By David Barwick – RIGA (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 8 November with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
13 November 2023
By David Barwick – RIGA (Econostream) – It is not yet clear that euro area wage growth has peaked, and there remains a danger that large increases in worker pay could further fuel inflation, European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Wednesday.
13 November 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Monday said that the ECB’s monetary policy tightening had yet to be fully felt.
13 November 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Saturday said that challenges emerging from geopolitical tensions, financial system disruption and developments in technology called for a different reaction than before.
11 November 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Friday ruled out interest rate cuts during the next two quarters.
10 November 2023
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 26 October, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 25 October .
10 November 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Friday said that ensuring a return to price stability meant maintaining appropriately tight monetary policy for sufficiently long.
10 November 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Thursday said that inaction with regard to fiscal policy rules could unbalance the policy mix and make it more difficult to guarantee price stability.
9 November 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Thursday said that the moment had not yet arrived to start discussing a reduction of ECB interest rates.
9 November 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Thursday said that central bank reserves should ultimately remain considerably larger than they had been up until the crises starting 15 years ago.
9 November 2023
By Isabel Teles – BRUSSELS (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that the resilience of the European Union would be tested by emerging challenges.
9 November 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Thursday said that if it there were no more surprises or shocks, the ECB would not raise interest rates further.
9 November 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Wednesday said that new risks were taking the place of risks that were receding.
8 November 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Wednesday said that unpopular measures were necessary to achieve price stability.
8 November 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s consumer expectations survey, released Wednesday, showed that medium expectations of inflation for the next 12 months increased from 3.5% in August to 4% in September.
8 November 2023
By David Barwick – RIGA (Econostream) – The European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Wednesday suggested that interest rates would be reduced as soon as it became appropriate to do so.
8 November 2023
By David Barwick and Isabel Teles – RIGA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Wednesday said that fighting inflation and economic growth were not mutually exclusive.
8 November 2023
By David Barwick – RIGA (Econostream) – The European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Wednesday vowed that the euro area’s monetary policymakers would restore price stability.
8 November 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Tuesday said that the ECB would keep interest rates at a high level for as long as necessary to bring inflation back to its 2% price stability target.
7 November 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Monday said that despite entering a new phase in November, it could still take years before the digital euro was introduced for regular use.
6 November 2023