By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Austria’s debt management agency, OeBFA, on Tuesday allotted a total of €2 billion of Austrian Treasury bills (ATBs) across two maturities.
23 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The European Commission is preparing a package of banking sector reforms aimed at improving the efficiency and competitiveness of the EU banking market and strengthening banks’ capacity to finance the EU economy and strategic priorities, according to a draft document seen by Econostream on Tuesday.
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By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Tuesday that the ECB raised interest rates in June because failing to respond to the energy shock risked allowing it to evolve into a broader and more persistent inflation problem, adding that policymakers remained mindful of the negative effects of higher prices on economic activity.
23 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Tuesday that policymakers had assigned a higher probability in recent weeks to a diplomatic resolution of the conflict in the Middle East.
23 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane’s remarks to the European Parliament on Tuesday were broadly consistent with ECB President Christine Lagarde’s statement the day before, but not identical in emphasis.
23 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Tuesday said the ECB’s June rate increase was appropriate and robust, citing the energy shock’s pass-through to broader inflation and persistent upside risks.
23 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday said Greece must maintain fiscal discipline, protect its banking system and raise productivity through investment and reforms to preserve the gains made since its debt crisis.
23 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Kingdom of Denmark on Tuesday priced a €1.5 billion two-year senior unsecured bond.
23 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Monday rejected comparisons between the current environment and the stagflation of the 1970s, saying the ECB would act to prevent inflation from becoming embedded.
22 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Next to her June 11 press conference, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde’s statement on Monday at the European Parliament didn’t let through much daylight. But it let through some.
22 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that current conditions were probably somewhere between the ECB’s baseline and milder scenarios, reflecting a decline in uncertainty since the June projections.
22 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – France’s Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Monday allotted €7.648 billion through the auction of four fixed-rate discount Treasury bills (BTFs).
22 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Monday said the ECB’s June rate hike was warranted under all staff scenarios, while indicating that the current shock did not yet justify a forceful policy response.
22 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, on Monday allotted €6.499 billion across three maturities in an EU-Bonds auction.
22 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Monday that oil prices should gradually move towards levels consistent with milder scenarios over the coming months if the recent US-Iran agreement holds.
22 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta on Monday said Europe had to complete the institutional architecture of the euro in order to strengthen monetary and political sovereignty in a more fragmented world.
22 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Emmanuel Moulin said on Monday that the ECB had made clear it was neither starting a rate hike cycle nor signalling further increases in coming meetings, stressing that future decisions would continue to be taken meeting by meeting.
22 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Econostream's ECB Tone Meter registered a noticeable drop for the Governing Council and a smaller decline for the Executive Board this week, as policymakers continued to stress upside inflation risks while refraining from signaling further rate increases as clearly as they had prior to the June meeting.
19 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) raised €8.843 billion in the first issuance of the new BTP Italia Sì retail bond, the ministry said on Friday in a press release.
19 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Friday that it would have been difficult to justify leaving interest rates unchanged at the ECB's June meeting, given the deterioration in the inflation outlook.
19 June 2026 Central Bank News