By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Álvaro Santos Pereira said on Friday that the ECB’s future interest rate moves would depend on the economy.
19 December 2025
– European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch on Friday insisted that he had abandoned his recent dovish leanings...
– European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Friday that inflation in Germany has been declining...
– European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Friday said the euro-area economy has performed better...
– European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Friday that the ECB was open to move...
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 11 December 2025 with Saskia Van Dun, Agent of the Dutch State Treasury Agency:
12 December 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Dutch State Treasury Agency is “not very concerned” about the impact of the country’s pension reform on the long end of the curve, given mitigating factors and the fact that part of the effect has already been priced in, according to DSTA Agent Saskia van Dun.
12 December 2025
By David Barwick – HELSINKI (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 5 December 2025 with Olli Rehn, Governor of the Bank of Finland and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
8 December 2025
By David Barwick – HELSINKI (Econostream) – Reduced US Federal Reserve autonomy would “logically” produce structurally higher US inflation with consequences for European monetary policy, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn.
8 December 2025
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta has been the subject of persistent rumors that he aims to succeed ECB President Christine Lagarde when her mandate ends on October 31, 2027. Given clear obstacles to his appointment, we aren’t buying the rumors yet.
19 December 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Friday offered a familiar-sounding case for patience that, on closer inspection, carries a more pointed time signal than the ECB’s post-forward-guidance orthodoxy usually permits.
19 December 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s December meeting delivered what pre-meeting signaling had engineered: a unanimous hold, a reaffirmation of the “good place” mantra, and an explicit refusal to validate any market narrative about the direction of the next move — despite projections and rhetoric that look more consistent with a tightening bias than with renewed easing.
18 December 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The list of euro area officials seeking to become European Central Bank vice president when current officeholder Luis de Guindos’ term ends on June 1, 2026, has grown with the addition of a Lithuanian candidate, Econostream understands.
18 December 2025
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