By Marta Vilar – SINTRA, Portugal (Econostream) – Following is a transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 30 June 2026 with Pierre Wunsch, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
1 July 2026
By Marta Vilar – SINTRA, Portugal (Econostream) – Arguments supporting additional monetary policy tightening in the euro area are visibly fading, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch.
1 July 2026
By David Barwick - FRANKFURT (Econostream) - Following is a transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 26 June 2026 with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
29 June 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank can afford to wait before deciding whether further monetary policy tightening is needed, with recent developments having sharply reduced the probability of negative scenarios and removed any need to rush into another move, ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said.
29 June 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 19 June 2026 with Denis Beau, deputy governor of the Banque de France and designated chair of the ACPR.
25 June 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The European banking framework has become unnecessarily complex in some areas and concerns about the credibility of European supervision should no longer stand in the way of efforts to simplify regulation and supervision, according to Banque de France Deputy Governor Denis Beau.
25 June 2026
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 28 May 2026 with Gediminas Šimkus, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
29 May 2026
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) – A 25bp June interest rate hike by the European Central Bank would be prudent and a second tightening move thereafter is more likely than not, according to ECB Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus, who said that policymakers should gather additional evidence after June rather than feel compelled to tighten again immediately.
29 May 2026
By Marta Vilar – DUBLIN (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said on Wednesday that that the ECB should lead markets rather than follow them, warning that it “would be a big mistake” to raise rates without the justification of evidence, simply because markets expected it.
27 May 2026
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 11 May 2026 with Martin Kocher, Governor of the Austrian National Bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
13 May 2026
By Marta Vilar and David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – A European Central Bank interest rate hike should not be considered the baseline for June, although keeping rates unchanged through year-end would be difficult if price developments failed to improve, according to ECB Governing Council member Martin Kocher.
13 May 2026
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 15 April 2026 and updated on 17 April 2026 with Joachim Nagel, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
17 April 2026
By Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – The European Central Bank does not necessarily have to deliver on financial market expectations of ECB interest rate moves, according to Governing Council member Joachim Nagel.
17 April 2026
By Marta Vilar and David Barwick – WASHINGTON (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 16 April with Alexander Demarco, Governor of the Central Bank of Malta and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
17 April 2026
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – WASHINGTON (Econostream) – June, rather than the April 30 policy meeting, would be the more appropriate point for the European Central Bank to judge whether the war-driven energy shock is feeding through into broader inflation, according to ECB Governing Council member Alexander Demarco.
17 April 2026
By Marta Vilar and David Barwick – TALLINN (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 26 March 2026 with Madis Müller, Governor of Eesti Pank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
27 March 2026
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – TALLINN (Econostream) – The European Central Bank might not need to wait until broad-based second-round effects are “fully visible” before considering a rate increase, according to ECB Governing Council member Madis Müller.
27 March 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 24 March 2026 with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
25 March 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – An early interest rate move by the European Central Bank would be warranted if inflation became entrenched and spread beyond energy into the rest of the economy, according to ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks.
25 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – BRUSSELS (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 5 March 2026 with Olli Rehn, Governor of the Bank of Finland and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
6 March 2026