By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 3 July 2025 with Esther Finnbogadóttir, head of funding and debt management of the Icelandic Ministry of Finance.
10 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Ministry of Finance of Iceland could issue the 2044 bond it announced in Q4, according to its Head of Funding and Debt Management, Esther Finnbogadóttir.
10 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said on Wednesday that there was no reason to cut interest rates again in 2025.
9 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that it would not be appropriate for policymakers to promise or exclude further easing.
9 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Wednesday that he hoped the euro would stabilise and that its strength would have no additional negative impact.
9 July 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s June rate cut was intended to prevent temporary inflation undershooting from becoming more lasting, ECB Executive Board member Philip Lane said Wednesday, adding that high uncertainty continued to call for a data-dependent, meeting-by-meeting approach.
9 July 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Tuesday that incoming data would determine if the ECB had to lower rates further or if it would be better off keeping them at current levels.
8 July 2025
By David Barwick - TALLINN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Monday said that it was important that Germany not lose sight of the need for sustainable fiscal developments.
7 July 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – With less than a year to go until the next anticipated vacancy on the European Central Bank’s Executive Board—Vice President Luis de Guindos is set to depart at the end of May 2026—we consider it timely to examine some of the policymakers regarded as potential Board candidates.
7 July 2025
By David Barwick - TALLINN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Monday said that he saw indications of a German economic recovery ahead and was thus cautiously optimistic.
7 July 2025