By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Tuesday said that the ECB would reduce interest rates when there was enough confidence about the inflation outlook, but that wages and productivity were still sources of uncertainty.
23 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Tuesday said that if the disinflationary process continued and nothing unexpected materialised, the ECB would start easing its monetary policy in June.
23 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta on Tuesday said that it was necessary to strengthen the European economy and develop appropriate responses to the risk of fragmentation.
23 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Most euro area citizens have some trust or a high level of trust in the European Central Bank, according to survey results presented in an Economic Bulletin pre-released by the ECB on Tuesday.
23 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 17 April 2024 with Mário Centeno, Governor of Banco de Portugal and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
22 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – The European Central Bank could potentially reduce interest rates by more than 100bp in total before the end of the year, according to ECB Governing Council member Mário Centeno.
22 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 2 April with Erwan Gautier, head of Banque de France’s Microeconomic Analysis Division.
22 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The first wage agreements for 2024 recently concluded in France show an average year-on-year negotiated wage growth around 3.5% and point to a moderation trend compatible with reaching the 2% inflation target by the end of 2024 in the country, Erwan Gautier, Banque de France’s head of the Microeconomic Analysis Division, told Econostream in a recent interview (transcript here ).
22 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Euro area households have experienced an increase in housing costs during the years of high inflation and tight monetary policy, according to an Economic Bulletin paper pre-released by the European Central Bank on Monday.
22 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Monday said that the ECB would probably start cutting interest rates in June and that easing would be gradual to facilitate adjustment.
22 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Monday said that in the context of a changing global economy and a deceleration in productivity, economic growth required that bottlenecks be overcome with new ideas.
22 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Tensions in the Middle East should not cause a rise of oil prices that would delay an interest rate cut in June, European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said Sunday.
21 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Thursday said the ECB was confident enough to cut interest rates in June.
19 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said Friday that his baseline was for three rate cuts this year.
19 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Edward Scicluna said Friday that a June interest rate cut is likely, as inflation has been converging to the 2% target.
19 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – As inflation continues to decline, an interest rate cut could be suitable in June, European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said Friday.
19 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – An interest rate cut would not happen in June only if unexpected shocks occurred, European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said Friday.
19 April 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Thursday said that the pace of ECB policy easing did not need to be rushed.
18 April 2024
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno on Thursday expressed support for the ECB’s data-dependent, meeting-by-meeting approach to setting monetary policy.
18 April 2024
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno on Thursday dismissed arguments based on the idea of ‘bumpy’ inflation and warned against taking for granted the resilience of Europe’s labour markets.
18 April 2024