By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said Friday that the ECB’s June rate hike was aimed at keeping inflation expectations anchored and preventing price pressures from spreading from energy to other prices and wages.
12 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said Friday that the ECB needed to get ahead of inflation and that it would have been a mistake not to act.
12 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Ülo Kaasik said Friday that markets expected another two to three ECB rate hikes this year, but that the timing of the next move was extremely difficult to predict.
12 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher said Friday that the ECB’s rate hike would help stabilize conditions as the Middle East war pushed inflation higher and raised the risk of second-round effects.
12 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Primož Dolenc said Friday that the ECB’s new interest-rate level would allow it to respond appropriately to further developments in the Middle East energy shock.
12 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Friday that the ECB would maintain optionality regarding its next move and react if necessary.
12 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Thursday’s rate hike by the European Central Bank was “just enough for now,” according to Governing Council member Primož Dolenc, who declined to provide any guidance on future policy moves.
12 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday did what she had to do – and as we expected yesterday – after the Governing Council’s unsurprising 25bp rate hike, refusing adamantly to provide a post-June roadmap.
11 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Thursday allotted €4 billion of a new three-year Treasury bond (BTP) maturing September 15, 2029.
11 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) said Thursday it had securitized a corporate loan portfolio worth €3.3 billion.
11 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that the ECB unanimously decided to raise interest rates by 25bp, with no other policy options discussed, describing the move as both “necessary” and “a signal.”
11 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s monetary policy decision on Thursday was consistent, at least at first glance, with the “one-and-watch” scenario we outlined ahead of the meeting.
11 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s Governing Council on Thursday raised its key interest rates by 25bp and published updated staff projections pointing to weaker growth and higher inflation over the coming years.
11 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Thursday sold £5 billion of the 4% Treasury Gilt 2029 via auction.
11 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s main decision on June 11 stopped being the source of much suspense some time ago, with a 25bp rate hike the only reasonably probable outcome and the Governing Council likely to be unanimous, given the lack of any obvious dissenter.
10 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The German Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Wednesday allotted €3.982 billion in a reopening of the 2.90% federal bond (Bund) due February 15, 2036.
10 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Portugal’s Treasury and Public Debt Management Agency (IGCP) on Wednesday raised €1.078 billion through two government bond auctions.
10 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Tuesday raised €18 billion through a dual-tranche syndicated tap of its seven-year and 30-year government bonds (BTPs), with a total demand of around €238 billion.
9 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Slovenia's Ministry of Finance on Tuesday allotted a total of €126.874 million across issues of three Treasury bill lines maturing in September 2026, December 2026 and June 2027.
9 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Dutch State Treasury Agency (DSTA) on Tuesday raised €2.50 billion through the reopening of its 2.50% Dutch State Loan maturing July 15, 2035.
9 June 2026 Debt Issuance News