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Banque de France Governor Nominee Moulin: ECB Rates Should Be Compatible With Stable Growth

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Banque de France governor nominee Emmanuel Moulin said on Wednesday that while the European Central Bank’s mandate is to fight inflation, interest rates should not be set as high as possible but instead be compatible with stable economic growth.

20 May 2026 Central Bank News

Banque de France Governor Nominee Emmanuel Moulin: Too Early to Know June Decision

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Banque de France Governor nominee Emmanuel Moulin said on Wednesday that it was too early to know what position he would take at the June meeting of the European Central Bank's Governing Council.

20 May 2026 Central Bank News

Germany: Finanzagentur Allots €3.85 Billion at May 20 Bund Auction

By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The German Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) allotted €3.845 billion of Federal bonds (Bunds) on Wednesday at a reopening auction of its 2.90% February 15, 2036 line.

20 May 2026 Debt Issuance News

Ex-ECB’s Centeno Says Euro Area Badly Needs Central Fiscal Capacity

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Former European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno said Wednesday that Europe needed deeper financial integration, less mutual suspicion and a central fiscal capacity for the Eurozone.

20 May 2026 Central Bank News

ECB’s Kocher: Hike Necessary if 2% in Medium Term Is “Unattainable”

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher said on Tuesday that the ECB would have to hike interest rates if reaching the inflation target of 2% in the medium term was “unattainable.”

19 May 2026 Central Bank News

ECB’s Villeroy: Tightening of Financial Conditions Already Impacting Inflation

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that the tightening of financial conditions was already affecting inflation.

19 May 2026 Central Bank News

ECB’s Nagel: Conditions Moving Away from Baseline; Might Need to Act

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Tuesday that the economic outlook was moving away from the ECB’s baseline scenario and that the central bank might need to act.

19 May 2026 Central Bank News

ECB’s Lane: Judgment in Staff Projections “Not Random;” Usually Points in Right Direction

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said Tuesday that the judgment incorporated into ECB staff projections was not arbitrary and generally helped steer the forecasts in the right direction.

19 May 2026 Central Bank News

ECB’s Makhlouf Says SIU Alone Won’t Deliver Europe’s Productivity Boost

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said in a speech that Europe’s Savings and Investments Union would not deliver the productivity gains the bloc needed unless the Single Market itself functioned properly across goods, services and capital.

19 May 2026 Central Bank News

Finland: State Treasury Sells €1.50 Billion in Two-Bond Auction

By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The State Treasury of the Republic of Finland sold €1.50 billion of government bonds on Tuesday across two lines, increasing the outstanding amount of the 2030 and 2041 benchmarks.