By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Friday said that there would be enough data to support a change to a less restrictive monetary policy stance by the time of the Governing Council meeting in June.
15 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Thursday said that ECB wanted to have more information before changing its monetary policy stance and that data available in June would make a change possible.
14 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Thursday said that the ECB’s monetary policy stance would not be impacted by the changes to the operational framework announced the previous day.
14 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Thursday said that were still risks to the economic outlook and that it was not yet the moment to consider the fight against inflation won.
14 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Thursday said that it was necessary to take time to ensure that the shift in the ECB’s monetary policy stance was done correctly.
14 March 2024 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Thursday urged that the ECB start cutting interest rates.
14 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Thursday said that he expected the Governing Council to decide to cut interest rates for the first time in June.
14 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – There minimum reserve requirements and the remuneration of minimum reserves would remain unchanged, according to a press release published Wednesday by the European Central Bank announcing changes to its operational framework.
13 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The deposit facility rate (DFR) would remain the main tool of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy, according to a press release published Wednesday by the ECB announcing changes to its operational framework.
13 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – A mix of instruments including main refinancing operations (MROs), three-month longer-term refinancing operations (LTROs), and, in the future, structural longer-term credit operations and a structural portfolio of securities would be relied on to provide liquidity to the banking system, according to a press release published Wednesday by the European Central Bank announcing changes to its operational framework.
13 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – New structural longer-term refinancing operations and a structural portfolio of securities that would contribute to the banking sector’s liquidity needs would be introduced by the European Central Bank at a later moment, according to a press release published Wednesday by the ECB announcing changes to its operational framework.
13 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The spread between the rate on the main refinancing operations (MROs) and the deposit facility rate (DFR) will be reduced from 50bp to 15bp with effect from 18 September 2024, according to a press release published Wednesday by the European Central Bank.
13 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Wednesday said that the ECB was likely to reduce interest rates in June in line with a pragmatic approach.
13 March 2024 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank my soon be able to start cutting interest rates, but must act with caution in an uncertain environment fraught with risks, ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Wednesday.
13 March 2024 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is set to announce the outcome of its operational framework review on Wednesday, following a final meeting, held virtually, of the Governing Council.
12 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Tuesday said that financial inclusion was especially relevant when responding to digital innovation, and that both needed to be well matched.
12 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Most consumers in the euro area prefer to use one payment method, generally cash or contactless cards, the European Central Bank said on Tuesday.
12 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Tuesday said that there was a common understanding within the Governing Council on reducing interest rates during the spring.
12 March 2024 Central Bank News
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Monday said that the next steps regarding interest rates would be determined by the success in achieving price stability.
11 March 2024 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír on Monday said that the ECB’s confidence would ‘reach the threshold’ in June.
11 March 2024 Central Bank News