By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 18 February with Gediminas Šimkus, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
20 February 2025
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Market expectations of another three ECB interest rate cuts this year are reasonable, even if high uncertainty makes the precise timing of moves post-March an open question, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus.
20 February 2025
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – There is a real chance that euro area inflation will fall below the European Central Bank’s price stability target of 2%, but this would justify less monetary policy easing, not more, according to Council member Robert Holzmann on Monday.
17 February 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 21 January 2025 with Karol Czarnecki, Director of the Public Debt Department at the Polish Ministry of Finance.:
31 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Poland will issue a new green bond in 2025 and is looking into the euro market for that purpose, according to Karol Czarnecki, director of the Public Debt Department at the Polish Ministry of Finance.
31 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on January 21 with Dorothée Rouzet, Chief Economist of the French Treasury.
27 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The French economy should not suffer recession, with annual growth likely to hover around 1%, according to French Treasury Chief Economist Dorothée Rouzet.
27 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on January 20 with Anna Hughes, CEO of the Australian Office of Financial Management.
21 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Australia will issue a new green bond line via syndication in 2026 or 2027, according to Australian Office of Financial Management’s CEO Anna Hughes.
21 January 2025
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – ZAGREB (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 9 January with Boris Vujčić, Governor of the Croatian National Bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
13 January 2025
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – ZAGREB (Econostream) – The European Central Bank remains unlikely to accelerate the pace of its monetary policy easing, according to Governing Council member Boris Vujčić.
13 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Croatia could consider issuing long bond tenors if it were to extend its average maturity profile, according to Hrvoje Radovanic, director of the Croatian Public Debt Management Directorate.
20 December 2024
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 16 December 2024 with Antonio Cordero, Director General of Financing of Spanish debt issuer Instituto de Crédito Oficial:
20 December 2024
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Spanish debt issuer Instituto de Crédito Oficial could issue around €6 billion in 2025 and might do issuances in foreign currency in a public format, namely via syndication, according to Antonio Cordero, Director General of Financing of the ICO.
20 December 2024
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 12 December 2024 with Saskia Van Dun, Agent of the Dutch State Treasury Agency:
19 December 2024
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Netherlands will deliver a more flexible funding program for 2025 but should stick to the currently expected €40 billion capital market issuance, according to Dutch State Treasury Agent Saskia van Dun.
19 December 2024
By Marta Vilar – ATHENS (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 8 November 2024 with Dimitris Tsakonas, Director General of the Greek Public Debt Management Agency:
20 November 2024
By Marta Vilar – ATHENS (Econostream) – An upgrade of Greece’s credit rating to investment grade by rating agency Moody’s could lead to €3-5 billion in additional demand for Greek debt, said Dimitris Tsakonas, Director General of the Public Debt Management Agency of the country.
20 November 2024
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – In the following we share views gleaned from numerous recent exchanges with European Central Bank Governing Council members regarding the current monetary policy outlook. We depart from our usual format and make key points in list form for the sake of conciseness:
14 November 2024
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank should not deliberately set out to undershoot or overshoot its 2% inflation target, according to ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks.
13 November 2024