Central Bank Exclusives

Exclusive: Slovenia DMO Head: Pre-Funded About a Third of 2023 Funding Needs

CEEMEA Exclusive: Slovenia DMO Head: Pre-Funded About a Third of 2023 Funding Needs

12 January 2023

Exclusive: ECB Insider: QT Decision ‘Easier’, Less Controversial than Rate Hike

20 December 2022

Exclusive: ECB Insider: Plan Now Is to Hike at Least Three Times in a Row by 50bp

16 December 2022

TRANSCRIPT: Interview with European Central Bank Governing Council member Mario Centeno dated 29 November 2022

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the Econostream interview dated 29 November 2022 with European Central Bank Governing Council member Mario Centeno:

30 November 2022

Exclusive: ECB’s Centeno: ‘We Are Probably Close to Neutral Levels … 75BP Is Not a Norm’

30 November 2022

Exclusive: ECB Insider: See No Realistic Scenario Where We Reduce Balance Sheet by Much Next Year

25 November 2022

Exclusive: ECB Insider: ‘I’m Almost Sure’ That December Hike Will Be 50BP

24 November 2022

Exclusive: ECB’s Holzmann: If Things Stay Unchanged Between Now and Dec 15, I Would Go for 75BP

21 November 2022

Exclusive: ECB’s Kazāks: ‘There is no pivot. We still say that inflation is a problem, and we will keep raising rates’

- Kazāks: ‘Discussion about the size of the step is appropriate and of course there will be one’

7 November 2022

Exclusive: Governing Council to Hold Non-Monetary Policy Meeting in February in Lapland

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is planning a non-monetary policy meeting of the Governing Council in northern Finland in February, Econostream understands.

28 October 2022

Exclusive: ECB Insider: Expect Lane to Propose 75bp Hike at Upcoming Council Meeting

- ECB insider: Need to Adjust Other Instruments; TLTROs Take Precedence over QT

17 October 2022

Exclusive: ECB Insider: What Everyone Agrees Is That We Need to Take Action

- ECB insider: Could easily picture second-round effects on wages, even if the economy weakens

20 September 2022

Exclusive: ECB Insider: If Price Stability Requires Restrictive Policy, Then We Must Become Restrictive

- ECB insider: ‘Wrong’ to think we would only enter restrictive territory reluctantly

12 September 2022

Exclusive: ECB Insider: QT is ‘Just the Next Step’; Need to Discuss it and ‘Better Sooner than Later’

- ECB insider: I want to discuss QT as soon as possible

12 September 2022

Exclusive: ECB Insider: Lagarde Did Not Push for 50bp

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde did not express support for a rate hike of 50bp at this week’s Governing Council meeting, according to an ECB insider who spoke to Econostream.

9 September 2022

Exclusive: ECB Insider: 50bp Rate Hike Likelier in October than Another 75bp

- ECB insider: Would need very strong case to justify another 75bp