By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Monday rejected the idea that the Governing Council’s June rate increase was an “insurance hike”, saying the move was based on the inflation outlook and justified across all scenarios considered.
29 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – France’s Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Monday raised €7.192 billion across four Treasury bills (BTFs).
29 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Belgian Debt Agency (BDA) on Monday sold €2.963 billion of three linear bonds (OLOs) with maturities ranging from 2034 to 2056.
29 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – With the notable exception of our interview today with European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks, markets and the ECB have been sending somewhat different messages recently. While investors now see the next Governing Council meeting as very unlikely to bring any policy change, public rhetoric from some of those involved in the decision has not moved nearly as far.
29 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick - FRANKFURT (Econostream) - Following is a transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 26 June 2026 with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
29 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank can afford to wait before deciding whether further monetary policy tightening is needed, with recent developments having sharply reduced the probability of negative scenarios and removed any need to rush into another move, ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said.
29 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Bank for International Settlements General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos on Thursday said central banks should remain focused on price stability and ready to act if inflation expectations show signs of de-anchoring, while noting that the monetary policy response to the Middle East energy shock depended on its magnitude.
28 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Saturday presented the case for further monetary policy tightening, with her slides saying that the ECB was expected to raise interest rates further to bring inflation back to its 2% target over the medium term.
27 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Zegona Finance, the owner of Vodafone Spain, on Friday priced and allocated a €1.1 billion senior secured notes maturing in January 2032.
26 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter continued to decline in both its Governing Council and Executive Board measures, as policymakers have generally refrained from signaling that the ECB should hike interest rates at its next meeting.
26 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) allotted €9 billion across three Treasury bonds (BTPs) and one floating-rate security (CCTeu) on Friday, according to data released by Bank of Italy.
26 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) said on Friday it will reopen its 1¾% Index-Linked Treasury Gilt 2038 through a syndicated sale in the week beginning July 13, 2026.
26 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Eurozone consumers’ short-term inflation expectations fell markedly in May, while their assessment of inflation for three and five years ahead remained unchanged, the European Central Bank said on Friday.
26 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Municipality Finance Plc (MuniFin) on Thursday priced and launched a new CHF120 million 10-year senior unsecured green bond guaranteed by the Municipal Guarantee Board.
25 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – French group Schneider Electric SE raised €1.5 billion through a dual-tranche bond offering on Thursday.
25 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Thursday fully allotted the supplementary placements of a two-year Treasury bond (BTP) and a 15-year inflation-linked Treasury bond (BTPei) for a total of €762.5 million.
25 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – German state-owned development bank KfW on Thursday tapped its 4.250% February 2030 green bond for £300 million.
25 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 19 June 2026 with Denis Beau, deputy governor of the Banque de France and designated chair of the ACPR.
25 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The European banking framework has become unnecessarily complex in some areas and concerns about the credibility of European supervision should no longer stand in the way of efforts to simplify regulation and supervision, according to Banque de France Deputy Governor Denis Beau.
25 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The German state of Hesse on Thursday raised €1 billion through a new seven-year senior unsecured unsubordinated state treasury note (Landesschatzanweisung).
25 June 2026 Debt Issuance News