By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter showed the Governing Council turning marginally dovish this week, while the Executive Board was little changed and remained mildly hawkish.
20 February 2026
– European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Friday provided for the record what should have been the sentence to...
– Malta is small, and Alexander Demarco is new enough as a European Central Bank Governing Council member that markets might...
– Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 18 February 2026 with Dimitris Tsakonas, Director...
– Greece is highly likely to conduct another syndicated bond deal in 2026, though it has not yet decided whether it would involve...
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 Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Greece is highly likely to conduct another syndicated bond deal in 2026, though it has not yet decided whether it would involve launching a new benchmark or reopening an existing line, according to Dimitris Tsakonas, Director General of the Greek Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA).
20 February 2026
By Marta Vilar and David Barwick – VALLETTA (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 16 February with Alexander Demarco, Governor of the Central Bank of Malta and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
19 February 2026
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – VALLETTA (Econostream) – If downside surprises led to a medium-term inflation outlook in the euro area below the European Central Bank’s 2% target, this could argue for another rate cut, according to ECB Governing Council member Alexander Demarco.
19 February 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Friday provided for the record what should have been the sentence to end the early resignation saga: “So my baseline is that it will take until the end of my term.”
20 February 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Malta is small, and Alexander Demarco is new enough as a European Central Bank Governing Council member that markets might overlook him. That would be a mistake.
20 February 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – We return today to European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau’s habit of staking out positions with confidence and then recalibrating seamlessly without acknowledging the recalibration—a habit that now looks like teeing up a potential easing pitch before he leaves office.
19 February 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The Financial Times report on Wednesday that Christine Lagarde is expected to leave the European Central Bank (ECB) before her term ends is best treated as a timely reminder that the clock is ticking.
18 February 2026
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By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter showed the Governing Council turning marginally dovish this week, while the Executive Board was little changed and remained mildly hawkish.
20 February 2026