By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Wednesday said the ECB’s coming meetings would likely be about whether to leave monetary policy unchanged or raise interest rates further.
1 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, on Wednesday allotted €4.061 billion of EU-Bills across three lines.
1 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s debt management agency, Finanzagentur, on Wednesday allotted €2.673 billion to bidders in a reopening of the 2.50% federal bond (Bund) due November 15, 2032.
1 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Wednesday allotted £1.25 billion nominal of the 0⅛% Index-linked Treasury Gilt 2031.
1 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s June rate hike was necessary even if a milder inflation scenario now materializes, but the Governing Council is not pre-committed to any future path, ECB Governing Council member Martin Kocher said Wednesday.
1 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – SINTRA, Portugal (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Wednesday that the ECB was under no pressure to act urgently or deliver repeated interest rate hikes in the current environment.
1 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – SINTRA, Portugal – European Central Bank Governing Council member Alexander Demarco said on Wednesday that policymakers should not rush into further monetary tightening, citing the sharp decline in oil prices.
1 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – SINTRA, Portugal (Econostream) – Following is a transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 30 June 2026 with Pierre Wunsch, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
1 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – SINTRA, Portugal (Econostream) – Arguments supporting additional monetary policy tightening in the euro area are visibly fading, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch.
1 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Tuesday declined to say whether he would support another rate hike in July, saying the ECB should not “jump the gun” and that inflation expectations remained anchored.
30 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Primož Dolenc on Tuesday said there was no urgency for the ECB to consider further policy tightening if energy prices remained subdued.
30 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s state-sector borrowing requirement amounted provisionally to €13.6 billion in June, compared with €17.87 billion in the same month of 2025, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) said on Wednesday.
1 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italian bank Banco BPM on Tuesday priced €500 million of green subordinated Tier 2 notes.
30 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Luxembourg-based real estate group CPI Property Group on Tuesday priced €550 million of six-year senior unsecured European Green Bond (EuGB) notes.
30 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Belgian Debt Agency (BDA) on Tuesday sold €3.550 billion of Treasury certificates across three lines.
30 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen said Tuesday that the ECB had yet to learn how much inflationary pressure might still be on its way.
30 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – SINTRA, Portugal (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said on Tuesday that the ECB should move quickly if policymakers conclude another interest rate increase is needed, adding that this did not imply a move in July.
30 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Tuesday said that euro area inflation would remain high for the moment, but he declined to endorse the need for more monetary policy tightening.
30 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – SINTRA, Portugal (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Tuesday that second-round inflation effects would “probably take some time” to materialize, meaning the ECB should first focus on indirect effects and how recent energy price increases feed through into food and services inflation.
30 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde’s opening speech in Sintra was dovish, but not because she questioned the Governing Council’s June 11 rate hike – that she did not.
30 June 2026 Central Bank News