By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane on Thursday said Europe must accelerate efforts to complete the banking union and the savings and investments union, while ensuring that central bank money keeps pace with financial digitalization.
23 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 22 October with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
22 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – It could be that the European Central Bank’s easing cycle has reached the terminal rate and that the next adjustment of interest rates will be upwards, according to ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Wednesday.
22 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Wednesday said that ECB interest rates were at the appropriate level.
22 October 2025
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Recent conversations by Econostream with multiple European Central Bank policymakers point to one conclusion: any lingering expectations of a December rate cut would be unrealistic unless the policy environment changed significantly.
22 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday said the ECB had succeeded in engineering a soft landing, bringing inflation back to target without damaging growth, and that the institution’s independence and credibility were central to that outcome.
21 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – On 21 October 2025, European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip R. Lane said monetary transmission is proceeding but remains uneven, with financial conditions still restrictive and credit dynamics subdued compared to past regularities.
21 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Tuesday said that Europe must accelerate investment in renewables to secure affordable, sustainable and reliable energy and strengthen its long-term competitiveness.
21 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel on Tuesday said that credibility in monetary policy depends on central bank independence, reliable statistics and a clear focus on the price stability mandate.
21 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Sunday noted the loss of attractiveness of the US dollar.
19 October 2025
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Saturday called anew for reducing internal European barriers to trade and denied that Europe bore chief responsibility for global imbalances.
18 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Saturday that he was “confident” about inflation and that the ECB should not be complacent.
18 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Friday that the ECB would have to adjust interest rates if inflation was at risk of persistently undershooting its 2% target.
17 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said on Friday that he would back a “mildly supportive stance” if inflation stayed below 2% while growth held at potential and the labour market remained solid.
17 October 2025
By David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Friday said that Europe was in need of measures to boost too-weak economic growth and that the US dollar’s hegemony was being challenged but likely to continue.
17 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen said on Friday that the ECB was in a good place but that risks required ongoing vigilance.
17 October 2025
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Friday that there was currently no need for the ECB to act.
17 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Friday advocated further ECB monetary policy easing.
17 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Edward Scicluna said he doesn’t expect any change to interest rates this month, while signaling that the December policy meeting will feature a more heated discussion on the basis of new data and projections.
17 October 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Friday reaffirmed that the ECB would decide its monetary policy stance on a meeting-by-meeting basis, guided by data and without pre-commitment to any rate path.
17 October 2025