By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 28 April 2026 with Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets of the Belgian Debt Agency.
30 April 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Belgium may issue a new green bond in 2027, according to Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets at the Belgian Debt Agency.
30 April 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank does not need to feel obliged by markets on Thursday into explicitly validating June rate hike expectations, let alone a 50bp move. But after the latest inflation expectations data and Tuesday’s market reaction, a dovish tone from ECB President Christine Lagarde would fit the moment poorly, even if sounding overly hawkish would also carry risks.
29 April 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) allotted a total of €9.0 billion across Treasury bonds (BTPs) and floating-rate securities (CCTeu) on Wednesday.
29 April 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Greek Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) allotted €500 million of 13-week Treasury bills on Wednesday, exceeding the auctioned amount of €400 million.
29 April 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The German Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) allotted €3.834 billion of Federal bonds (Bunds) on Wednesday via the reopening of a 10-year line.
29 April 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Over the last month, the European Central Bank has laid the groundwork for a hold at this week’s Governing Council monetary policy meeting. If the three key last-minute data points—namely euro area GDP and inflation as well as the ECB’s corporate telephone survey—do not deliver a major surprise, then a unanimous hold on Thursday still looks like the most likely outcome.
28 April 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The European Central Bank lagged markets in turning hawkish after the Middle East conflict began and is already retreating from that stance, even as investors continue to price in two rate hikes for 2026, having only recently dropped expectations of an April move. This shift is clearly reflected in Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter and we explain it in this piece.
28 April 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s latest Consumer Expectations Survey makes a hold by the Governing Council on Thursday a harder sell, but does not make a rate hike unavoidable.
28 April 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Eurozone consumers’ inflation expectations rose in March, including at the three-year horizon, while growth expectations worsened and expected unemployment increased, the European Central Bank said in its latest Consumer Expectations Survey, released Tuesday.
28 April 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) allotted a total of €4.50 billion of Treasury bills (BOTs) on Tuesday across two maturities.
28 April 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Dutch State Treasury Agency (DSTA) raised €1.31 billion through the reopening of its Dutch State Loan (DSL) 3.75% January 15, 2042 bond on Tuesday.
28 April 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Austria’s debt management agency, the OeBFA, allotted €2.0 billion of Austrian Treasury bills (ATBs) on Tuesday across two maturities, with bid-to-cover ratios of 1.80 and 1.88.
28 April 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s latest SAFE survey, just released, does not compel a rate hike on Thursday but does make a relaxed hold harder to justify.
27 April 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Eurozone companies reported tighter bank lending conditions and a marked rise in short-term inflation expectations in the first quarter of 2026, the European Central Bank said Monday.
27 April 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania allotted €45 million in a tap of its euro-denominated government bond maturing January 22, 2031 on Monday.
27 April 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Belgian Debt Agency issued a total of €2.995 billion of linear ordinary bonds (OLOs) on Monday across three maturities, close to the top of its indicated €2.6 billion to €3.0 billion range.
27 April 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) - Agence France Trésor (AFT) issued a total of €8.045 billion of fixed-rate discount Treasury bills (BTFs) on Monday across four maturities, with demand about 3.5 times the amount served.
27 April 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír said Friday that the policy discussion had shifted markedly in recent months, with talk of a possible rate cut now replaced by debate over whether a modest increase may eventually be needed.
24 April 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter continued to decline this week, building on last week’s reversal from earlier hawkish levels. The Governing Council index has now slipped back into neutral territory, sitting just below the threshold that would signal a slightly hawkish stance.
24 April 2026 Central Bank News