By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said on Thursday that a pause in the ECB’s easing cycle was justified, but he did not rule out another interest rate cut in 2025.
12 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will continue to set monetary policy on a meeting-by-meeting, data-dependent basis, according to ECB Governing Council member Christodoulos Patsalides on Thursday.
12 June 2025
By David Barwick – BRUSSELS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Thursday that the ECB was nearing the end of its monetary policy easing and that policy was well situated at the moment.
12 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Thursday that market volatility created by trade tensions could test non-banks in terms of financial stability.
12 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Thursday declined to make detailed comments on future interest rate decisions.
12 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Wednesday that the ECB had decided to cut its interest rates on June 5 to prevent the expected undershooting of inflation in 2026 from becoming entrenched.
11 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 06 June with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
11 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – It is ‘quite likely’ that the European Central Bank will still need to put some finishing touches on its monetary policy stance and ease a bit further to maintain price stability, ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Friday.
11 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday that all countries should adapt their structural and fiscal policy in a way that reduces their role in triggering trade tensions.
11 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Tuesday said that euro area inflation was going to undershoot the ECB’s target in the near term but that the ultimate impact of US tariffs on inflation was uncertain.
10 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that being at 2% inflation and 2% interest rates did not mean being ‘comfortable’ or ‘static’.
10 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank should wait until it has new projections before deciding anew whether to alter its monetary policy stance, ECB Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Tuesday.
10 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said on Monday that the pause in the ECB’s cutting cycle could last some time.
9 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Monday that the ECB had largely normalised its monetary policy and was currently flexible with regard to future steps.
9 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír on Monday said that the ECB was done or almost done cutting rates.
9 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – If the European Central Bank's baseline scenario is realised, further interest rate cuts may be appropriate, according to ECB Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá on Sunday.
8 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Sunday that the ECB should avoid overreacting to small changes in inflation as it was not doing ‘precision surgery’.
8 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Sunday that the ECB could now take time to consider what to do next.
8 June 2025
By David Barwick – DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Saturday that the ECB was ‘in a good place’ with respect to inflation.
7 June 2025
By David Barwick – DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is close to the end of its monetary policy easing cycle, ECB Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said Saturday.
7 June 2025