By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is a reasonably complete compendium of the most recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members with respect to monetary policy. Updates are made on a periodic basis.
8 March 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank has seen to it that the updated staff economic projections to be released next week will take into account Russian military aggression, Executive Board member Philip Lane said Wednesday.
2 March 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is a reasonably complete compendium of the most recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members with respect to monetary policy. Updates are made on a periodic basis.
28 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank early Monday announced that Sberbank Europe AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Russia’s Sberbank, was, along with its subsidiaries in Croatia and Slovenia, ‘failing or likely to fail owing to a deterioration of their liquidity situation.’
28 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Russian military aggression against Ukraine has deflationary implications for the medium term and is a reason to take special care not to tighten monetary policy too early, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras.
28 February 2022
By David Barwick – PARIS (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the most relevant comments made by European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde at the press conference during the Informal Ecofin on Friday:
25 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – There are good reasons for monetary policy to remain steady, European Central Bank Governing Council member Mario Centeno said Thursday.
24 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Wednesday said that the geopolitical situation made optionality and flexibility more important than ever for monetary policy.
23 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Tuesday said that there was no need to decide when interest rates in the euro area should start rising, but advocated stopping asset purchases around 3Q.
22 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is a reasonably complete compendium of the most recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members with respect to monetary policy. Updates are made on a periodic basis.
21 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Positive macroeconomic developments and elevated inflation could lead to relatively robust outcomes of wage negotiations this year, the German Bundesbank indicated on Monday in its latest monthly report.
21 February 2022
By David Barwick – NEW YORK (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Fabio Panetta on Friday said that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) were needed not only for central bank money to continue to serve as a standard means of payment, but also to preserve monetary sovereignty.
18 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The impact of including owner-occupied housing (OOH) in Eurozone harmonised inflation has never been greater than 0.3 point in the last decade, the European Central Bank said on Wednesday.
16 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Constantinos Herodotou on Wednesday sounded in no hurry for the ECB to initiate a tightening cycle and put the burden of any policy change on the upcoming set of staff macroeconomic forecasts.
16 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – A lift-off of official euro area borrowing costs is quite probable this year, European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Wednesday.
16 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The Next Generation EU (NGEU) investment and reform programme is likely to make a significant positive contribution to the euro area’s rebound from the crisis, the European Central Bank said on Tuesday.
15 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) The effect of declining global value chain participation on potential output in the euro area is probably limited, the European Central Bank said on Tuesday.
14 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Inflation prospects are subject to considerably more uncertainty in the US than in the Eurozone, the European Central Bank said on Monday.
14 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Sunday observed that tighter monetary conditions could result in higher sovereign borrowing costs affecting debt sustainability.
14 February 2022
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – A gradual normalisation of European Central Bank monetary policy is the most appropriate course of action, Governing Council member Ignazio Visco said on Saturday.
14 February 2022