By David Barwick – NICOSIA (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 28 July 2026 with Christodoulos Patsalides, Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
29 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – NICOSIA (Econostream) – The passage of time is working against the European Central Bank on inflation as elevated oil prices persist, increasing the importance of pre-emptive action even though the September decision remains open and data-dependent, according to ECB Governing Council member Christodoulos Patsalides.
29 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Wednesday sold €7.5 billion of six-month Treasury bills (BOTs), according to data released by the Bank of Italy.
29 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Wednesday allotted €4.497 billion of a reopened federal bond (Bund).
29 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Wednesday sold €877.31 million of the 2% BTPei due February 15, 2037, in a supplementary auction, according to data released by the Bank of Italy.
29 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Greek Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) on Wednesday allotted €500 million of 13-week Treasury bills.
29 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday allotted £750 million of the 0⅛% Treasury Gilt 2028.
28 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Dutch State Treasury Agency (DSTA) on Tuesday raised €2.985 billion from the reopening of its 2.75% Dutch State Loan (DSL) due July 15, 2036.
28 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Austria's debt management agency, OeBFA, on Tuesday allotted a total of €2 billion of Austrian Treasury bills (ATBs) across two maturities.
28 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Tuesday sold a total of €5.5 billion across one short-term Treasury bond (BTP Short Term), one Treasury bond (BTP) and one Treasury bond linked to euro-area inflation (BTPei), according to results released by the Bank of Italy.
28 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 27 July 2026 with Kaspars Āboliņš, director of the Latvian State Treasury.
28 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Latvia's Treasury is monitoring financial markets for a possible syndicated benchmark bond later this year, although regular auctions remain its baseline funding strategy for the remainder of 2026, according to Kaspars Āboliņš, director of the Latvian State Treasury.
28 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír’s declaration Monday in a blog post that he expects to back another rate hike in September deserves attention, but his record suggests that his misses are more revealing than his hits.
28 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – France’s Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Monday allotted €7.795 billion across four fixed-rate discount Treasury bills (BTFs).
27 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
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
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
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – U.S. telecommunications company AT&T on Monday priced a five-tranche SEC-registered senior unsecured notes offering comprising €4.1 billion and £550 million.
27 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Greek infrastructure group Aktor SA Holding Company Technical and Energy Projects on Monday priced €300 million of senior unsecured notes.
27 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
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
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