Central Bank


ECB Insight: Lagarde Likely to Be Less Categorical About Timing of Lift-Off

ECB Insight: Lagarde Likely to Be Less Categorical About Timing of Lift-Off

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Judging by the effort European Central Bank Governing Council members have put into hammering home their views since their last gathering, one might think that the meeting this week stood to yield a particularly significant outcome following a heated debate. While the discussion will probably be spirited, expectations of major results are likely to be dashed.

1 February 2022
ECB’s Holzmann: Danger of Wage-Price Spiral

ECB’s Holzmann: Danger of Wage-Price Spiral

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – There is a danger of a wage-price spiral in Europe, European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said Saturday.

24 January 2022
ECB Insight: Meeting Account Confirms Lagarde Played Down Upside Inflation Concerns

ECB Insight: Meeting Account Confirms Lagarde Played Down Upside Inflation Concerns

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The account of the European Central Bank’s policy meeting of 15-16 December, released by the ECB on Thursday, suggested that reasonably widely held views of the inflation outlook expressed at the gathering got relatively little airtime at the subsequent press conference by President Christine Lagarde - or since.

20 January 2022