Belgium: Debt Agency Sells €2.81 Billion Across Three OLO Lines
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Belgian Debt Agency (BDA) on Monday sold €2.807 billion of three linear bonds (OLOs).
27 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
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ECB’s Kažimír: I Would Need Very Convincing News Not to Want to Hike in September
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír said Monday that the latest evidence would have to be compelling to keep him from supporting a further interest rate increase at the ECB’s next monetary policy meeting.
27 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Žigman: Energy Shock Duration Key to Next Rate Decision
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Ante Žigman on Saturday said the inflationary consequences of the energy shock would become clear only over the coming months and gave no signal on whether the next interest rate decision should produce another increase or an unchanged stance.
25 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB Tone Meter Weekly Update: Cautious Post-July Messaging Brings Tone Closer to Neutral
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter edged slightly lower this week in its Governing Council and Executive Board measures as policymakers struck a patient tone on further tightening while continuing to point to September as the next natural opportunity for reassessment.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Šimkus: September Rate Hike Much More Likely Than Hold
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said Friday that a September interest rate increase was much more likely than another hold, while stressing that the Council would have additional inflation data before deciding.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Lane: Energy Shock Medium-Sized, Not at Red-Alert Level
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane said Friday that the current energy shock was too large to ignore but had not reached a “red-alert” level requiring rapid action, with policymakers continuing to calibrate interest rates meeting by meeting.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Makhlouf: September Will Allow More Confident Assessment of Appropriate Policy Stance
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said on Friday that the ECB would be in a better position to determine the appropriate monetary policy stance at its September meeting, when policymakers will have a fresh set of projections and more incoming data.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Žigman: Renewed Oil Rise to Strengthen Inflation Pressures
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Ante Žigman said Friday that renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran would strengthen inflation pressures and weigh on euro area economic activity.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Rehn: High Uncertainty Warrants Waiting for September Forecasts
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said Friday that it was appropriate to leave interest rates unchanged while policymakers monitored the Middle East conflict and awaited new forecasts and analysis in September.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Moulin: “We More or Less Returned to the June Situation”
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Emmanuel Moulin said on Friday that conditions had moved back closer to the ECB's June baseline, saying this was why policymakers had left interest rates unchanged at their July meeting.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Kocher: Incoming Data to Determine September Hike or Hold
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher said Friday that data arriving over the coming weeks would determine whether the ECB raises interest rates again in September or holds them steady.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Kaasik: Markets Understandably Expect Rates to Rise Again This Year
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Ülo Kaasik said Friday that financial markets were understandably expecting interest rates to rise again this year as renewed Middle East tensions kept inflation risks elevated.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
Transcript: Interview with ECB Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen on 23 July 2026
By Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is a transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 23 July 2026 with Olaf Sleijpen, Governor of De Nederlandsche Bank and member of the European Central Bank Governing Council.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
Exclusive: ECB’s Sleijpen: Wouldn't Exclude Possibility of September Hike Even Without Second-Round Effects
By Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank could still raise interest rates in September even if second-round effects have not yet emerged, should the overall inflation outlook warrant it, according to ECB Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB Survey: Forecasters See Another Hike, Cut 2026 Growth Outlook
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Most participants in the European Central Bank’s latest Survey of Professional Forecasters expected a further interest rate increase, while cutting their euro-area growth forecast for this year, results released Friday showed.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB Insight: Lagarde Rules Out 2026 Exit. So What?
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde left herself plenty of room to maneuver on Thursday while appearing to offer reassurances about how long she intends to remain at the ECB.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Dolenc: Middle East Risks High, Euro-Area Growth Broadly Stable
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Primož Dolenc said Friday that risks stemming from the Middle East conflict remained high and that euro area economic growth was continuing.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB Insight: Nagel Offers No Hawkish Wink Toward September
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel was strikingly neutral after Thursday’s decision, offering none of the mildly hawkish signaling one might ordinarily expect from him.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Nagel: July Hold Right, September to Bring Fresh Data and Projections
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Bundesbank President and European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said Thursday that keeping interest rates unchanged in July was appropriate after June’s increase left policymakers well placed to assess further developments.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Wunsch: Raising Unremunerated Reserves Would Amount to Taxation
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch on Friday said he opposed raising banks’ minimum reserve requirement while the reserves remained unremunerated, arguing that this would amount to a form of taxation.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News