By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde on Saturday said trade and supply-chain dependencies had become a security issue for Europe, arguing that a more volatile geoeconomic environment would likely bring more frequent episodes of financial market stress.
14 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The European Central Bank has expanded access to its repo facility, granting standing eligibility in principle to central banks globally, according to a press release.
14 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter showed the Governing Council and the Executive Board remained broadly stable this week, with only a marginal hawkish shift in each that is unlikely to be materially significant.
13 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 6 February 2026 with Luis de Guindos, vice president of the European Central Bank:
10 February 2026
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Following is the transcript of a brief chat on Wednesday, 28 January 2026 with European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus, chairman of the Bank of Lithuania:
28 January 2026
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Wednesday rejected calls to react too quickly to the strengthening of the euro versus the dollar.
28 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 17 January 2026 with Dimitar Radev, Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
19 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Hiking interest rates would require clearer evidence of persistent services inflation and strong wage dynamics, as well as signs that domestic price pressures were failing to ease as projected, according to Dimitar Radev, governor of the Bulgarian National Bank and member of the European Central Bank Governing Council.
19 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 15 January with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
19 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s current interest rate level is appropriate and financial markets’ rate expectations appear broadly aligned with the baseline outlook, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks.
19 January 2026
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on Tuesday with Estonian Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi on the margins of the Central & Eastern European Forum.
13 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream with former European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno. The interview focused exclusively on the matter at hand—Centeno's announcement on Thursday of his candidacy to succeed ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos, whose term ends on 31 May 2026—and did not delve into any aspect of current ECB policy:
9 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank must remain in an attitude of readiness to adjust its interest rates either up or down as circumstances require, according to ECB Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday.
23 December 2025
By David Barwick – HELSINKI (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 5 December 2025 with Olli Rehn, Governor of the Bank of Finland and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
8 December 2025
By David Barwick – HELSINKI (Econostream) – Reduced US Federal Reserve autonomy would “logically” produce structurally higher US inflation with consequences for European monetary policy, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn.
8 December 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 27 November 2025 with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
2 December 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The likelihood that the European Central Bank would cut if confronted with a negative inflation shock is greater than the probability of it hiking in response to a positive shock of equal magnitude, according to ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks.
2 December 2025
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 07 November with Martin Kocher, Governor of the Austrian National Bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
12 November 2025
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – Economic growth in the euro area could prove somewhat better than current projections, given the improvement seen in the latest data, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher.
12 November 2025