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ECB’s Lagarde: We Are “Probably” Between the Baseline and Milder Scenario
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that current conditions were probably somewhere between the ECB’s baseline and milder scenarios, reflecting a decline in uncertainty since the June projections.
22 June 2026 Central Bank News
France: AFT Allots €7.65 Billion in BTF Auction
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – France’s Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Monday allotted €7.648 billion through the auction of four fixed-rate discount Treasury bills (BTFs).
22 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
ECB’s Lagarde: June Hike Robust Across Scenarios, Forceful Response Not Yet Warranted
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Monday said the ECB’s June rate hike was warranted under all staff scenarios, while indicating that the current shock did not yet justify a forceful policy response.
22 June 2026 Central Bank News
EU: Commission Raises €6.5 Billion in Triple-Line EU-Bond Auction
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, on Monday allotted €6.499 billion across three maturities in an EU-Bonds auction.
22 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
ECB’s Escrivá: Oil Prices Should Gradually Move Towards Milder Scenario
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Monday that oil prices should gradually move towards levels consistent with milder scenarios over the coming months if the recent US-Iran agreement holds.
22 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Panetta: Europe Must Complete Euro Architecture to Defend Sovereignty
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta on Monday said Europe had to complete the institutional architecture of the euro in order to strengthen monetary and political sovereignty in a more fragmented world.
22 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB Tone Meter Weekly Update: Tone Softens as Hawkish Bias Remains But Guidance on Next Move Fades
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Econostream's ECB Tone Meter registered a noticeable drop for the Governing Council and a smaller decline for the Executive Board this week, as policymakers continued to stress upside inflation risks while refraining from signaling further rate increases as clearly as they had prior to the June meeting.
19 June 2026 Central Bank News
Italy: MEF Raises €8.84 Billion of First BTP Italia Sì Issuance, Coupon Confirmed at 1.60% Plus Inflation
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) raised €8.843 billion in the first issuance of the new BTP Italia Sì retail bond, the ministry said on Friday in a press release.
19 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
ECB’s Lane: Case for Holding Rates at 2% in June Would Have Been "Very Hard"
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Friday that it would have been difficult to justify leaving interest rates unchanged at the ECB's June meeting, given the deterioration in the inflation outlook.
19 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB Insight: Wunsch Botches His Own Defense of the June Hike
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch has offered a surprisingly strong account of why the European Central Bank might not have needed to raise rates last week, coupled with a weaker defense of why it nonetheless did.
19 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Elderson: ECB to Warn Banks About AI-Driven Cyber Risks
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will send banks a “dear CEO letter” urging them to prepare proactively for increasingly powerful cyberattacks enabled by frontier artificial intelligence models, ECB Executive Board member Frank Elderson said Friday.
19 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Cipollone: Digital Euro Urgent to Protect Monetary Sovereignty
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said Friday that Europe urgently needed to reduce its dependence on foreign payment providers to safeguard its monetary sovereignty.
19 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Wunsch: More Bad Inflation Data Could Warrant Second Hike
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch would support another 25bp rate hike if inflation data continued to disappoint, but saw no need to move quickly if the evidence remained ambiguous.
19 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB's Escrivá Urges Caution on US-Iran Deal, Says ECB Must Remain "Agile"
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Thursday that policymakers should remain cautious about the implications of the recent US-Iran agreement, noting the need for the ECB to remain "particularly agile" in responding to evolving inflation risks.
18 June 2026 Central Bank News
Spain: Treasury Raises €5.83 Billion in Medium- and Long-Term Bond Auction
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Spanish Treasury on Thursday raised €5.833 billion through an auction of bonds with maturities ranging from seven to 14 years, including one Bono del Estado and two Obligaciones del Estado.
18 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
ECB's Lane: June Hike Was a “Delta Response”; Neutral Rate Debate Is for “Beyond This Episode”
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Thursday that the ECB's 25bp rate increase this month was a "delta response" to a higher inflation outlook, adding that estimates of the neutral rate were less relevant for current policy decisions than the change in the inflation outlook.
18 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB Insight: The Missing Policy Choices Behind Lagarde’s “Robust” Rate Hike
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The most important statement at last week’s European Central Bank press conference was President Christine Lagarde’s repeated assertion that the decision to raise interest rates by 25bp was “robust across all scenarios,” a justification that went considerably further than merely invoking the ECB’s baseline forecast.
18 June 2026 Central Bank News
Dutch National Bank’s Ter Weel: Recent Energy Shock May Be More Persistent Than Expected
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – De Nederlandsche Bank Executive Board member Bas ter Weel on Thursday said last week’s 25bp rate hike by the European Central Bank reflected increased upside risks to medium-term inflation and evidence that the latest energy shock was becoming more persistent and broad-based.
18 June 2026 Central Bank News