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 – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 6 May 2026 with Rasa Kavolytè, Director of State Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.
6 May 2026
Rasa Kavolytė, Director of Lithuanian Treasury: Still have up to €2.5 billion to raise via syndications in 2026
Kavolytė: We prefer launching new benchmarks in syndicated transactions
Kavolytė: Investor demand strongest in the belly of the curve
Kavolytė: No green bond issuance planned in the near term
Kavolytė: No current plans to target institutional investors with defense bonds
Kavolytė: Lithuania not planning to extend defense bond program to longer maturities
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 28 April 2026 with Stelios Leonidou, Senior Economic Officer at the Cypriot Public Debt Management Office.
5 May 2026
- Stelios Leonidou, senior official of Cypriot DMO: New benchmark could be either tap of current 10-year bond or longer-dated issue
- Leonidou: Expect roughly one issuance per year going forward
- Leonidou: There is room to prefund part of 2027 financing needs
- Leonidou: Foreign issuance plans remain on hold until global conditions stabilize
- Leonidou: Initial foreign currency issuance would likely be in USD
- Leonidou: No plans for liability management operations in 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 28 April 2026 with Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets of the Belgian Debt Agency.
30 April 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Belgium may issue a new green bond in 2027, according to Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets at the Belgian Debt Agency.
30 April 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 Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 20 March 2026 with Petra Wehlert, Head of Capital Markets of KfW.
25 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – German investment and development bank KfW is likely to issue another euro green bond in Q2 2026, according to KfW’s Head of Capital Markets, Petra Wehlert.
25 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 – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 13 March 2026 with Adrián Martínez, Vice Director of the Swiss Federal Finance Administration.
18 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – A new Swiss confederation bond is expected later in 2026 and could be issued around the 2041 maturity, which represents the next gap in Switzerland’s bond profile, according to Adrián Martínez, Vice Director of the Swiss Federal Finance Administration (FFA).
18 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