By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Wednesday that it was premature to declare victory on inflation, adding that the sustainability of being at target would remain in doubt until non-energy prices also returned to target.
26 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller said Wednesday that a slight dip in inflation below 2% would not in itself justify further rate cuts.
26 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Wednesday that the full impact of higher tariffs had yet to materialize with a disinflationary effect in the short term that would be pushed in the opposite direction in the long term due to fragmentation.
26 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The euro area remains exposed to elevated financial stability risks despite resilient markets and strong bank fundamentals, the European Central Bank said Wednesday in its latest Financial Stability Review.
26 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said in an interview published Tuesday that he currently sees no reason for another interest rate cut, while cautioning that a sharp correction in an AI-driven market boom could change the outlook.
25 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Tuesday warned against thinking that the ECB had lastingly achieved its inflation target.
25 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen on Tuesday said that the ECB remained in a good place, but emphasized that this wouldn’t necessarily last.
25 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Tuesday that Europe should simplify the banking sector’s regulatory framework in order to boost competitiveness.
25 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Monday said euro area inflation had settled close to 2% and that policymakers would continue taking decisions “flexibly from meeting to meeting” as new data become available.
24 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Monday warned that Europe could face weaker productivity and declining competitiveness unless it accelerates the diffusion of artificial intelligence across the economy.
24 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Sunday said that political and economic uncertainty in France risks weighing on its borrowing costs and growth potential, with possible spillovers to the wider euro area and delays to key EU reforms.
23 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Saturday warned that Europe’s fiscal stance over the coming years could either reinforce productive investment and potential growth or risk entrenching what she called “fiscal stagnation.”
22 November 2025
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Friday said that while the ECB’s current monetary policy stance was appropriate, circumstances demanded watchfulness.
21 November 2025
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Friday said that the ECB’s interest rates were in line with its inflation forecast as well as the state of the euro area economy.
21 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – BILBAO, Spain (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Friday that risks to economic growth were now balanced, with incoming data having the potential to surprise in either direction.
21 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Europe’s productivity gap with the United States has widened markedly in recent years, driven by both structural factors and recent shocks, European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Friday.
21 November 2025
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Friday said deeper and more liquid capital markets have become increasingly important for monetary policy transmission and for supporting investment and growth, including in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE).
21 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – BILBAO, Spain (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Friday that the evolution of inflation was positive, but warned against risks to growth and inflation stemming from increasing cheap Chinese imports.
21 November 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Friday said the ECB would adjust policy as required to ensure inflation stays at its 2% goal, adding that the current easing in financing conditions is supporting demand.
21 November 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Álvaro Santos Pereira said on Friday that it was important for the ECB to preserve sufficient policy space in case new shocks make additional rate cuts necessary.
21 November 2025