By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter rose significantly this week at the Governing Council level while the Executive Board reading was little changed, as more national central bank governors made explicit calls for a rate move at next week’s meeting.
4 September 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Belgian Debt Agency (BDA) on Friday sold a total of €508 million of linear bonds (OLOs) at its Optional Reverse Inquiry (ORI) auction.
4 September 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is a collection of views expressed by ECB Governing Council members on various topics closely related to next week’s rate-setting meeting and the further evolution of monetary policy.
4 September 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – A possible early departure of European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel for the International Monetary Fund looks entirely plausible despite her previous declaration that she intended to serve out her term. It would constitute a significant loss for the hawkish wing of the Governing Council.
4 September 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Dutch electricity transmission system operator TenneT Netherlands B.V. on Thursday priced €2.5 billion of senior unsecured green bonds, comprising a €1.5 billion 7-year tranche and a €1 billion 15-year tranche.
3 September 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Finnish credit institution Municipality Finance Plc (MuniFin) on Thursday priced a €1 billion 5-year green bond.
3 September 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel is in talks with the International Monetary Fund about taking over its Monetary and Capital Markets Department, German financial daily Handelsblatt reported Thursday.
3 September 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel appears understandably intent on broadening his appeal in France as the contest to succeed ECB President Christine Lagarde heats up, with a strategic interview in French daily Le Monde providing the latest evidence.
2 September 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – French testing, inspection and certification company Bureau Veritas SA on Wednesday priced a €700 million eight-year senior unsecured bond.
2 September 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – A European Central Bank interest rate hike next week is clearly justified by inflation around 3% and the assumptions underlying the ECB’s June projections, though the policy path beyond September remains uncertain, ECB Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday.
2 September 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank must be prepared to raise interest rates further, including into restrictive territory, if inflation risks shift significantly upward, ECB Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf told the Financial Times in an interview published Wednesday.
2 September 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Bank of Italy's €-coin indicator, a measure of underlying euro area economic growth, rose to 0.84 in August from 0.54 in July, according to a joint release by the Bank of Italy and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) published on Wednesday.
2 September 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank communication can directly influence household inflation expectations and thus forms part of monetary policy transmission, but credibility ultimately depends on the central bank delivering on its mandate, ECB Vice-President Boris Vujčić said Tuesday.
1 September 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Tuesday that the monetary policy decision the ECB is expected to take on September 10 was “relatively predictable.”
1 September 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Greek lender Eurobank S.A. on Tuesday priced a €600 million green senior preferred bond.
1 September 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 31 August 2026 with Gediminas Šimkus, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
1 September 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) – An interest rate hike next week by the European Central Bank is clearly warranted and will probably have to be followed by further tightening, given the strengthening of inflation pressures in the region and the unexpected resilience of the euro area economy, according to ECB Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus.
1 September 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Austrian motorway operator ASFINAG (Autobahnen- und Schnellstraßen-Finanzierungs-Aktiengesellschaft) on Tuesday priced a €500 million 5-year benchmark bond.
1 September 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – French banking group BPCE SA on Tuesday priced a CHF170 million senior preferred bond.
1 September 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher said Tuesday that a further interest rate increase would be needed soon if the ECB's new projections confirm that upside risks to inflation have increased.
1 September 2026 Central Bank News