By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Europe’s productivity gap with the United States has widened markedly in recent years, driven by both structural factors and recent shocks, European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Friday.
21 November 2025
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Friday said deeper and more liquid capital markets have become increasingly important for monetary policy transmission and for supporting investment and growth, including in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE).
21 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – BILBAO, Spain (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Friday that the evolution of inflation was positive, but warned against risks to growth and inflation stemming from increasing cheap Chinese imports.
21 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Friday said the ECB would adjust policy as required to ensure inflation stays at its 2% goal, adding that the current easing in financing conditions is supporting demand.
21 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Álvaro Santos Pereira said on Friday that it was important for the ECB to preserve sufficient policy space in case new shocks make additional rate cuts necessary.
21 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said on Thursday that only a significant change in the outlook would lead him to consider another interest rate move.
20 November 2025
ECB Insight: Six Seats, Many Stakes: Who Will Sit on the Executive Board in 2028?
19 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said Wednesday that while the 2025 EU-wide stress test confirmed banks’ resilience, broader top-down analyses uncovered pockets of vulnerability that support a cautious stance on capital buffers.
19 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday said central banks must keep price stability at the heart of their mandates even as they adapt to structural changes, arguing that credibility built over decades remains essential to navigating shocks.
18 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said Monday that the digital euro is essential to preserving monetary sovereignty and ensuring that central bank money remains usable in an increasingly digital economy.
17 November 2025
By David Barwick – DUBLIN (Econostream) – Ireland faces a challenging global environment marked by elevated financial stability risks, even as domestic households, businesses and banks remain broadly resilient, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) said Monday in its Financial Stability Review 2025:II.
17 November 2025
By David Barwick – DUBLIN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Monday said that he was content with the ECB’s current monetary policy stance and open to whatever rate path developments dictated.
17 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen said on Monday that, based on the ECB’s latest projections and the information gathered since September, there was no justification for adjusting interest rates.
17 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Monday that although the ECB remained concerned about sluggish economic growth, the broader macroeconomic backdrop had improved compared with last year.
17 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Saturday said that there remained a risk of euro area inflation again becoming too low.
15 November 2025
ECB Insight: The Race for de Guindos’ Seat Begins with Centeno Quietly Making His Availability Known
13 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said in an interview published Thursday that extreme optimism around artificial intelligence technology had created concentration risks in equity markets and that valuations could fall sharply.
13 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – If it wasn’t evident previously, it is now: Martin Kocher’s arrival at the European Central Bank’s Governing Council marks a clear stylistic and substantive departure from his predecessor, Robert Holzmann.
12 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday that the French economy remained “fairly resilient” and that growth in 2026 should reach “at least” 0.9%.
12 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Wednesday that the ECB should remain “relaxed” unless a “big shock” were to trigger a sustained deviation from its medium-term inflation goal.
12 November 2025