ECB’s Šimkus: Would Be Appropriate to Cut by 25BP in June
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Wednesday called for a 25bp rate cut in June.
30 April 2025
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ECB’s Stournaras Reaffirms Expectation of 2% Terminal Rate in 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday said that he continued to see the terminal rate of the ECB’s policy easing at 2% and to be reached this year.
29 April 2025
Exclusive: European DMOs Unaffected by Market Turmoil So Far, Attentive to Secondary Market Volatility
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Sovereign issuers in Europe have not registered any major impact from the bond market turmoil following the April 2 US tariff announcement, but are attentive to secondary market developments, according to sources from four important European sovereign debt issuers.
29 April 2025
Lagarde’s ECB a Nest of Cronyism, Politico Says, Citing New IPSO Staff Survey
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank under President Christine Lagarde is a den of rampant favoritism, according to reporting by news organisation Politico, which on Tuesday cited a new poll recently conducted among ECB employees.
29 April 2025
Transcript: Interview with KfW Head of Capital Markets Petra Wehlert
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 8 April 2025 with Petra Wehlert, Head of Capital Markets of KfW.
29 April 2025
Exclusive: KfW Head of Capital Markets: Will Issue USD Benchmark Bond Again in 2025 for 3-5 Billion
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – German investment and development bank KfW could tap the USD market again in 2025, according to KfW’s Head of Capital Markets, Petra Wehlert.
29 April 2025
ECB’s Cipollone: Tariffs Could Be Disinflationary for Euro Area over Short to Medium Term
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone on Tuesday said that while tariffs would clearly dampen euro area growth in the medium term, their impact on inflation was less obvious and could be disinflationary.
29 April 2025
ECB’s Kazāks Suggests Series of Rate Cuts May Still Be Coming
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Tuesday said that step-by-step rate cuts may continue.
29 April 2025
ECB’s Villeroy: ‘Still Have Room for Gradual Interest Rate Cuts’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Monday that the ECB still had room for more policy easing.
28 April 2025
ECB’s de Guindos: ‘Inflation Is Expected to Hover Around Our Target’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Monday that inflation was expected to fluctuate in the vicinity of the ECB's 2% target.
28 April 2025
ECB’s Rehn: Neutral Rate Should Not Be a Constraint in Cutting Rates Further
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Monday that the ECB’s monetary policy should not be limited by the neutral rate.
28 April 2025
ECB’s Šimkus: Don’t See a Reason to Remain at 2.25%
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Saturday said there was no reason for 2.25% to be the terminal rate of the ECB’s policy easing.
26 April 2025
ECB’s Vujčić: Will ‘Most Likely’ Not Have Clarity on Tariffs by June
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Friday that the ECB will ‘most likely’ not have clarity on tariffs by June.
25 April 2025
Corruption Case of ECB’s Kažimír to Continue, Judge in Slovakia Rules
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír’s effort to evade prosecution for bribery hit a snag on Friday as a Slovak judge found grounds on which to reject his legal team’s claim that the statute of limitations prohibited the continuation of the case.
25 April 2025
ECB’s Holzmann: Tariffs Have So Far Had a Deflationary Impact
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said on Friday that US tariffs had so far been disinflationary in the euro area.
25 April 2025
ECB’s Lane: ‘No Reason to Say We’re Always Going to Do the Default 25BP Moves’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane said on Thursday that the ECB would not pre-commit to automatic 25bp interest-rate cuts.
24 April 2025
ECB’s Knot: ‘This Is Actually a Time in Which We Need Projections’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Thursday that the current environment suggested that a new round of projections was necessary in order to take further monetary policy decisions.
24 April 2025
ECB’s Holzmann: ‘We Don’t Know Yet in What Direction Monetary Policy Should Be Best Moved’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said on Thursday that it was not yet clear in which direction the ECB should move its monetary policy.
24 April 2025
ECB’s Rehn: If June Forecasts Confirm Return to 2%, Would Be Proper to Cut Rates Again
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Thursday said that the ECB should cut rates in June if the latest projections showed the inflation target being reached.
24 April 2025
ECB’s Šimkus: Shouldn’t Rely Completely on Models, Judgment of Policymakers Most Important
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Thursday criticised excessive reliance on economic models for monetary policymaking.
24 April 2025