall sharply.
13 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – If it wasn’t evident previously, it is now: Martin Kocher’s arrival at the European Central Bank’s Governing Council marks a clear stylistic and substantive departure from his predecessor, Robert Holzmann.
12 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday that the French economy remained “fairly resilient” and that growth in 2026 should reach “at least” 0.9%.
12 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Wednesday that the ECB should remain “relaxed” unless a “big shock” were to trigger a sustained deviation from its medium-term inflation goal.
12 November 2025
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 07 November with Martin Kocher, Governor of the Austrian National Bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
12 November 2025
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – Economic growth in the euro area could prove somewhat better than current projections, given the improvement seen in the latest data, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher.
12 November 2025
By David Barwick – TIRANA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Edward Scicluna on Tuesday suggested that changing interest rates in the current, relatively balanced policy environment would amount to tempting fate.
11 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Tuesday that reality kept proving pessimistic forecasts wrong, but it was yet to know if that would continue to be the case.
11 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Tuesday that inflation risks were balanced and economic growth had held up better than anticipated.
11 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher said on Tuesday that the ECB should remain ready to respond if risks shift, stressing the need to preserve policy space.
11 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Frank Elderson on Tuesday said the ECB’s monetary policy stance remained appropriate and that rate decisions would continue to depend on incoming data.
11 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen warned on Tuesday that widening fiscal gaps among euro area countries and rising political uncertainty could weaken the transmission of monetary policy.
11 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Monday that the ECB must continue to set monetary policy with prudence and caution even though uncertainty has recently eased.
10 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Friday said that Greece’s experience during its debt crisis showed how fiscal imbalances, weak institutions and delayed reforms can threaten stability across the euro area.
7 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Frank Elderson said on Friday that the ECB had decided to keep interest rates unchanged at its last policy meeting because conditions remained broadly as in September and some downside risks had moderated.
7 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Until recently among the European Central Bank Governing Council’s clearest voices in favor of further rate cuts, Banque de France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau has lately sounded unmistakably less eager to beat the drums for more easing.
7 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Friday that the ECB had succeeded in bringing inflation close to its 2% target and projected that Germany’s economic growth would exceed 1% in 2027.
7 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić on Friday echoed other policymakers’ warnings of over-valued financial assets and suggested that this could be a harbinger of negative developments.
7 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – ECB Governing Council member Martin Kocher said in remarks published Thursday that the euro area economy had weathered the impact of US tariffs better than anticipated and that recent data pointed to some stabilization.
6 November 2025