By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s National Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC), the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and public procurement agency Consip on Wednesday signed a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening cooperation in public procurement, with a focus on transparency, interoperability and digitalization.
17 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen said on Wednesday that the ECB's path back to its 2% inflation target was likely to be long, dependent on "some tightening" and subject to upside risks.
17 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Wednesday allotted €2.107 billion in a dual reopening auction of federal bonds (Bunds) with maturities in 2047 and 2053.
17 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said Wednesday that the ECB’s June 11 rate hike was too small to settle the euro area’s inflation issue and that at least one further increase was more likely than not.
17 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 5 June 2026 with Johan Bergström, Head of Funding of the Riksgälden, Sweden's debt management office.
16 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Sweden will issue a new bond in the first half of next year rather than in Q4 2026 as originally planned, according to Johan Bergström, Head of Funding at the Riksgälden, Sweden's debt management office.
16 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said Tuesday that last week’s rate hike was necessary to prevent energy-driven inflation from becoming embedded, but did not automatically signal the start of an extended tightening cycle.
16 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said Tuesday that last week’s 25bp rate hike was a straightforward decision given the inflation outlook and the Eurozone economy’s resilience, but declined to say whether further tightening would follow.
16 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar - MADRID (Econostream) - European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Tuesday that lower oil prices following the recent US-Iran agreement might not fully capture the supply disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East.
16 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday raised £4.25 billion through an auction of the 4⅞% Treasury Gilt 2036.
16 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Lest anyone think Nadia Calviño really closed the door on Tuesday to becoming the next head of the European Central Bank: she did not. Given ample opportunity to be clear about her potential interest in succeeding current officeholder Christine Lagarde, the European Investment Bank president was at pains not to take it.
16 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Investment Bank President Nadia Calviño on Tuesday declined to discuss who should next lead the European Central Bank and played down the suggestion that she herself could be a candidate.
16 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Emmanuel Moulin said on Tuesday that the recent agreement reached by the US and Iran was “good news” but warned that a return to normalcy would take time.
16 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Tuesday raised €3.824 billion in a reopening of its 2.50% federal note (Bobl) due April 16, 2031.
16 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Álvaro Santos Pereira said on Monday that it was “not worth speculating” about the ECB’s next interest rate decision.
15 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s rate hike last Thursday did not amount to an assessment that the economy no longer faces downside risks, but it did reflect the emerging view that those risks may have been overstated in the context of an inflation shock that is dominating the blow to growth.
15 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Monday that the ECB was prepared to take further action if needed to prevent higher energy prices from spreading more broadly through the economy.
15 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Slovakia’s Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL) on Monday accepted €649 million of competitive bids in a multi-line government bond auction, drawing total competitive demand of €1.068 billion.
15 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Monday raised €7.593 billion through the sale of four Treasury bills (BTFs).
15 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that the ECB had increasingly observed indirect inflation effects spreading across the economy in recent weeks.
15 June 2026 Central Bank News