By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said on Thursday that the euro could strengthen further if it were to take on a larger international role.
5 March 2026
– European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Thursday that the baseline scenario assumes the Iran conflict...
– European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Thursday that he saw no current...
– European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on February 26 said that the emergence of an inflation risk...
– European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Wednesday that policymakers must “keep a cool head”...
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on February 26 said that the emergence of an inflation risk could result in a very changed inflation situation in Europe that could require a modification of ECB monetary policy.
5 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 20 February 2026 with Marjan Divjak, Director General of the Treasury Directorate of Slovenia’s Ministry of Finance:
23 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Slovenia expects to issue a Panda bond this year in the range of RMB2–4 billion, with March 2026 seen as the earliest possible window, though final timing will depend on market conditions, according to Marjan Divjak, Director General of the Treasury Directorate of Slovenia’s Ministry of Finance.
23 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 18 February 2026 with Dimitris Tsakonas, Director General of the Greek Public Debt Management Agency:
20 February 2026
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – From today’s still-early perspective, the conflict in the Middle East looks much more likely to stiffen the European Central Bank’s caution at its March meeting than to trigger any immediate policy adjustment.
4 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - A softer US dollar has done little to disrupt sovereign funding strategies, with debt management offices signaling that their USD issuance plans remain firmly in place despite the currency’s recent depreciation.
26 February 2026
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Wednesday’s report from Spanish news outlet Vozpópuli on former European Central Bank Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos is more convincing than the outlet’s attempt a month ago to portray the ECB as already opening the door to him. Even so, the new piece still looks less like confirmation of a Spanish decision than an effort to shape the conversation around one.
26 February 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – By now, one thing is clear: European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde wants to at least preserve the option of leaving her post early.
23 February 2026
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By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter showed the Governing Council unchanged this week, while the Executive Board edged down to neutral.
27 February 2026