By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said Monday that a rate hike in June would be warranted if the inflation outlook did not improve markedly by then.
4 May 2026
– European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said Monday that the current economic situation was highly uncertain...
– European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Monday that monetary policy must...
– European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said on Monday that tokenized financial markets needed central...
– European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller said Monday that the ECB had scope not to rush decisions...
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 28 April 2026 with Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets of the Belgian Debt Agency.
30 April 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Belgium may issue a new green bond in 2027, according to Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets at the Belgian Debt Agency.
30 April 2026
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 15 April 2026 and updated on 17 April 2026 with Joachim Nagel, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
17 April 2026
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – The European Central Bank does not necessarily have to deliver on financial market expectations of ECB interest rate moves, according to Governing Council member Joachim Nagel.
17 April 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said Monday that a rate hike in June would be warranted if the inflation outlook did not improve markedly by then.
4 May 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said Monday that the current economic situation was highly uncertain because of the Middle East war and volatile energy markets.
4 May 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Monday that monetary policy must remain cautious and alert, while staying ready to respond quickly if needed.
4 May 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said on Monday that tokenized financial markets needed central bank money in tokenized form at their core to preserve monetary policy effectiveness, financial stability and monetary sovereignty.
4 May 2026
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Agence France Trésor (AFT) issued €8.194 billion of fixed-rate discount Treasury bills (BTFs) on Monday, close to the top of its indicated €6.6 billion to €8.2 billion range, with bids covering the amount served about 3.9 times.
4 May 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 28 April 2026 with Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets of the Belgian Debt Agency.
30 April 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Belgium may issue a new green bond in 2027, according to Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets at the Belgian Debt Agency.
30 April 2026
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Austria’s debt management agency, the OeBFA, allotted €2.0 billion of Austrian Treasury bills (ATBs) on Tuesday across two maturities, with bid-to-cover ratios of 1.80 and 1.88.
28 April 2026
As of 4 May 2026
ECB Tone Meter
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Outgoing European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos is not campaigning against former Banco de España Governor Pablo Hernández de Cos for the ECB presidency, but with each successive interview, he sounds less like someone actively supporting him.
4 May 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Despite the weekend and the May 1 holiday in almost all euro area countries, a third of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council has spoken publicly since President Christine Lagarde’s press conference on Thursday. The message has come across: June is very live.
4 May 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde succeeded with great skill in making Thursday’s hold by the Governing Council sound hawkish and cautious at the same time. She made clear why, absent a favorable turn in the Middle East war, the next serious policy question is likely to be when the ECB tightens, not whether it still needs to.
30 April 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – As expected, the European Central Bank did not raise rates on Thursday, but it did not use the announcement of its rate decision to make the hold sound comfortable.
30 April 2026