By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The European Commission on Tuesday raised €8 billion through its sixth syndicated transaction of 2026, with final orders totaling more than €161 billion.
9 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Slovakia joined the FTSE World Government Bond Index (WGBI) in June 2026, strengthening its position in international financial markets, the country’s Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL) said on Tuesday.
9 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Agence France Trésor (AFT) allotted €7.898 billion of fixed-rate discount Treasury bills (BTFs) at an auction on Monday.
8 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania on Monday allotted €50 million of a government bond maturing March 10, 2036.
8 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Monday mandated six banks for a dual-tranche syndicated tap of its 7-year and 30-year benchmark BTPs.
8 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Monday allotted €3.177 billion across two treasury discount bills (Bubills).
8 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter was broadly unchanged for the Governing Council while turning slightly more hawkish for the Executive Board as the quiet period ahead of the June meeting began.
5 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Belgian Debt Agency (BDA) on Friday allotted €501 million of linear government bonds (OLOs) through its Optional Reverse Inquiry (ORI) facility auction.
5 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Thursday said the latest Middle East conflict had created another supply-side shock that was pushing up inflation and weighing on economic activity, arguing that Europe needed more investment to strengthen its resilience.
4 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 3 June 2026 with Janno Luurmees, Head of Estonia’s State Treasury Department.
4 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Estonia will become a more regular issuer with one or two benchmark bond transactions per year, according to Janno Luurmees, Head of Estonia’s State Treasury Department.
4 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Spanish Treasury on Thursday allotted €5.566 billion across a three-year Bono del Estado, two nominal Obligaciones del Estado and a 15-year inflation-linked bond.
4 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Thursday said artificial intelligence could raise productivity and increase economies’ growth potential, but warned that the transition could also create inflationary pressures, labor-market disruptions and new risks to financial stability.
4 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Thursday allotted €13.998 billion of long-term government bonds (OATs) across four lines.
4 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Bank of Italy's €-coin indicator, a measure of underlying euro area economic growth, declined to 0.45 in May 2026 from 0.52 in April, according to a joint release by the Bank of Italy and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) on Thursday.
4 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is a collection of views expressed by ECB Governing Council members on various topics of high relevance related to next week’s meeting and the further evolution of monetary policy.
4 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) on Wednesday accepted €500 million of 52-week Treasury bills in an auction initially for €400 million, at a weighted average yield of 2.41%.
3 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said Wednesday that the ECB had received more than 50 applications from payment service providers seeking to participate in next year’s digital euro pilot.
3 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Dutch State Treasury Agency (DSTA) announced on Wednesday it will reopen its 2.50% Dutch State Loan (DSL) maturing July 15, 2035, through a tap auction on June 9, targeting an issuance of between €2.0 billion and €2.5 billion.
3 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Frank Elderson said on Wednesday that looking through the energy shock had become “increasingly unlikely” for the ECB.
3 June 2026 Central Bank News