By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s consumer expectations survey, released Tuesday, showed expectations in June of inflation in one year as well as three years ahead down versus May.
8 August 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 27 July, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 24 July .
4 August 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Friday said that inflation in the euro area would decline substantially in the latter part of 2023.
4 August 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Fabio Panetta on Thursday called for monetary policy to be set so as to avoid needlessly hurting the economy.
3 August 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Wednesday said that despite the generally positive conclusions of the latest banking system stress test, Europe's banks should be conservative when it comes to dividends.
2 August 2023
They Said It - Recent Comments of ECB Governing Council Members
31 July 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on reiterated his opposition to further increases in euro area official interest rates.
31 July 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – A decision by the European Central Bank not to raise interest rates would not necessarily signify the end of its rate hike cycle, President Christine Lagarde said on Sunday.
30 July 2023
By David Barwick – LJUBLJANA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Friday said that the ECB was confronting a changed situation in which the next monetary policy decisions were not as clear as they had been previously.
28 July 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír on Friday said that the ECB was not done after yesterday’s 25bp hike and that it should continue with a ‘firm step’ towards price stability.
28 July 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Friday said that it was difficult to imagine that the ECB would hike rates in September.
28 July 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Friday said that with monetary policy transmission requiring time, perseverance had become the principal virtue to govern coming policy decisions.
28 July 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boštjan Vasle on Friday said that the stubbornly robust labour market posed a threat to core inflation.
28 July 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Friday that the fight against high inflation was not yet over in the Eurozone.
28 July 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – In a further sign of rate hikes feeding through to the Eurozone economy, the European Central Bank’s latest Bank Lending Survey, released on Tuesday, showed demand for credit continuing to plummet.
25 July 2023
By David Barwick and Xavier D’Arcy – 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 15 June, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 9 June .
24 July 2023
By David Barwick and Xavier D’Arcy – 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 15 June, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 9 June .
19 July 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – A 25bp hike at next week’s European Central Bank meeting is a near certainty, ECB Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday.
19 July 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is close to its terminal rate, though might still have some tightening left to do, ECB Governing Council member Ignazio Visco said on Tuesday.
18 July 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The balance of risks to the monetary policy outlook is shifting and the European Central Bank should possibly start paying attention to the risk of overtightening, ECB Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Tuesday.
18 July 2023