ECB’s Lagarde: Seeing Trend in Favour of European Assets
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Thursday that there was a growing trend in favour of European assets.
22 May 2025
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ECB’s Lagarde: Removing High Uncertainty Should Be Main Objective
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Thursday that lessening the uncertainty surrounding global trade should be the major objective of policymakers.
22 May 2025
ECB’s Nagel: Rates ‘Certainly’ No Longer Restrictive, Must Remain Cautious
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Thursday that rates were no longer restrictive and that the ECB should proceed with caution.
22 May 2025
ECB’s Stournaras: Trump Leads World to Question Dollar’s Safety; Euro Must Step up
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Thursday said that US President Donald Trump had made the global monetary framework so uncertain that the dollar’s safe-haven function was being called into question, creating an opportunity for the euro to become more important.
22 May 2025
ECB’s de Guindos: Could Return to 2% Inflation ‘Relatively Quickly’, Growth to Be ‘Very Modest’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Thursday that inflation could return to the ECB's 2% target soon, while economic growth could turn weaker.
22 May 2025
ECB’s Vujčić: Expect to Get Close to Inflation Target at End 2025, Reach It In Early 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Thursday that the ECB's inflation target would be achieved at the start of next year.
22 May 2025
ECB’s Holzmann: ‘International Role of the Euro Can Be Expected to Grow’
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – The euro’s importance as a global currency is set to increase, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann on Thursday.
22 May 2025
ECB’s Nagel: There Has Been Progress on Tariffs, But Still Work to Be Done
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that despite the progress made on the tariff front lately, there was still some way to go.
21 May 2025
ECB’s Escrivá: Risks Around Baseline Scenario Could Push Projections Lower
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said that risks around the ECB's baseline scenario could push macroeconomic projections lower.
21 May 2025
ECB’s Centeno: May Have to Go Below Neutral Rate
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno said on Wednesday that the ECB could need to cut interest rates below what he considered to be the neutral rate.
21 May 2025
ECB’s de Guindos: Trade Tensions Could Have a Detrimental Impact on Growth
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Wednesday that tariffs could have adverse effects on economic activity.
21 May 2025
ECB’s Knot: Can’t Exclude or Confirm There Will Be a Cut in June
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Tuesday that he could neither rule out nor confirm that the ECB will cut rates in June.
20 May 2025
ECB’s Schnabel: Tariffs to Be Disinflationary in Short Term, But Upside Risks in Medium Term
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Tuesday that US tariffs could dampen inflation in the short term but trigger a surge in prices in the medium term.
20 May 2025
ECB’s Müller: ‘Not Obvious to Me That We Should Significantly Lower Rates’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller said on Monday that cutting interest rates further could be justified if they were not lowered ‘significantly’.
19 May 2025
ECB’s Wunsch: Should Be Ready to Cut Rates Below 2%, Might Need to be ‘Mildly Supportive’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said on Sunday that the economy could require that the ECB enter accommodative territory.
18 May 2025
ECB’s Lagarde: Europe Should Have a ‘Strong Hand’ if Negotiations Are Unsuccessful
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Sunday that Europe should be ready to react strongly to US tariffs if negotiations turn out to be unsuccessful.
18 May 2025
ECB’s Schnabel: ‘We Can Leave Rates Broadly at the Level They Are at Now’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Saturday that the ECB could leave rates ‘broadly’ around current levels.
17 May 2025
ECB’s Lane: Alternative Scenarios on Tariffs to Be Included in June Projections
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Friday that the ECB would include alternative scenarios about US tariff policies in its June forecasts.
16 May 2025
ECB’s Villeroy: ‘Not Yet’ in Currency War, But There is a Threat of a Trade War
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday that we were not yet in a currency war, but that there was a threat of a trade war.
16 May 2025
ECB’s Kazāks: End of Easing Cycle Could be Near, But Uncertainty Could Change Outlook
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Friday that the end of the easing cycle might be near but that high uncertainty had the potential to change the policy outlook.
16 May 2025