By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Friday said that the ECB had to watch for signs of inflation escaping control to both the upside and the downside.
13 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Dutch government has appointed Olaf Sleijpen as the next president of De Nederlandsche Bank, to succeed current DNB chief and European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on July 1.
13 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – As it is now established that Olaf Sleijpen will succeed Klaas Knot as President of De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), we have taken a closer look at Sleijpen’s record and concluded that a major shift in Dutch thinking on monetary policy at the European Central Bank is unlikely.
13 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Thursday that recent events were likely to lead to weaker economic growth, a leading indicator of how inflation might evolve.
12 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said on Thursday that a pause in the ECB’s easing cycle was justified, but he did not rule out another interest rate cut in 2025.
12 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will continue to set monetary policy on a meeting-by-meeting, data-dependent basis, according to ECB Governing Council member Christodoulos Patsalides on Thursday.
12 June 2025
By David Barwick – BRUSSELS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Thursday that the ECB was nearing the end of its monetary policy easing and that policy was well situated at the moment.
12 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Thursday that market volatility created by trade tensions could test non-banks in terms of financial stability.
12 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Thursday declined to make detailed comments on future interest rate decisions.
12 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Wednesday that the ECB had decided to cut its interest rates on June 5 to prevent the expected undershooting of inflation in 2026 from becoming entrenched.
11 June 2025