By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Agence France Trésor (AFT) allotted €13.497 billion of long-term French government bonds (OATs) on Thursday across four maturities.
7 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Thursday that the ECB may raise interest rates in June unless the economic outlook improves significantly.
7 May 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Thursday urged faster progress on European financial integration, saying the European Union needed deeper capital markets, a stronger banking union and simpler regulation to support growth and competitiveness.
7 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 6 May 2026 with Rasa Kavolytè, Director of State Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.
6 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
Rasa Kavolytė, Director of Lithuanian Treasury: Still have up to €2.5 billion to raise via syndications in 2026
Kavolytė: We prefer launching new benchmarks in syndicated transactions
Kavolytė: Investor demand strongest in the belly of the curve
Kavolytė: No green bond issuance planned in the near term
Kavolytė: No current plans to target institutional investors with defense bonds
Kavolytė: Lithuania not planning to extend defense bond program to longer maturities
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The German Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) allotted €2.662 billion of Federal bonds (Bunds) on Wednesday at a reopening auction of its 2.50% November 15, 2032 line.
6 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed former Élysée secretary-general Emmanuel Moulin as the next governor of the Bank of France, putting a close presidential ally in line to succeed European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau.
6 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic raised CHF700 million in a triple-tranche Swiss franc bond transaction on Wednesday, marking its second return to international capital markets this year and its largest-ever CHF-denominated sovereign offering, according to the Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL).
6 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Dutch State Treasury Agency (DSTA) said on Wednesday it would reopen its 2.75% Dutch State Loan (DSL) maturing July 15, 2036 via a tap auction on May 12.
6 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said Tuesday that climate change and the green transition increasingly mattered for monetary policy, but that the ECB could not apply a uniform response to climate-related shocks.
5 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 28 April 2026 with Stelios Leonidou, Senior Economic Officer at the Cypriot Public Debt Management Office.
5 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
- Stelios Leonidou, senior official of Cypriot DMO: New benchmark could be either tap of current 10-year bond or longer-dated issue
- Leonidou: Expect roughly one issuance per year going forward
- Leonidou: There is room to prefund part of 2027 financing needs
- Leonidou: Foreign issuance plans remain on hold until global conditions stabilize
- Leonidou: Initial foreign currency issuance would likely be in USD
- Leonidou: No plans for liability management operations in 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that there is still insufficient evidence of second-round inflation effects stemming from the energy shock to warrant an interest rate hike.
5 May 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Tuesday that climate and nature risks had become increasingly relevant for monetary policy and required deeper, fact-based analysis as the green transition lost momentum and became more politically contested.
5 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The German Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) allotted a combined €1.476 billion of green Federal securities on Tuesday across two maturities.
5 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Austria’s debt management agency, the OeBFA, allotted a combined €1.4375 billion at its auction of two government bond (Bundesanleihen) reopenings on Tuesday.
5 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta said on Tuesday that inefficiencies in cross-border payments are becoming a broader test of whether the global economy can remain interconnected amid rising geopolitical tensions, while urging coordinated reforms at both global and national level.
5 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania allotted €60 million in a tap of its euro-denominated government bond maturing August 5, 2028 on Monday.
5 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Slovenia’s Ministry of Finance on Tuesday raised €50.916 million through the first issue of its 12-month DZ122 Treasury bill maturing May 6, 2027.
5 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Belgian Debt Agency allotted €3.691 billion of Treasury certificates on Tuesday across three maturities.
5 May 2026 Debt Issuance News