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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane said on Thursday that only when the ECB has run out of space using its policy rates should it use its other tools .
24 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that inflation in the euro area would reach 2% over the course of 2025, despite the high uncertainty.
23 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Wednesday expressed support for leaving interest rates at a neutral level.
23 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday that US tariffs could have a disinflationary impact in Europe.
23 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that developments had been positive with regards to inflation but that the economic outlook was more uncertain.
23 April 2025
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Tuesday said that financial innovation should be possible within the necessary constraints imposed by authorities.
23 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that recent US trade policies would create losses for all parties and increase the problems created by globalisation.
22 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Tuesday said that tariffs could ultimately prove deflationary and that growth in the euro area was very weak.
22 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Tuesday that the euro area was nearing completion of the disinflation process but was also in the midst of grappling with economic shocks.
22 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír on Tuesday said that ECB monetary policy had ceased to hold back euro area economic growth.
22 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Tuesday said that the uncertainty over US trade policy was dampening euro area economic growth.
22 April 2025