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ECB’s Lagarde: European Economy to Benefit from Olympic Games

ECB’s Lagarde: European Economy to Benefit from Olympic Games

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Monday said that the Olympic Games could be beneficial to the European economy at large as they would add to activity, consumption and confidence.

29 July 2024 Central Bank News
ECB Economic Bulletin: Need to Ensure Level Playing Field Conditions with China

ECB Economic Bulletin: Need to Ensure Level Playing Field Conditions with China

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The economic transformation in China impacts the country's trading partners, demanding a European response that ensures fairness on global markets, according to the Economic Bulletin pre-release published Monday by the European Central Bank.

29 July 2024 Central Bank News
ECB Insight: Schnabel’s Balancing Act Changes Little to Nothing

ECB Insight: Schnabel’s Balancing Act Changes Little to Nothing

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Hawkish though she may seem at first glance, European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel’s interview from Friday changes little to nothing in our view, and it is possible it was never meant to do much more.

29 July 2024 Central Bank News
ECB: Consumer Expectations of Inflation Unchanged at Lowest Level Since 2021

ECB: Consumer Expectations of Inflation Unchanged at Lowest Level Since 2021

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s latest consumer expectations survey, released Friday, showed that consumer expectations of future inflation remained at the same level in June as in May, when the lowest levels in almost three years had been hit.

26 July 2024 Central Bank News
ECB Insight: A Dovish De Guindos Identifies the ‘Key Question’ for a September Rate Cut

ECB Insight: A Dovish De Guindos Identifies the ‘Key Question’ for a September Rate Cut

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – With one sentence, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Tuesday seems to have established what information September has to bring for the Governing Council to cut interest rates again. Less explicitly, but to our mind nonetheless unambiguously, he conveyed the expectation that the conditions for more easing would be met eight weeks from now.

23 July 2024 Central Bank News
Bundesbank: German Economy to Stabilise Somewhat in 3Q

Bundesbank: German Economy to Stabilise Somewhat in 3Q

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The German economy's recent downward trend is likely to give way to stabilisation in the third quarter, after having grown less than expected in the spring, the German Bundesbank said on Monday in its latest monthly report.

22 July 2024 Central Bank News