By David Barwick - RIGA (Econostream) - Following is a transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank on 11 November 2026.
12 November 2026
By David Barwick – RIGA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Wednesday that further monetary tightening was “not a race toward much higher rates” and that policymakers needed to consider whether additional increases would unnecessarily harm growth if inflation was credibly projected to subside over the next 12 to 18 months.
12 November 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 21 October 2026 with Markus Stix, Managing Director in charge of markets at the Austrian Treasury:
27 October 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European sovereign bond markets could face further turmoil if governments fail to restore fiscal sustainability, according to Markus Stix, Managing Director in charge of markets at the Austrian Treasury, who warned that the absence of a dominant bond buyer, following years of large-scale European Central Bank purchases, has left governments increasingly exposed to market discipline.
27 October 2026
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar - BANGKOK (Econostream) - Following is a transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank on 17 October 2026.
21 October 2026
By Marta Vilar and David Barwick – BANGKOK (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is well positioned at the moment but faces a situation demanding particular caution in determining monetary policy, ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks told Econostream on Saturday.
21 October 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 6 October 2026 with Tammo Diemer, Executive Director of the German Finance Agency.
21 October 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Germany's annual borrowing needs are likely to remain above €500 billion over the medium term as the government ramps up spending on defense and infrastructure, according to Tammo Diemer, executive director of Germany's Federal Finance Agency.
21 October 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Unconditional European support measures aimed at calming sovereign bond markets could ultimately create the conditions for a more serious debt crisis, according to Tammo Diemer, executive director of Germany's Federal Finance Agency.
21 October 2026
By David Barwick – BANGKOK (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 17 October 2026 with Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Second Deputy Governor of the Banque de France:
20 October 2026
By David Barwick – BANGKOK (Econostream) – Europe will need a common safe asset, but making it central to the Savings and Investments Union would risk blocking negotiations, Banque de France Second Deputy Governor Agnès Bénassy-Quéré said in an interview conducted on October 17.
20 October 2026
By Marta Vilar – BANGKOK (Econostream) – Following is the transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 15 October 2026 with Pierre Wunsch, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
16 October 2026
By Marta Vilar – BANGKOK (Econostream) - The recent increase in long-term bond yields does not mean the European Central Bank has finished raising interest rates, according to Pierre Wunsch, member of the ECB Governing Council, who argued that further tightening would be “reasonable” given persistent inflation pressures and the resilience of the Eurozone economy.
16 October 2026
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – VALLETTA (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 28 September 2026 with Alexander Demarco, Governor of the Central Bank of Malta and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
29 September 2026
By Marta Vilar and David Barwick – VALLETTA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Alexander Demarco said higher-than-expected underlying inflation could justify another rate hike before second-round effects become visible, while a combination of adverse inflation and energy developments could make an October move compelling.
29 September 2026
By David Barwick - FRANKFURT (Econostream) - Following is a transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank. The interview was finalized on 17 September 2026.
18 September 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is likely to have further to go in tightening monetary policy if its September baseline holds, Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks told Econostream, with policy rates ultimately needing to enter restrictive territory.
18 September 2026
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 31 August 2026 with Gediminas Šimkus, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
1 September 2026
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) – An interest rate hike next week by the European Central Bank is clearly warranted and will probably have to be followed by further tightening, given the strengthening of inflation pressures in the region and the unexpected resilience of the euro area economy, according to ECB Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus.
1 September 2026
By Marta Vilar – SOFIA (Econostream) Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 26 August 2026 with Dimitar Radev, Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
27 August 2026