UK: DMO Allots £1.60 Billion of 2035 Index-Linked Gilt
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Wednesday allotted £1.60 billion of the 1⅛% Index-Linked Treasury Gilt 2035.
3 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
Latest News
ECB’s Elderson: ECB to Ask Banks to Act Early on AI Cyber Risks
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Frank Elderson said Wednesday that the ECB would ask banks to take proactive steps to protect themselves against cyber risks stemming from frontier artificial intelligence models.
3 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB Insight: Belgium’s Wunsch Is Better Suited to Opposition Than to Succeeding Lagarde
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch is hardly the least serious name in the discussion about who will eventually succeed ECB President Christine Lagarde, making his multiple drawbacks as a potential candidate all the more deserving of scrutiny.
3 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Wunsch: June Hike Case Would Probably Survive Middle East Peace Deal
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch on Wednesday signaled support for a 25bp rate increase on June 11, saying the case for hiking would probably remain in place even if a peace deal in the Middle East were confirmed shortly before the meeting.
3 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Vujčić: Convergence Must Be Durable, Consistent, Credible to Support Monetary Union
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Boris Vujčić said on Tuesday that successful participation in a monetary union required durable convergence and policy credibility over time, noting that monetary integration could not be achieved through a single policy decision or a temporary alignment of economic indicators.
2 June 2026 Central Bank News
Spain: Treasury Allots €6.48 Billion in Six- and 12-Month Letras Auction
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Spanish Treasury on Tuesday allotted €6.482 billion of six- and 12-month Treasury Bills (Letras del Tesoro) in an auction.
2 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
ECB’s Šimkus: No Need to Surprise Markets by Holding Rates in June
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said on Tuesday that he saw no reason for the ECB to surprise financial markets by holding interest rates steady next week.
2 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB Insight: Rehn and the Insurance Hike Paradox
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn's speech on Tuesday mounted the clearest argument yet for characterizing a likely June rate hike as an “insurance hike,” even as it illustrated the peril of the phrase.
2 June 2026 Central Bank News
Germany: Finanzagentur Allots €3.86 Billion in 2028 Schatz Reopening
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany's Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Tuesday allotted €3.857 billion in a reopening of its June 2028 federal treasury note (Schatz).
2 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
ECB’s Rehn: June Hike Would Be Insurance, Not Response to Entrenched Inflation
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said Tuesday that a rate increase next week would amount to insurance against inflation risks rather than a response to already entrenched price pressures.
2 June 2026 Central Bank News
UK: DMO Sells £3.25 Billion of 4⅝% Green Gilt 2037 at Auction
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday allotted £3.25 billion of the 4⅝% Green government bond (Gilt) 2037.
2 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
Finland: Treasury Sells €2.0 Billion of Bills at Auction
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The State Treasury of the Republic of Finland on Tuesday sold €2.0 billion of Treasury bills across two lines at auction.
2 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
Belgium: Debt Agency Allots €3.70 Billion in Treasury Certificates Auction
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Belgian Debt Agency (BDA) on Tuesday allotted €3.702 billion of Treasury certificates across three lines.
2 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
ECB’s Sleijpen: Difficult to Fight Inflation if Hikes Raise Concerns About Debt Sustainability
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Counicl member Olaf Sleijpen said on Tuesday that rapidly rising government debt could constrain central banks' ability to combat inflation, noting that concerns about debt sustainability could make interest rate hikes more difficult to implement effectively.
2 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB’s Villeroy: Banque de France to Cut GDP Forecast, But Economy Should Expand “in Most Scenarios”
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Monday that the Banque de France would lower its growth forecasts, although the French economy would still be expected to expand in most of its scenarios.
1 June 2026 Central Bank News
Lithuania: Finance Ministry Sells €50 Million of June 2032 Bond
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania on Monday allotted €50 million of a bond maturing June 1, 2032.
1 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
Germany: Finanzagentur Allots €3.93 Billion in Two Bubill Reopenings
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany's Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Monday allotted €3.929 billion of treasury discount paper in a multi-ISIN tender reopening two Treasury discount paper (Bubill) lines maturing in September 2026 and March 2027.
1 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
France: AFT Allots €8 Billion in BTF Auction
By Laura Contemori - ROME (Econostream) - Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Monday allotted €7.996 billion of short-term bills at its Treasury bill (BTF) auction.
1 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
ECB’s Schnabel Says Risk of Inflation Expectations De-Anchoring Is Rising
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Monday reiterated that the ECB could “no longer look through” the shock from the conflict in the Middle East.
1 June 2026 Central Bank News
ECB Insight: Spain’s Board Claim Takes Precedence as de Cos Fades from View
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Less than a month after we pointed out that European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos’ praise for ex-Banco de España Governor Pablo Hernández de Cos kept getting fainter, the next step has arrived: the former no longer mentions the latter at all.
1 June 2026 Central Bank News