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By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno on Tuesday said that incoming information would dictate the size of the ECB’s interest rate moves.
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno on Tuesday said that he considered euro area inflation to have converged to the ECB's target and argued against being obsessed with hitting precisely 2% HICP.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Tuesday said that a return to price stability in the euro area was in sight.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Tuesday that the baseline scenario of the ECB's September projections was still the most likely one.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír said on Monday that the most recent interest rate cut should not be seen as a sign of triumph over inflation.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said on Monday that larger interest rate moves than the current 25bp steps were not necessary.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Monday that if inflation turned out to be lower than expected in the coming months, then the ECB's 2% target would be reached before the end of 2025.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boštjan Vasle warned on Sunday that wage growth could still register an uptick.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Saturday that inflation would reach the ECB's 2% target in the first part of 2025.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Financial markets, we suspect, are seeing the European Central Bank Governing Council’s decision on Thursday a tad too strongly through the prism of wishful thinking.