By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The period of low borrowing costs should give way to a desirable process of normalisation, European Central Bank Governing Council member Mario Centeno said Wednesday.
9 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – If there were any lingering doubts as to where Joachim Nagel, the newest member of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council, stood on the issues of the day, he effectively did away with them on Wednesday by positioning himself clearly in favour of normalising monetary policy sooner rather than later.
9 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The direction of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy is clear, but it would be wrong to make assumptions about timing, and the pace will be gradual in any case, ECB Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos said Tuesday.
8 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde appeared on Monday to want to take at least some of the hawkish edge off her performance last Thursday.
8 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will stick to its forward guidance and not hike interest rates before net asset purchases have come to an end, ECB President Christine Lagarde said Monday.
7 February 2022
Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on February 2 with Teppo Koivisto, director of the Finance Division of Finland’s State Treasury and thus responsible for Finnish public debt management.
7 February 2022
- ‘What we’d like to see is more standardisation in the sustainable bond market overall’
- Noticing that ‘investors are a little bit more cautious with regard to duration’
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot’s Sunday interview revealed a clear and hawkish shift in his thinking that apparently took place over a relatively short period of time.
7 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will probably start hiking interest rates around the end of this year and then follow with a second increase in the spring of next year, Governing Council member Klaas Knot said Sunday.
7 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is unlikely to be ready to start hiking interest rates as soon as July, ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Monday.
7 February 2022
The ECB Governing Council has become more hawkish or at least less dovish, as we re-rank two members.
4 February 2022
They Said it - Recent Monetary Policy Comments Made by ECB Governing Council Members
4 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Inflation will probably remain high for longer than had been anticipated, and risks are to the upside, European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír said Friday.
4 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Friday said that it was apparent that the moment had come to reduce ECB policy support for the economy.
4 February 2022
- Will eventually cease issuing 15-years entirely, depending on funding volumes
- Expect roughly same or slightly more green expenditures to issue green bonds in 2022
- Ultra-long maturities more and more attractive, but not yet at necessary threshold
Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on January 24 with Tammo Diemer, member of the Executive Board of Germany’s Finance Agency:
4 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boštjan Vasle on Friday warned of a growing threat that inflation would stay elevated for longer than had been anticipated.
4 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – As long as the pandemic and the geopolitical situation do not engender any negative shocks, the European Central Bank could be expected to start hiking interest rates in 2023 at the latest, ECB Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Friday.
4 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Friday said that the ECB would act gradually and consistent with circumstances rather than in keeping with any foreordained timetable.
4 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde’s performance at the press conference on Thursday suggested that she is finally taking her Governing Council colleagues’ inflation fears with the commensurate degree of seriousness and that she regards the situation as having changed in a way that could conceivably lead to a policy move as soon as March.
3 February 2022