By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Slovakia could issue a new dual-tranche bond in a benchmark transaction this autumn with a maturity of 12 and 20 years, according to Daniel Bytcanek, director of the Slovak Debt and Liquidity Management Agency.
11 April 2025
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 07 April with Gediminas Šimkus, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
8 April 2025
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) – The European Central Bank should cut interest rates again by 25bp in April, given the mounting downside risks associated with new US tariffs, in the view of ECB Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus.
8 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 1 April 2025 with Rasa Kavolytė, Director of the State Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.:
3 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Lithuania is planning to deliver a bond issuance around the 20-year tenor soon if market conditions allow for it, according to Rasa Kavolytė, Director of the State Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.
3 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 14 March 2025 with Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets of the Belgian Debt Agency.
28 March 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Belgium could deliver an issuance in the 30-year maturity bucket via auction this year if there is enough demand, according to Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets of the Belgian Debt Agency.
28 March 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 13 March 2025 with Matthew Emde, Director General of Funds Management at the Canadian Department of Finance:
27 March 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - Canada is not expecting to deliver another USD bond issuance in 2025 after ‘great success’ of the transaction on March 11, according to Matthew Emde, Director General of Funds Management at the Canadian Department of Finance.
27 March 2025
By Marta Vilar – LISBON (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 20 March with Mário Centeno, governor of the Banco de Portugal and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
26 March 2025
By Marta Vilar – LISBON (Econostream) – There is no reason for the European Central Bank to pause interest rate cuts in the April meeting, according to ECB Governing Council member Mário Centeno.
26 March 2025
By David Barwick – ATHENS (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 20 March with Yannis Stournaras, Governor of the Bank of Greece and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
21 March 2025
By David Barwick – ATHENS (Econostream) – All currently available information suggests that another interest rate cut will be appropriate at the European Central Bank’s 17 April monetary policy meeting, but high uncertainty means that no particular outcome can be taken for granted, according to ECB Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras.
21 March 2025
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – VALLETTA (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 18 March with Alexander Demarco, Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Malta and alternate member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
19 March 2025
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – VALLETTA (Econostream) – While elevated uncertainty implies that a pause in monetary policy easing cannot currently be excluded in April, there may be reason for the European Central Bank to stick to the ‘default’ option of another rate cut, according to ECB Governing Council alternate member Alexander Demarco.
19 March 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Friday said that interest rate expectations incorporated in the ECB’s projections could still be realised if developments supported this.
7 March 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 27 February 2025 with Marjan Divjak, Director General of the Treasury Directorate of Slovenia's Ministry of Finance:
28 February 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Slovenia might tap the Panda bond market, according to Marjan Divjak, Director General of the Treasury Directorate of Slovenia's Ministry of Finance.
28 February 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 19 February 2025 with Stelios Leonidou, Senior Economic Officer at the Cypriot Public Debt Management Office.
24 February 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Public Debt Management Office of Cyprus is assessing whether it should reopen the 2034 bond anytime soon, according to Senior Economic Officer Stelios Leonidou.
24 February 2025