By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Irish government on Tuesday nominated European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf for a second term at the head of the Central Bank of Ireland, according to a statement from the Department of Finance.
3 March 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Tuesday warned that a potential escalation of military conflict in the Gulf could deliver an energy-price-driven inflation shock while weighing on euro-area growth, stressing that the magnitude and the implications for the medium-term inflation outlook would depend on the breadth and duration of any disruption.
3 March 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Monday said the ECB should be ready to move interest rates quickly in either direction if current uncertainties affecting the euro area outlook were to materialize, while making clear that policymakers should not react prematurely to risks that had not yet shown up in the data.
2 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said on Monday that it is premature to respond to the recent rise in energy prices linked to the Iran conflict.
2 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said on Monday that policymakers should not “rush” to respond to recent energy price movements, though the ECB will need to carefully assess the situation if it escalates into a broader oil shock.
2 March 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Sunday that the ECB was “in a good position” at current interest rate levels and should continue setting policy meeting by meeting as trade and geopolitical uncertainty remain high.
1 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Primož Dolenc took office on Sunday as Governor of Banka Slovenije, the institution said in a press release.
1 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter showed the Governing Council unchanged this week, while the Executive Board edged down to neutral.
27 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Thursday that European economic growth had been “sluggish”, while the “good news” was that inflation and inflation expectations were close to the 2% target.
26 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that the ECB is in “a good place” but that it should remain “agile” as it monitors evolving developments and their implications.
26 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that the ECB continued to expect inflation to settle at 2% over the medium term.
26 February 2026
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Wednesday’s report from Spanish news outlet Vozpópuli on former European Central Bank Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos is more convincing than the outlet’s attempt a month ago to portray the ECB as already opening the door to him. Even so, the new piece still looks less like confirmation of a Spanish decision than an effort to shape the conversation around one.
26 February 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić on Wednesday cleared a key procedural step toward becoming the next vice president of the ECB after the Governing Council said it had “no objection” to his nomination.
25 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Wednesday that the ECB's Transmission Protection Instrument (TPI) works best when it is discussed less.
25 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Wednesday that euro area inflation was back at the medium-term target of 2%, but that the ECB could not be complacent given the current environment.
25 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that she “very strongly” believed the ECB was in a good place and that it should be “agile.”
23 February 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Monday used a Washington speech to defend the ECB’s policy independence and crisis-response speed while arguing that Europe is moving toward a more domestic-demand-led growth model that could support stronger long-term expansion.
23 February 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – By now, one thing is clear: European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde wants to at least preserve the option of leaving her post early.
23 February 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Sunday sought to tamp down speculation that she could leave office before her term ends, repeating her earlier line that “my baseline is that it will take until the end of my term.”
22 February 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta on Saturday said euro area inflation is expected to stabilize around the 2% target over the medium term, while warning that both upside and downside risks remain significant.
21 February 2026