By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – France’s Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Thursday issued €13.999 billion across four medium-term Treasury bonds (OATs).
16 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that Europe should seek to strengthen the international role of the euro, arguing that doing so would increase strategic autonomy in a fragmenting global environment.
15 July 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Dutch bank BNG Bank on Wednesday priced a £250 million senior unsecured social benchmark bond due July 31, 2031.
15 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – French telecommunications group Iliad on Wednesday priced €650 million of senior unsecured notes due October 15, 2031.
15 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Wednesday allotted €2.280 billion through the reopening of three Federal bonds (Bunds).
15 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s public debt rose by €26.6 billion in May from the previous month to €3.181 trillion, Bank of Italy data showed on Wednesday.
15 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta said on Wednesday that the ECB would carefully assess energy markets, the economic outlook and wage and price dynamics when considering its future monetary policy decisions.
15 July 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel’s newest remarks confirm that a July rate hike is not the European Central Bank’s baseline and underscore the need for the ECB to exercise great caution under the prevailing circumstances.
15 July 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said the ECB’s monetary policy was aimed at preventing the current energy shock from generating second-round effects and at keeping inflation expectations anchored.
15 July 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel signaled that the ECB need not rush into another rate hike after June’s move, saying the decision had put policy at an appropriate level and that caution was warranted amid high uncertainty.
15 July 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Emmanuel Moulin said on Wednesday that the impact of renewed tensions in the Middle East on inflation would depend on how persistent and long-lasting the latest crisis proved to be.
15 July 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 14 July 2026 with Esther Finnbogadóttir, head of funding and debt management of the Icelandic Ministry of Finance.
14 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - Iceland is more likely to issue a conventional foreign currency bond than a green bond in 2027, as it continues to prioritize establishing a regular presence in international capital markets with benchmark issuance, according to Esther Finnbogadóttir, head of funding and debt management at the Icelandic Ministry of Finance.
14 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is fond of assuring markets that they understand the ECB’s reaction function. After the ECB’s June meeting , for example, she said the Governing Council’s job was to “follow carefully the reaction function that you are all familiar with” and to be “as transparent about [it] as possible so that we are predictable.”
14 July 2026 | Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday priced a £4.75 billion reopening of its 1¾% Index-linked Treasury Gilt due September 22, 2038.
14 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Dutch State Treasury Agency (DSTA) on Tuesday raised €3.270 billion from the reopening of its 2.50% Dutch State Loan (DSL) due January 15, 2031.
14 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Federal Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Tuesday allotted €4.222 billion of a new 2.70% Federal Treasury note (Schatz), Bundesbank data showed.
14 July 2026 | Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said Tuesday that renewed hostilities in the Middle East had created fresh uncertainty over inflation and economic growth after energy prices had briefly de-escalated.
14 July 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Monday identified integration, innovation and sovereignty as key pillars for reviving growth and resilience in Europe, according to slides prepared for a speech in Münster.
13 July 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said Monday the final legal text on the digital euro could be completed by the end of 2026, allowing the ECB to decide on possible issuance.
13 July 2026 | Central Bank News