ECB’s Šimkus: Would Be Appropriate to Cut by 25BP in June
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Wednesday called for a 25bp rate cut in June.
30 April 2025
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ECB’s Stournaras Reaffirms Expectation of 2% Terminal Rate in 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday said that he continued to see the terminal rate of the ECB’s policy easing at 2% and to be reached this year.
29 April 2025
Exclusive: European DMOs Unaffected by Market Turmoil So Far, Attentive to Secondary Market Volatility
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Sovereign issuers in Europe have not registered any major impact from the bond market turmoil following the April 2 US tariff announcement, but are attentive to secondary market developments, according to sources from four important European sovereign debt issuers.
29 April 2025
Lagarde’s ECB a Nest of Cronyism, Politico Says, Citing New IPSO Staff Survey
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank under President Christine Lagarde is a den of rampant favoritism, according to reporting by news organisation Politico, which on Tuesday cited a new poll recently conducted among ECB employees.
29 April 2025
Transcript: Interview with KfW Head of Capital Markets Petra Wehlert
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 8 April 2025 with Petra Wehlert, Head of Capital Markets of KfW.
29 April 2025
Exclusive: KfW Head of Capital Markets: Will Issue USD Benchmark Bond Again in 2025 for 3-5 Billion
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – German investment and development bank KfW could tap the USD market again in 2025, according to KfW’s Head of Capital Markets, Petra Wehlert.
29 April 2025
ECB’s Cipollone: Tariffs Could Be Disinflationary for Euro Area over Short to Medium Term
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone on Tuesday said that while tariffs would clearly dampen euro area growth in the medium term, their impact on inflation was less obvious and could be disinflationary.
29 April 2025
ECB’s Kazāks Suggests Series of Rate Cuts May Still Be Coming
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Tuesday said that step-by-step rate cuts may continue.
29 April 2025
ECB’s Villeroy: ‘Still Have Room for Gradual Interest Rate Cuts’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Monday that the ECB still had room for more policy easing.
28 April 2025
ECB’s de Guindos: ‘Inflation Is Expected to Hover Around Our Target’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Monday that inflation was expected to fluctuate in the vicinity of the ECB's 2% target.
28 April 2025