By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – It is too soon to contemplate monetary policy easing or even the potential pace at which such easing might eventually take place, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Constantinos Herodotou.
15 January 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Saturday said that key data for decision-making concerning wages would be available by the June ECB Government Council meeting.
13 January 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – DUBLIN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Friday said that interest rate cuts would not be discussed soon.
12 January 2024 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank can loosen monetary policy sooner than it would otherwise if inflation were to weaken more quickly than projected, ECB Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said Thursday.
11 January 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that interest rates were unlikely to increase again if the economic situation remained as expected.
11 January 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Thursday said that interest rates had reached their terminal level.
11 January 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Wednesday said that more data confirming that inflation had sustainably converged to the ECB’s target were necessary before discussing a reduction in interest rates.
10 January 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Tuesday said that it was necessary to do more to achieve the ECB’s price stability objective.
10 January 2024 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch has been reappointed to a second five-year term at the head of the National Bank of Belgium.
10 January 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 5 January 2024 with Mário Centeno, Governor of Banco de Portugal and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
9 January 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank won’t have to wait until May in order to make coming policy decisions, according to ECB Governing Council member Mário Centeno.
9 January 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Tuesday said that the appropriate moment for interest rates to be cut in 2024 would be when the inflation outlook was firmly anchored.
9 January 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Inequality in the euro area has declined slightly in the past five years, according to new experimental statistics published Monday by the European Central Bank.
8 January 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos on Tuesday said that data developments were decisive for the ECB to start cutting interest rates.
2 January 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Friday said that the process of bringing inflation to target was still continuing and that it was necessary to see how it would develop.
23 December 2023 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Thursday said that it was not yet the moment to reduce interest rates.
21 December 2023 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Wednesday said that he would not be in a rush to consider reducing interest rates, as there were still relevant economic developments to be assessed.
20 December 2023 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Wednesday warned whoever was expecting interest rates to be cut soon to be cautious with such speculation.
20 December 2023 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Wednesday said that the 2024 inflation forecast was a long way from the ECB’s definition of price stability.
20 December 2023 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Wednesday said that the ECB could start cutting interest rates in mid-2024.
20 December 2023 Central Bank News