ECB’s Makhlouf: “We Continue to Be in a Good Place”
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Tuesday said that the ECB remained in a good place.
14 October 2025
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ECB’s Lagarde Wonders Whether US Dollar's Attractiveness Can Last
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Tuesday questioned whether the attractiveness of the US was a permanent feature of the global financial architecture.
14 October 2025
ECB’s Lagarde: “Our Monetary Policy Has Done the Job”; Mid-Term Inflation Looks Good
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Tuesday said that euro area monetary policy had achieved its purpose and that the inflation picture seemed positive both at present and in the medium term.
14 October 2025
ECB’s Vujčić: Markets Predict Current Interest Rates Will Remain
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Financial markets see euro area interest rates persisting at their current level, European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said Saturday.
11 October 2025
ECB’s Nagel Indicates Continued Comfort with Current Interest Rates
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Friday suggested that a significant change in the policy environment would be needed for the ECB to move interest rates.
10 October 2025
ECB Insight: Six Seats, Many Stakes: Who Will Sit on the Executive Board in 2028?
ECB Insight: Six Seats, Many Stakes: Who Will Sit on the Executive Board in 2028?
10 October 2025
ECB’s Kazāks: Current Monetary Policy Stance “Very Appropriate”
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Friday voiced his approval of the ECB’s current monetary policy stance.
10 October 2025
ECB’s Villeroy: Political Uncertainty in France to Hit Growth By 0.2%
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday that political uncertainty in France is expected to reduce economic growth by around 0.2% of GDP.
10 October 2025
BIS Warns of New Risks, Costs and Coordination Needs in AI Adoption by Central Banks
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The Bank for International Settlements on Friday said central banks face major challenges in adopting artificial intelligence, including high costs, cyber vulnerabilities, data governance risks and the need for stronger cooperation to manage technology dependence and talent shortages.
10 October 2025
ECB Insight: Meeting Account Validates the Hold but Keeps an “Insurance Cut” on the Table
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The account of the ECB’s September Governing Council meeting reads like a textbook case for patience: inflation “close to the 2% medium-term target,” risks “on both sides,” and – as in July – “a high option value to waiting for more information.”
9 October 2025
ECB Meeting Accounts: Further Rate Cut Could Shield Inflation Target, but Upside Risks Support Hold
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – A further rate cut in the coming months could help protect the European Central Bank’s inflation target under both the baseline outlook and adverse scenarios, but upside risks argued for leaving policy rates unchanged, the accounts of the Governing Council’s latest meeting showed Thursday.
9 October 2025
ECB Insight: Pereira’s ‘No Dove’ Claim Is More Optics Than Doctrine
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Incoming European Central Bank Governing Council member Álvaro Santos Pereira’s insistence that he is “definitely not a dove” invites a natural question: if not a dove, then what? The answer, at least for now, is that the new Banco de Portugal governor’s self-characterization looks more rhetorical than substantive — a positioning move rather than a signal of hawkish conviction.
9 October 2025
ECB’s Cipollone: Digital Euro Will Complement Cash, Not Replace It
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said the ECB’s goal in developing a digital euro was to preserve citizens’ freedom to pay with public money in a digital form, not to eliminate cash.
9 October 2025
ECB’s Nagel: “Our Monetary Policy Stance Is the Right Way Forward”
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said that with inflation near the ECB’s target and expected to remain there, the current level of interest rates was appropriate.
8 October 2025
ECB’s Müller: Central Scenario Is a Gradual Economic Recovery
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Wednesday predicted a gradual recovery of the euro area’s economy.
8 October 2025
ECB’s Escrivá: ECB Hasn't Said a Cut Is Likelier Than “a Move in the Other Direction”
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Wednesday that there had been no indication from the ECB that an interest rate cut was more probable than a hike.
8 October 2025
Panetta Urges Global Debt Reform, Says Solidarity ‘a Necessity, Not an Option’
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Banca d’Italia Governor Fabio Panetta on Wednesday called for renewed international cooperation to address unsustainable debt in low-income countries, arguing that solidarity was essential to global stability.
8 October 2025
ECB’s Rehn: Current Situation Good, But Medium-Term Downside Risks Visible
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Wednesday warned of medium-term downside risks to price stability.
8 October 2025
ECB’s Lagarde: “Europe Cannot Remain a Passive Safe Haven”
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Tuesday urged Europe to strengthen the international role of the euro, arguing that the bloc must move beyond being a “passive safe haven” and build the conditions for the single currency to become a true global force.
7 October 2025
ECB’s Nagel: Germany Must “Take Decisive Action” to Boost Productivity
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Tuesday urged the German government to move quickly on structural reforms to revive weak productivity growth, warning that the country’s long-term prosperity was at stake.
7 October 2025