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ECB: Consumer Expectations of Inflation Unchanged at Lowest Level Since 2021

ECB: Consumer Expectations of Inflation Unchanged at Lowest Level Since 2021

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s latest consumer expectations survey, released Friday, showed that consumer expectations of future inflation remained at the same level in June as in May, when the lowest levels in almost three years had been hit.

26 July 2024 | Central Bank News
ECB Insight: A Dovish De Guindos Identifies the ‘Key Question’ for a September Rate Cut

ECB Insight: A Dovish De Guindos Identifies the ‘Key Question’ for a September Rate Cut

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – With one sentence, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Tuesday seems to have established what information September has to bring for the Governing Council to cut interest rates again. Less explicitly, but to our mind nonetheless unambiguously, he conveyed the expectation that the conditions for more easing would be met eight weeks from now.

23 July 2024 | Central Bank News
Bundesbank: German Economy to Stabilise Somewhat in 3Q

Bundesbank: German Economy to Stabilise Somewhat in 3Q

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The German economy's recent downward trend is likely to give way to stabilisation in the third quarter, after having grown less than expected in the spring, the German Bundesbank said on Monday in its latest monthly report.

22 July 2024 | Central Bank News
ECB’s Makhlouf: Fiscal Policy Key to Stabilising the Economy

ECB’s Makhlouf: Fiscal Policy Key to Stabilising the Economy

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Friday welcomed the European Union’s revised economic governance framework highlighting the importance of fiscal policy.

19 July 2024 | Central Bank News
ECB’s Villeroy: Expectations of Two More Rate Cuts in 2024 ‘Rather Reasonable’

ECB’s Villeroy: Expectations of Two More Rate Cuts in 2024 ‘Rather Reasonable’

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Friday said that in light of the information available today, it was reasonable to consider that the ECB would do two more interest rate cuts this year, as long as data supported it. 

19 July 2024 | Central Bank News
ECB’s Vasle: Decisions Will Continue to Be Data-Dependent

ECB’s Vasle: Decisions Will Continue to Be Data-Dependent

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boštjan Vasle on Friday said that the ECB would remain dependent on economic data and in particular on the analysis of inflationary trends when deciding on interest rates, without committing to a predetermined path.

19 July 2024 | Central Bank News