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ECB’s Weidmann: There Are No Limits to Our Commitment to the Euro

ECB’s Weidmann: There Are No Limits to Our Commitment to the Euro

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Jens Weidmann said on Monday that he agreed with ECB President Christine Lagarde that there are no limits to monetary authorities’ commitment to the euro.

22 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB’s Panetta: Need Clearer Picture to Use More of Our Firepower

ECB’s Panetta: Need Clearer Picture to Use More of Our Firepower

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank did not have a sufficiently clear picture ahead to deploy more of its firepower than it did at the June 4 meeting of the Governing Council, ECB Executive Board member Fabio Panetta said on Tuesday.

16 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB’s Panetta: Price Stability Mandate Dictated Adjustment of PEPP

ECB’s Panetta: Price Stability Mandate Dictated Adjustment of PEPP

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank’s mandate to ensure price stability compelled its decision last week to adjust the parameters of the pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP), ECB Executive Board member Fabio Panetta said Friday.

12 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB’s de Guindos:  Medium-Term Financial Stability Risks Up Markedly

ECB’s de Guindos: Medium-Term Financial Stability Risks Up Markedly

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The risks to medium-term financial stability have clearly grown and relate chiefly to bank profitability and public debt in the context of weak growth, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said Wednesday.

10 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB’s Schnabel: Surveys Indicate TLTRO III Take-Up Around €1.4 Trn

ECB’s Schnabel: Surveys Indicate TLTRO III Take-Up Around €1.4 Trn

10th June 2020 By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank sees well over €1 trillion in demand for its targeted lending operations, ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said Wednesday. In remarks made at an online seminar...

10 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB’s Schnabel: Interest Rate Cut Remains an Option for the Future

ECB’s Schnabel: Interest Rate Cut Remains an Option for the Future

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank considers a further cut in interest rates to be an option for the future, even if asset purchases are its tool of choice for now, ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said Tuesday.

9 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB’s Lagarde: Tail Risk of Financial Crisis Has Receded Materially

ECB’s Lagarde: Tail Risk of Financial Crisis Has Receded Materially

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The risk of the pandemic’s economic fallout becoming a financial crisis has diminished substantially thanks to the policy decisions of the European Central Bank in March, ECB President Christine Lagarde said Monday.

8 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB’s Lane: Price Stability Risks, Fragile Fin Mkts Drove Decisions

ECB’s Lane: Price Stability Risks, Fragile Fin Mkts Drove Decisions

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The monetary policy decisions taken Thursday by the European Central Bank were motivated by risks to price stability and the fragility of financial markets, according to ECB Executive Board member Philip Lane on Friday.

5 June 2020 Central Bank News
ECB’s Lagarde: Council Unanimous on Need to Act, Given HICP Outlook

ECB’s Lagarde: Council Unanimous on Need to Act, Given HICP Outlook

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The European Central Bank’s Governing Council felt unanimously at its latest meeting that the situation called for renewed policy action, with the key outcome of its deliberations backed by broad consensus, ECB President Christine Lagarde said Thursday.

4 June 2020 Central Bank News
BoE’s Saunders: Safer to Err on the Side of Easing Somewhat Too Much

BoE’s Saunders: Safer to Err on the Side of Easing Somewhat Too Much

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The Bank of England would be well advised in the current environment to prefer the risk of too much easing over the risk of too little monetary accommodation, Michael Saunders, member of the BOE’s Monetary Policy Committee, said on Thursday.

28 May 2020 Central Bank News
Fed’s Bullard: Shutting Economy Down Too Long Would Risk Depression

Fed’s Bullard: Shutting Economy Down Too Long Would Risk Depression

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (EconoStream) – The consequences of shutting down the U.S. economy for too long would be worse outcomes not only in economic terms, but also with respect to public health, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said Wednesday.

27 May 2020 Central Bank News