By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The rhetoric coming from the European Central Bank has for some time been perceived as favouring a first rate cut in June. A closer look at the publicly stated positions of Governing Council members only confirms this impression.
26 March 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Monday said that when there was confirmation that inflation was converging to the 2% target, the Governing Council would consider cutting interest rates.
25 March 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta on Monday said the recent inflation developments were increasing the consensus behind an interest rate cut within the Governing Council.
25 March 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is an overview of recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members. We include only comments made since the Governing Council meeting of 7 March, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 4 March .
25 March 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Saturday said that cutting key interest rates before the summer break is becoming increasingly possible.
23 March 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno on Friday said that in order for the March macroeconomic projections to materialise, the current deceleration in wage growth was necessary.
22 March 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Friday said that digitalisation could help increase productivity in Germany.
22 March 2024
By David Barwick - VALLETTA (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 18 March 2024 with Edward Scicluna, Governor of the Central Bank of Malta and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
22 March 2024
By David Barwick - VALLETTA (Econostream) – It is by no means excluded that the European Central Bank will see its way to a first rate cut in April, according to Edward Scicluna, Governor of the Central Bank of Malta and member of the ECB’s Governing Council.
22 March 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Friday said that that current data showed inflation converging to the target by 2025, which increased the probability of a reduction in interest rates before the summer break.
22 March 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The higher probability than often assumed that euro area inflation will prove sticky justifies monetary policy restraint, European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said Friday.
22 March 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Policy measures to put economies on greener footing may also stoke inflation, European Central Bank Governing Council member Boštjan Vasle said Friday.
22 March 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Friday said that the ECB was closely monitoring whether the current wage deceleration was compatible with the 2% inflation target and justified a cut in interest rates.
22 March 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Germany is unlikely to see an economic recovery in the second quarter of 2024, mostly due to the weak industrial performance, the German Bundesbank said on Thursday in its latest monthly report.
21 March 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – The economy remains weak, but a gradual recovery is expected in 2024, according to the European Central Bank's latest Economic Bulletin, published Thursday.
21 March 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Wednesday said that market pricing should not be the basis of central banks’ assessment of the natural rate of interest, r*.
20 March 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Wednesday said that core inflation was coming down more slowly than historically, which necessitated that attention be paid to services prices.
20 March 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – A slowdown in food price inflation is expected in the wake of the fading impact of external shocks on energy and food commodity prices, according to an Economic Bulletin paper pre-released by the European Central Bank on Wednesday.
20 March 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Monetary policy could have a greater dampening effect on economic activity than anticipated, European Central Bank Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos said Wednesday.
20 March 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Achieving disinflation would be facilitated by fiscal policies that took a medium-term view, European Central Bank Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos said Wednesday.
20 March 2024