France: AFT Allots €14 Billion in Long-Term OAT Auction
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Thursday allotted €13.998 billion of long-term government bonds (OATs) across four lines.
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Bank of Italy, CEPR: €-Coin Declines in May to 0.45 from 0.52 in April
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Bank of Italy's €-coin indicator, a measure of underlying euro area economic growth, declined to 0.45 in May 2026 from 0.52 in April, according to a joint release by the Bank of Italy and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) on Thursday.
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ECB Comment Recap: June Hike Expectations Firm Up Across Governing Council
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is a collection of views expressed by ECB Governing Council members on various topics of high relevance related to next week’s meeting and the further evolution of monetary policy.
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Greece: PDMA Allots €500 Million in 52-Week T-Bill Auction
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) on Wednesday accepted €500 million of 52-week Treasury bills in an auction initially for €400 million, at a weighted average yield of 2.41%.
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ECB’s Cipollone: ECB Received Over 50 Applications for Digital Euro Pilot
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said Wednesday that the ECB had received more than 50 applications from payment service providers seeking to participate in next year’s digital euro pilot.
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Netherlands: DSTA to Reopen 2035 DSL for €2.0-2.5 Billion on June 9
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Dutch State Treasury Agency (DSTA) announced on Wednesday it will reopen its 2.50% Dutch State Loan (DSL) maturing July 15, 2035, through a tap auction on June 9, targeting an issuance of between €2.0 billion and €2.5 billion.
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ECB’s Elderson: “Increasingly Unlikely” for Us to Look Through Energy Shock
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Frank Elderson said on Wednesday that looking through the energy shock had become “increasingly unlikely” for the ECB.
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UK: DMO Allots £1.60 Billion of 2035 Index-Linked Gilt
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Wednesday allotted £1.60 billion of the 1⅛% Index-Linked Treasury Gilt 2035.
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ECB’s Elderson: ECB to Ask Banks to Act Early on AI Cyber Risks
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Frank Elderson said Wednesday that the ECB would ask banks to take proactive steps to protect themselves against cyber risks stemming from frontier artificial intelligence models.
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ECB Insight: Belgium’s Wunsch Is Better Suited to Opposition Than to Succeeding Lagarde
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch is hardly the least serious name in the discussion about who will eventually succeed ECB President Christine Lagarde, making his multiple drawbacks as a potential candidate all the more deserving of scrutiny.
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ECB’s Wunsch: June Hike Case Would Probably Survive Middle East Peace Deal
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch on Wednesday signaled support for a 25bp rate increase on June 11, saying the case for hiking would probably remain in place even if a peace deal in the Middle East were confirmed shortly before the meeting.
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ECB’s Vujčić: Convergence Must Be Durable, Consistent, Credible to Support Monetary Union
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Boris Vujčić said on Tuesday that successful participation in a monetary union required durable convergence and policy credibility over time, noting that monetary integration could not be achieved through a single policy decision or a temporary alignment of economic indicators.
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Spain: Treasury Allots €6.48 Billion in Six- and 12-Month Letras Auction
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Spanish Treasury on Tuesday allotted €6.482 billion of six- and 12-month Treasury Bills (Letras del Tesoro) in an auction.
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ECB’s Šimkus: No Need to Surprise Markets by Holding Rates in June
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said on Tuesday that he saw no reason for the ECB to surprise financial markets by holding interest rates steady next week.
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ECB Insight: Rehn and the Insurance Hike Paradox
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn's speech on Tuesday mounted the clearest argument yet for characterizing a likely June rate hike as an “insurance hike,” even as it illustrated the peril of the phrase.
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Germany: Finanzagentur Allots €3.86 Billion in 2028 Schatz Reopening
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany's Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Tuesday allotted €3.857 billion in a reopening of its June 2028 federal treasury note (Schatz).
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ECB’s Rehn: June Hike Would Be Insurance, Not Response to Entrenched Inflation
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said Tuesday that a rate increase next week would amount to insurance against inflation risks rather than a response to already entrenched price pressures.
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UK: DMO Sells £3.25 Billion of 4⅝% Green Gilt 2037 at Auction
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday allotted £3.25 billion of the 4⅝% Green government bond (Gilt) 2037.
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Finland: Treasury Sells €2.0 Billion of Bills at Auction
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The State Treasury of the Republic of Finland on Tuesday sold €2.0 billion of Treasury bills across two lines at auction.
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Belgium: Debt Agency Allots €3.70 Billion in Treasury Certificates Auction
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Belgian Debt Agency (BDA) on Tuesday allotted €3.702 billion of Treasury certificates across three lines.
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