By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Thursday said that current interest rates were appropriate but that the ECB had to be ready to react to developments that could argue for an adjustment in either direction.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on January 22 with Anna Hughes, CEO of the Australian Office of Financial Management.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Australia is likely to introduce new Treasury bond lines of around the 12-year point and may consider launching a new 30-year benchmark in the 2026-27 fiscal year, according to Anna Hughes, CEO of the Australian Office of Financial Management.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 17 January 2026 with Dimitar Radev, Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Hiking interest rates would require clearer evidence of persistent services inflation and strong wage dynamics, as well as signs that domestic price pressures were failing to ease as projected, according to Dimitar Radev, governor of the Bulgarian National Bank and member of the European Central Bank Governing Council.
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Thursday said that current interest rates were appropriate but that the ECB had to be ready to react to developments that could argue for an adjustment in either direction.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Euro area finance ministers’ nomination on Monday of Croatian central bank governor Boris Vujčić to succeed European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos is a mainstream pick from a largely mainstream field.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Bulgarian National Bank Governor Dimitar Radev joined the European Central Bank’s Governing Council less than three weeks ago amid close interest in his views. After speaking with him ourselves, his policy instincts remain hard to trace.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane’s La Stampa interview published today was disciplined in form—baseline first, uncertainty explicit, reaction function articulated—but not perfectly neutral in substance. Using our ECB Tone Meter , we scored the intervention at -0.25: dovish, though only marginally.