By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said Tuesday that the judgment incorporated into ECB staff projections was not arbitrary and generally helped steer the forecasts in the right direction.
19 May 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said in a speech that Europe’s Savings and Investments Union would not deliver the productivity gains the bloc needed unless the Single Market itself functioned properly across goods, services and capital.
19 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The State Treasury of the Republic of Finland sold €1.50 billion of government bonds on Tuesday across two lines, increasing the outstanding amount of the 2030 and 2041 benchmarks.
19 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The German Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) allotted €3.844 billion of the 2.50% five-year Federal note (Bobl) due April 16, 2031 on Tuesday at a reopening auction.
19 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday allotted £1.25 billion of 0⅛% Index-Linked Treasury Gilt 2031.
19 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Belgian Debt Agency (BDA) said on Tuesday it will auction two OLO lines on May 25.
19 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – German development bank KfW on Tuesday raised €3 billion through a 10-year benchmark bond maturing June 30, 2036.
19 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The German Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Monday allotted €3.893 billion via the reopening of two Bubill lines.
18 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Monday allotted €7.997 billion of fixed-rate discount Treasury bills (BTFs) at auction.
18 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Slovakia’s Ministry of Finance accepted €569 million of bids across four government bond lines in the competitive part of an auction on Monday, with total demand reaching €1.121 billion, according to results published by ARDAL.
18 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – BUDAPEST (Econostream) – Former European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Monday said economic fragmentation required monetary authorities to monitor inflation expectations closely, while avoiding unnecessary damage from excessive policy action.
18 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, on Monday raised €6.462 billion through an auction of EU-Bonds across three maturities.
18 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde and Governing Council member Joachim Nagel reacted on Monday to losses in the bond market due to the ongoing war in the Middle East.
18 May 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – BUDAPEST (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Monday said the euro’s international attractiveness had recently increased, citing international debt issuance and foreign demand for Eurozone assets.
18 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Monday that the outlook was currently between the baseline and adverse scenarios, adding that the direction of interest rates was “relatively clear” unless the economy suffered a deeper shock.
18 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania on Monday allotted €35 million of a euro-denominated fixed-rate bond maturing March 10, 2036.
18 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Spanish Treasury on Monday announced an indicative issuance target of €5.5 billion to €6.5 billion for its bond auction scheduled for May 21, 2026.
18 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – UK gilt market participants expressed broad support on Monday for a new 2043 index-linked gilt, while views on a planned September conventional syndication remained preliminary and included possible new 10-year or 20-year gilt issuance.
18 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Sunday that current conditions in Croatia lie between the baseline and adverse scenarios outlined by the Croatian National Bank, adding that the severe scenario would materialize if the shock persists for several months.
17 May 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said in an interview that appeared Saturday on Greek website Liberal.gr that a significant but temporary inflation overshoot would call for a measured tightening of monetary policy in the near term, while warning that the ECB could not react mechanically to higher energy prices.
16 May 2026 Central Bank News