By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will have to continue to hike interest rates, but there is no point in speculating about the precise path, Governing Council member Peter Kažimír said Friday.
17 March 2023
By Xavier D'Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday that fighting inflation remained the ECB's priority despite recent uncertainty.
17 March 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boštjan Vasle stated on Friday that the ECB's 50bp rate hike on Thursday was motivated by high core inflation data and the new forecasts showing prolonged inflation pressures.
17 March 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank stuck to its guns on Thursday, with President Christine Lagarde’s relatively surefooted handling of the press conference after the Governing Council meeting characterised by a calm insistence on data-dependence and watchfulness in the context of a job likely not yet done.
16 March 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – In considering what this week’s meeting of the European Central Bank Governing Council will bring, we start from the observations that a 50bp hike this week across the board is probably a given despite the Silicon Valley Bank insolvency, putting the spotlight on the post-March policy outlook, and that the Council is showing signs of increasing polarisation.
15 March 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Markets’ sudden slashing of their expectations of the European Central Bank’s terminal rate by over 75bp in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank insolvency could have significant implications for the ECB’s macroeconomic projections, due to be released on Thursday.
14 March 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is a compendium of comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members related to ECB monetary policy. We include only comments made since the Governing Council meeting of February 2.
10 March 2023
By David Barwick – GENEVA (Econostream) – The likelihood of a euro area economic downturn is far lower now than it appeared to be a few months ago, European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said Thursday.
9 March 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Thursday that inflation was approaching its peak in the first half of this year.
9 March 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday that the ECB would do whatever it takes to bring inflation down from its currently high levels.
8 March 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boštjan Vasle reiterated on Wednesday that he expected rate hikes to continue after the central bank’s upcoming meeting in March.
8 March 2023
Exclusive: ECB Insider: Slowing to 25BP But Hiking for Longer Could Be a Compromise
8 March 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Tuesday that rate hikes should continue for quite some time beyond the ECB's monetary policy meeting next week.
8 March 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The Central Bank of Ireland on Wednesday said that domestic inflation was set to be lower than previously expected in 2023 but that underlying inflation pressures looked set to persist.
8 March 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Ignazio Visco said on Wednesday that monetary policy would have to move cautiously to protect financial stability and the fragile economy.
8 March 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank would have to react more strongly with monetary policy if fiscal policy were to be generally expansionary, Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos said Tuesday.
7 March 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – According to the European Central Bank’s Consumer Expectations Survey results for January 2023, released on Tuesday, Eurozone citizens’ perceptions of inflation have declined across multiple time horizons.
7 March 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank might need to tighten the monetary policy screws yet further if the risk of second-round effects, already heightened due to persistently elevated inflation, were to materialise, Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos said Tuesday.
7 March 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will likely need to counter undiminished core inflation with 50bp rate hikes at each of the Governing Council’s next four monetary policy meetings, according to Council member Robert Holzmann on Monday.
6 March 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Past the habitual dovishness, other, at first glance less substantive comments published Monday in an interview with European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno may actually offer the more interesting insight into the challenge the ECB will face in maintaining the current pace of monetary tightening beyond March.
6 March 2023