By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Tuesday said that tariffs could ultimately prove deflationary and that growth in the euro area was very weak.
22 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Tuesday that the euro area was nearing completion of the disinflation process but was also in the midst of grappling with economic shocks.
22 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír on Tuesday said that ECB monetary policy had ceased to hold back euro area economic growth.
22 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Tuesday said that the uncertainty over US trade policy was dampening euro area economic growth.
22 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Monday said that the ECB would set policy meeting by meeting in an environment characterised by diminishing price pressures and a high chance of recession.
21 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Bank of Slovenia Deputy Governor Primož Dolenc on Friday said that disinflation was going as anticipated and the European Central Bank’s Governing Council would act on the basis of available information
18 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday that inflation risks were now weaker and probably to the downside.
18 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Official euro area interest rates are not holding back growth any longer, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Friday.
18 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank may have considered it an inopportune moment to reach a monetary policy decision other than what financial markets were expecting, according to ECB Governing Council member Gaston Reinesch on Friday.
18 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Thursday that the impact of US tariffs on inflation in the euro area would depend on negotiations with the affected countries, among other factors.
17 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that the ECB would know more about the impact of US tariffs on the euro area by its next Governing Council meeting in June.
17 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - The European Central Bank’s Governing Council decided on Thursday to cut its three key interest rates by 25bp, as widely expected by markets and analysts.
17 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Friday that the ECB was monitoring financial market developments but that these were functioning in an ‘orderly’ way.
11 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Friday that policymakers should deliver robust measures in the face of high uncertainty.
11 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – With the pre-meeting quiet period of the European Central Bank having started today, we have collected in one place the key comments of Governing Council members regarding the US tariffs announced on April 2.
10 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday that the decision of the US administration to pause the increase in tariffs for 90 days was a sensible call to make.
9 April 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Wednesday called for further monetary accommodation in light of the improved inflation outlook and weaker growth prospects in the euro area.
9 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said that some of the worst-case scenarios that had been identified were already materialising.
9 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno said on Wednesday that US tariffs would cause a ‘contraction of the economy’, while the impact on prices would be ‘ambiguous’.
9 April 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said on Wednesday that in light of recent developments, the ECB had to strengthen the European economy.
9 April 2025