By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The dust having settled following European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić’s elevation to succeed Luis de Guindos as ECB vice president on Monday, the choice looks like a classic convergence outcome: a candidate who was not the clearest front-runner, but proved acceptable to the widest range of capitals in a crowded field.
23 January 2026
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Thursday said that current interest rates were appropriate but that the ECB had to be ready to react to developments that could argue for an adjustment in either direction.
22 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that the US threat to impose tariffs over the issue of Greenland would hurt others but also significantly backfire on the US.
21 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that uncertainty stemming from the recent escalation around US tariffs would have spillovers on monetary policy.
21 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta said on Wednesday that Chinese exports to Europe have been increasing, while prices have declined in recent months.
21 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday that US tariffs would have a limited impact on inflation in the euro area, though this effect would be upward.
21 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Tuesday said that threatened US tariffs meant the return of uncertainty that could be itself cause economic growth to sputter.
20 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Tuesday that he approved of the additional German government spending, given the current state of the world.
20 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Tuesday congratulated his fellow Council member Boris Vujčić, governor of the Croatian National Bank, for having gotten the support of the Eurogroup in the contest to succeed ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos.
20 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that there were multiple factors that could drag inflation down significantly.
20 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Euro area finance ministers’ nomination on Monday of Croatian central bank governor Boris Vujčić to succeed European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos is a mainstream pick from a largely mainstream field.
20 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Euro area finance ministers on Monday agreed to back Croatian National Bank Governor Boris Vujčić to succeed European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos, according to people familiar with the decision.
19 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Bulgarian National Bank Governor Dimitar Radev joined the European Central Bank’s Governing Council less than three weeks ago amid close interest in his views. After speaking with him ourselves, his policy instincts remain hard to trace.
19 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 17 January 2026 with Dimitar Radev, Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
19 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Hiking interest rates would require clearer evidence of persistent services inflation and strong wage dynamics, as well as signs that domestic price pressures were failing to ease as projected, according to Dimitar Radev, governor of the Bulgarian National Bank and member of the European Central Bank Governing Council.
19 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 15 January with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
19 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s current interest rate level is appropriate and financial markets’ rate expectations appear broadly aligned with the baseline outlook, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks.
19 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks warned that European policymakers should not be “naive” about the bloc’s exposure to Russia and said the financial system needed to be prepared for escalation.
18 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – This week the ECB Tone Meter moved in opposite directions for the Governing Council and the Executive Board, settling at +0.9 and +0.13 respectively, with both readings remaining in very marginally hawkish territory.
16 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank vice president’s role is defined by three core tasks, according to ECB Governing Council member Olli Rehn.
16 January 2026