By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – RIGA (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will probably continue to take similarly-sized rate steps as long as the economic outlook does not worsen even further, ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Wednesday.
7 October 2024
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on September 26 with Carla Díaz Álvarez de Toledo, director general of the Spanish Treasury.
2 October 2024
- Díaz: Latest syndication had highest demand for inflation-linked bond in euro area
- Díaz: Comfortable with portfolio average life
- Díaz: Won’t adjust issuance programme to short-term changes in interest rates
- Díaz: We try to be very predictable; issuance strategy not opportunistic,
- Díaz: Bond buybacks not part of our regular toolkit
By Marta Vilar – VIENNA (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on September 19 with Markus Stix, Managing Director in charge of markets at the Austrian Treasury.
26 September 2024
By Marta Vilar – VIENNA (Econostream) – Demand for ultra-long bonds will recover and Austria will then assess the possibility of tapping the market for this ‘opportunistic’ part of the curve, according to Markus Stix, Managing Director in charge of markets at the Austrian Treasury.
26 September 2024
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – VILNIUS (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 2 September with Gediminas Šimkus, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
3 September 2024
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – VILNIUS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Monday delivered a clear endorsement of a rate cut in September but deemed further easing as soon as October, as well as a step of more than 25bp, ‘quite unlikely’.
3 September 2024
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – ALPBACH, Austria (Econostream) – By the time of the upcoming monetary policy meeting of the European Central Bank Governing Council there would ideally be more positive data available for the ECB’s decision-making, according to Council member Robert Holzmann on Wednesday.
29 August 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – In his latest intervention, European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks suggested that a return to the ECB’s 2% price stability target next year was a precondition for a September rate cut. Or did he?
23 August 2024
By Isabel Teles – SINTRA, Portugal (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 3 July 2024 with Mário Centeno, Governor of Banco de Portugal and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
9 July 2024
By Isabel Teles – SINTRA, Portugal (Econostream) – The decline of euro area producer prices since the end of 2022, confirmed by weaker-than-expected May data released last week, is grounds for the ECB to ask itself whether it is easing monetary policy rapidly enough to avoid undershooting inflation, according to ECB Governing Council member Mário Centeno.
9 July 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank insiders show great reluctance even to consider a priori the use of the transmission protection instrument (TPI) for the benefit of France, but seem disinclined to tolerate fragmentation, were it to really come to it, based on the views of various Eurosystem insiders who spoke to Econostream recently on the subject.
5 July 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 29 June with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
2 July 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – If euro area inflation fails to subside in the coming months but price stability is still seen being restored by the end of next year, then the European Central Bank would need to consider a further interest rate cut in September, ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Saturday.
2 July 2024
By David Barwick – DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 15 June 2024 with Mário Centeno, Governor of Banco de Portugal and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
20 June 2024
By David Barwick – DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Econostream) – The European Central Bank should leave open the possibility of cutting euro area interest rates again at the July monetary policy meeting, according to ECB Governing Council member Mário Centeno.
20 June 2024
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) - Following is the transcript of a brief chat that took place on 27 May 2024 between Econostream and Robert Holzmann, Governor of the Austrian National Bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, following the latter’s participation in a panel discussion.
28 May 2024
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann on Monday said he would support a 25bp rate cut by the ECB next week in view of the likelihood of disinflation to continue in an environment of economic weakness.
28 May 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank Governing Council is increasingly cautious about prospects for monetary easing beyond the policy meeting in three weeks, though that should not mislead anyone into questioning a June rate cut, according to three Eurosystem insiders who spoke to Econostream recently.
15 May 2024