By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said on Wednesday that the ECB was not on hold with respect to interest rates, citing elevated uncertainty.
In an interview with Irish daily The Irish Times, Makhlouf, who heads the Central Bank of Ireland, denied that the ECB was in a “holding pattern”.
“There’s so much uncertainty, we’re going to continue our meeting-by-meeting approach, looking at the data,” he said.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Thursday said that if the situation in the Middle East continued for a while, it was clear that the ECB’s monetary policy stance would be affected.
2 April 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter continued to rise this week, albeit at a slower pace than last week, remaining in slightly hawkish territory for both the Governing Council and the Executive Board.
2 April 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is a collection of views expressed by ECB Governing Council members on the Middle East conflict and its implications for monetary policy following the Governing Council meeting on 19 March:
2 April 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 20 March 2026 with Petra Wehlert, Head of Capital Markets of KfW.
25 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – German investment and development bank KfW is likely to issue another euro green bond in Q2 2026, according to KfW’s Head of Capital Markets, Petra Wehlert.
25 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 13 March 2026 with Adrián Martínez, Vice Director of the Swiss Federal Finance Administration.
18 March 2026