By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – How long financing conditions remain favourable is more important than additional quantitative monetary stimulus, European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said Tuesday.
1 December 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – German Bundesbank Vice President Claudia Buch on Sunday warned of a pending increase in corporate insolvencies for which banks and relevant authorities need to be prepared.
29 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The medium-term outlook has brightened thanks to progress towards a medical resolution of the pandemic, but the European Central Bank’s coming recalibration will take into account the fact that inflation is seen remaining low, ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos said Saturday.
28 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The outlook for inflation has worsened as a result of the second wave of the pandemic and the public health policy response, European Central Bank Executive Board member Fabio Panetta said Friday.
27 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The path to economic recovery remains long and subject to risks despite progress with regard to vaccines against Covid-19, European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane said on Thursday.
26 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The euro area economy should experience a durable recovery starting no later than mid-2021, European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann suggested on Thursday.
26 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank’s recalibration of its instruments could be relatively straightforward and limited to a simple extension in time, Executive Board member Yves Mersch said on Wednesday.
25 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The recent news regarding a medical solution to the pandemic is ‘light at the end of the tunnel’, European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said Tuesday.
24 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The resurgence of the pandemic will probably leave ‘significant’ scarring effects on the economy, European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Tuesday.
24 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – Recent progress towards a medical resolution of the pandemic is grounds for hope, European Central Bank Governing Council member Ignazio Visco said on Monday.
23 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank would not terminate its pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP) while the pandemic continues to disrupt normal economic activity, Executive Board member Philip Lane said on Sunday.
23 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The financial sector is in need of regulation that would make it stronger and lessen the risk of financial stability concerns dominating monetary policy, European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said Thursday.
19 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Thursday that policymakers’ main challenge is to buy time until the pandemic can be medically resolved.
19 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank is still thinking about how to deliver in December what the euro area needs and support favourable financing conditions, Executive Board member Philip Lane said on Tuesday.
17 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Monday said that although the economic repercussions for the Eurozone of a no-deal Brexit should be limited, financial risks could augment as a result.
16 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The news regarding a medical solution to the pandemic does not fundamentally change the outlook but does represent a return to the European Central Bank’s baseline scenario, Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said Friday.
13 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – Bundesbank board member Sabine Mauderer said Thursday that an accommodative monetary policy stance remains necessary in the current environment.
13 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Thursday that the high degree of uncertainty facing policymakers has diminished somewhat recently, but at the same time dampened expectations of a quick medical solution to the pandemic.
12 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Thursday warned that a premature or abrupt withdrawal of fiscal support would cause a ‘severe’ shock to companies.
12 November 2020
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – When the European Central Bank recalibrates its policy stance next month, it will probably rely chiefly on its pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP) and targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTROs) in doing so, ECB President Christine Lagarde said Wednesday.
11 November 2020