By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Thursday that if the ECB moved again in the second half of 2025, it could be to cut interest rates again.
19 June 2025
By David Barwick – KYIV (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday offered a succinct and pointed analysis in support of a greater international role of the euro and a reduced importance of the US dollar.
19 June 2025
By David Barwick – KYIV (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that closer ties between Ukraine and its European neighbours would help the former rebuild.
19 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MILAN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that the German economy could pick up slightly this year after a period of stagnation.
18 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member and Slovak central bank chief Peter Kažimír is under pressure after declining to appear before Slovak lawmakers to present a report of the National Bank of Slovakia, fuelling criticism that he is seeking to evade domestic scrutiny in the wake of his recent bribery conviction.
18 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MILAN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno on Wednesday suggested that persistent economic weakness would doom to failure the effort to sustainably achieve price stability in Europe.
18 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MILAN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Wednesday that US tariffs would hurt European growth, while the effect on inflation was harder to determine.
18 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MILAN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta said on Wednesday that inflation was likely to stay below 2% for a long time while the economy remains weak.
18 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Writing here on June 3, we expressed reluctance – hardly novel - to accept European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras’ contention that 2% would mark the terminal rate of the ECB’s easing cycle. With good reason: Stournaras himself now appears reluctant to accept it.
18 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday suggested that his previous assurances that 2% would be the ECB‘s terminal rate were subject to change.
17 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MILAN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno said on Tuesday that European retaliation against US tariffs would backfire.
17 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that the ECB should remain ready to act as warranted and that there was no pre-determined path for interest rates.
17 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The division within the European Central Bank Governing Council was apparent last week, but Vice President Luis de Guindos’ comments published Monday made it even clearer - not just where the lines lie, but also where common ground has emerged.
16 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Monday that the ECB should remain cautious and flexible in its next steps.
16 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Monday confirmed that ECB President Christine Lagarde’s insistence that the ECB was in a good place meant that a pause in monetary policy easing could be appropriate.
16 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Saturday that the inflation target was now ‘within reach’.
14 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Friday said that the ECB had to watch for signs of inflation escaping control to both the upside and the downside.
13 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Dutch government has appointed Olaf Sleijpen as the next president of De Nederlandsche Bank, to succeed current DNB chief and European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on July 1.
13 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – As it is now established that Olaf Sleijpen will succeed Klaas Knot as President of De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), we have taken a closer look at Sleijpen’s record and concluded that a major shift in Dutch thinking on monetary policy at the European Central Bank is unlikely.
13 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Thursday that recent events were likely to lead to weaker economic growth, a leading indicator of how inflation might evolve.
12 June 2025