By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said Tuesday that climate change and the green transition increasingly mattered for monetary policy, but that the ECB could not apply a uniform response to climate-related shocks.
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By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 28 April 2026 with Stelios Leonidou, Senior Economic Officer at the Cypriot Public Debt Management Office.
5 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
- Stelios Leonidou, senior official of Cypriot DMO: New benchmark could be either tap of current 10-year bond or longer-dated issue
- Leonidou: Expect roughly one issuance per year going forward
- Leonidou: There is room to prefund part of 2027 financing needs
- Leonidou: Foreign issuance plans remain on hold until global conditions stabilize
- Leonidou: Initial foreign currency issuance would likely be in USD
- Leonidou: No plans for liability management operations in 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Tuesday that climate and nature risks had become increasingly relevant for monetary policy and required deeper, fact-based analysis as the green transition lost momentum and became more politically contested.
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By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The German Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) allotted a combined €1.476 billion of green Federal securities on Tuesday across two maturities.
5 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Austria’s debt management agency, the OeBFA, allotted a combined €1.4375 billion at its auction of two government bond (Bundesanleihen) reopenings on Tuesday.
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By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta said on Tuesday that inefficiencies in cross-border payments are becoming a broader test of whether the global economy can remain interconnected amid rising geopolitical tensions, while urging coordinated reforms at both global and national level.
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By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania allotted €60 million in a tap of its euro-denominated government bond maturing August 5, 2028 on Monday.
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By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that there is still insufficient evidence of second-round inflation effects stemming from the energy shock to warrant an interest rate hike.
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By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Slovenia’s Ministry of Finance on Tuesday raised €50.916 million through the first issue of its 12-month DZ122 Treasury bill maturing May 6, 2027.
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By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Belgian Debt Agency allotted €3.691 billion of Treasury certificates on Tuesday across three maturities.
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By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said Monday that a rate hike in June would be warranted if the inflation outlook did not improve markedly by then.
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By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Agence France Trésor (AFT) issued €8.194 billion of fixed-rate discount Treasury bills (BTFs) on Monday, close to the top of its indicated €6.6 billion to €8.2 billion range, with bids covering the amount served about 3.9 times.
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By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said Monday that the current economic situation was highly uncertain because of the Middle East war and volatile energy markets.
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By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Monday that monetary policy must remain cautious and alert, while staying ready to respond quickly if needed.
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By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said on Monday that tokenized financial markets needed central bank money in tokenized form at their core to preserve monetary policy effectiveness, financial stability and monetary sovereignty.
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By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller said Monday that the ECB had scope not to rush decisions on raising interest rates, given that policy rates were now roughly neutral.
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By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said on Monday that the ECB was likely to raise interest rates in June, with the direction of the next move “sufficiently obvious” given higher inflation and increased inflation risks.
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By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Outgoing European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos is not campaigning against former Banco de España Governor Pablo Hernández de Cos for the ECB presidency, but with each successive interview, he sounds less like someone actively supporting him.
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By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The German Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) allotted €4.06 billion of Federal Treasury discount papers (Bubills) on Monday across two maturities.
4 May 2026 Debt Issuance News