By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Bank of Slovenia Deputy Governor Primož Dolenc on Friday said that disinflation was going as anticipated and the European Central Bank’s Governing Council would act on the basis of available information
18 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Official euro area interest rates are not holding back growth any longer, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Friday.
18 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank may have considered it an inopportune moment to reach a monetary policy decision other than what financial markets were expecting, according to ECB Governing Council member Gaston Reinesch on Friday.
18 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Somewhat unusually, no one tried to draw out European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde at Thursday’s press conference on the Governing Council’s sentiment toward a potential cut at the next monetary policy meeting on June 5.
17 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that the ECB would know more about the impact of US tariffs on the euro area by its next Governing Council meeting in June.
17 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - The European Central Bank’s Governing Council decided on Thursday to cut its three key interest rates by 25bp, as widely expected by markets and analysts.
17 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – While US President Donald Trump may have declared a 90-day pause before (reduced) tariffs take effect, and dealmaking to further cushion the blow to Europe is likely, the European Central Bank is not about to dismiss the entire tariff episode as a tempest in a teapot.
15 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 31 March 2025 with Daniel Bytcanek, director of the Slovak Debt and Liquidity Management Agency.
11 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Slovakia could issue a new dual-tranche bond in a benchmark transaction this autumn with a maturity of 12 and 20 years, according to Daniel Bytcanek, director of the Slovak Debt and Liquidity Management Agency.
11 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Friday that the ECB was monitoring financial market developments but that these were functioning in an ‘orderly’ way.
11 April 2025