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ECB’s Kažimír: ‘I Will Wait for the New Data in September’

ECB’s Kažimír: ‘I Will Wait for the New Data in September’

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír on Monday said that he was now waiting to see how the data looked in September before acting again and that there was no hurry about monetary policy easing.

10 June 2024 Central Bank News
ECB’s Kazāks: Future Rate Cuts Dependent on Economic Outlook

ECB’s Kazāks: Future Rate Cuts Dependent on Economic Outlook

By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – It is too early to make definitive statements about future rate cuts, as these will depend on the inflation and economic outlook, European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Monday.

10 June 2024 Central Bank News
ECB’s Šimkus: More Interest Rate Cuts Possible In 2024

ECB’s Šimkus: More Interest Rate Cuts Possible In 2024

By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Friday said that it would be possible for the ECB to cut interest rates again this year.

7 June 2024 Central Bank News
Bundesbank: German Economy Projected to Slowly Recover

Bundesbank: German Economy Projected to Slowly Recover

By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – After two years of weakness, the German economy is projected to slowly recover in 2024 and to strengthen in 2025 and 2026, the German Bundesbank said on Friday in its latest semi-annual forecasts.

7 June 2024 Central Bank News
ECB Insight: Holzmann’s Lonely Stand, We Suspect, Changes Little to Nothing

ECB Insight: Holzmann’s Lonely Stand, We Suspect, Changes Little to Nothing

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The opposition of Austrian National Bank Governor Robert Holzmann to the European Central Bank’s decision yesterday to cut interest rates by 25bp must have been somewhat of a surprise not just to a large number of his fellow Governing Council members, but to Holzmann himself.

7 June 2024 Central Bank News
ECB Insight: Lagarde, as Data-Dependent as It Gets, Scrupulously Avoids Hints on Timing of Future Moves

ECB Insight: Lagarde, as Data-Dependent as It Gets, Scrupulously Avoids Hints on Timing of Future Moves

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday succeeded in leaving even more uncertain than might have been expected the timing of any further interest rate cuts, though without undermining the idea that more monetary policy easing would be coming as the disinflation process continued and wages ultimately softened.

6 June 2024 Central Bank News