By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is an overview of recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members. We include only comments made since the Governing Council meeting of 14 September, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 11 September .
25 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – ATHENS (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday, one day ahead of the ECB's Governing Council meeting, said that there was still work to be done to bring inflation back to target.
25 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – ATHENS (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday said that Greece could be an example to Europe in overcoming challenges.
25 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Tuesday said that gender diversity was beneficial to the economy.
24 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s latest Bank Lending Survey (BLS), released on Tuesday, showed that euro area banks expect further net tightening for loans to companies, consumers and households, with minimum changes to housing loans standards.
24 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – German core inflation should remain a bit over 4%, despite the weaking of the general inflation rate, the German Bundesbank said on Monday in its latest monthly report.
23 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Ignazio Visco on Friday said that the risk of banking crises was not and could not be completely ruled out.
20 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Ignazio Visco on Thursday said that climate change could affect the mandate of central banks.
19 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank Governing Council on Wednesday said it had decided to move on to the preparation phase of the Digital Euro Project as of November 1st.
18 October 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is an overview of recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members. We include only comments made since the Governing Council meeting of 14 September, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 11 September .
18 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Tuesday said that macroprudential policy faced evolving challenges.
17 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Tuesday said that the ECB’s monetary policy measures were having an effect on inflation.
17 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Tuesday said that the financial stability outlook was delicate.
17 October 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos on Monday said that the latest data had been consistent with projections for inflation but had possibly been weaker than anticipated with respect to growth.
16 October 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Monday said that monetary policy normalisation required that the ECB first be sure enough of the restoration of price stability.
16 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – MARRAKECH, Morocco (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Saturday said that monetary policy had to remain tight to control inflation.
14 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – MARRAKECH, Morocco (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Saturday said that ECB interest rates would remain high for as long as required to meet the inflation target.
14 October 2023
By David Barwick – MARRAKECH, Morocco (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Saturday said that inflation should remain on a downward trend towards 2% in 2025.
14 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – MARRAKECH, Morocco (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Ignazio Visco on Friday said that there was no need for the ECB to intervene over Italian yields.
13 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – MARRAKECH, Morocco (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Friday said that it would be necessary to maintain the current restrictive monetary policy stance to ensure monetary stability.
13 October 2023