Central Bank


ECB’s Schnabel:  This Crisis Isn’t Over; We Can’t Lay Back and Relax

ECB’s Schnabel: This Crisis Isn’t Over; We Can’t Lay Back and Relax

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – While the European Central Bank’s measures to counter the economic fallout from the pandemic have worked well, one mustn’t lose sight of the fact that the crisis is ongoing and that it is thus not yet appropriate to relax, according to ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel.

25 May 2020
ECB Meeting Account Shows Desire to Pre-empt Loss of Confidence

ECB Meeting Account Shows Desire to Pre-empt Loss of Confidence

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The account of the European Central Bank’s meeting of 29-30 April, released by the ECB on Friday, showed members of the Governing Council to be keen on preserving financial market confidence, potentially by pre-emptive policy action.

22 May 2020
ECB’s Lagarde: No Psychological Obstacle to Stocking Up PEPP

ECB’s Lagarde: No Psychological Obstacle to Stocking Up PEPP

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank faces “no psychological obstacle” to increasing the size of its €750-billion Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP), ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Monday.

18 May 2020
ECB’s Lane: ECB Analysing the Situation; June Meet Still 3 Weeks Off

ECB’s Lane: ECB Analysing the Situation; June Meet Still 3 Weeks Off

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank is in the process of evaluating the situation with respect to its policy stance and the potential need to do more at the meeting to take place in June, ECB Executive Board member Philip Lane on Monday.

18 May 2020
ECB’s Schnabel:  Spreads Can Signal Fragmentation; ECB to Counter

ECB’s Schnabel: Spreads Can Signal Fragmentation; ECB to Counter

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank is determined to counter fragmentation in the Eurozone and considers its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) ideally suited to the task, ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said Monday.

11 May 2020