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ECB’s Lagarde: Euro Area Labour Market Unusually Resilient Amid Latest Disinflation

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Saturday said that the euro area’s labour market had proved unexpectedly robust in the current disinflationary episode.

ECB’s Nagel: ‘The Bar is High’ for Another Rate Cut

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Friday that the bar for another interest rate cut was high.

ECB’s Lagarde: Trade Agreement with US ‘Well Below the Severe Scenario’

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday said that the trade deal between the US and Europe was much less negative than the severe scenario of the ECB’s last macroeconomic forecasts.

ECB’s Nagel: Interest Rates ‘Currently at a Very Good Level’

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Tuesday that interest rates were currently at a ‘very good level’ and that the ECB's next steps would be flexible.

ECB’s Cipollone: Cash to Remain a Core Payment Option Alongside Digital Euro

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Cash will remain a core component of the euro area’s payment system and coexist with the digital euro, European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said Monday.

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ECB Wage Tracker Points to Ongoing Easing of Wage Pressures

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s wage tracker shows wage pressures in the euro area continuing to ease, the ECB said Wednesday.

ECB Sees US Tariffs on China Driving Down Euro Area Inflation, Blog Suggests

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The imposition of tariffs on Chinese imports entering the US could exert mild disinflationary pressure on the euro area by 2026, according to a new European Central Bank blog post published Wednesday analysing trade diversion dynamics and inflation pass-through.

ECB’s Makhlouf: Can Wait and See Whether We Need to Adjust Our Policy Stance

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank can now wait to see whether incoming information dictates a further adjustment of its interest rates, ECB Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said Tuesday.

ECB’s Scicluna to Resume Exercising Duties of Central Bank of Malta Governor

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Central Bank of Malta (CBM) Governor Edward Scicluna will resume exercising his duties as governor after a year's absence, the Maltese government said Tuesday in a statement.

ECB’s Kažimír: I Don't Expect Anything that Would Motivate Me to Act in September

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír on Monday indicated that he was disinclined to cut interest rates again in September.

ECB’s Escrivá: ‘We Are at the End of the Easing Cycle’

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Monday that the ECB was at the end of its easing cycle.

ECB’s Cipollone Avoids Encouraging or Discouraging Rate Cut Hopes, Sees More Clarity in September

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone on Saturday indicated that whether the ECB would cut rates again this year was an open question in the context of ‘conflicting signals’ .

ECB’s Müller: Euro Strength Has Not Hurt Euro Area Exports

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The appreciation of the euro has not held back euro area exports, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Friday.

ECB’s Nagel: Economic Outlook ‘Slightly’ Improved; Rate Pause Was Appropriate

By David Barwick - FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Friday said that euro area growth prospects were now somewhat better and that the ECB had been right to pause.

ECB’s Rehn: Markets Expect ‘Slightly’ More Easing, We Are ‘Ready to React’

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Friday that financial markets anticipate further easing and that the ECB remains ready to act if needed,

ECB’s Villeroy: Tariffs Unlikely to Be Inflationary, But Strong Euro Is Disinflationary

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday that tariffs were unlikely to cause inflationary pressures, while the strength of the euro was disinflationary.

ECB’s Kazāks: ‘There’s No Urgent Need to Moves Rates’

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is in no rush to change its key interest rates, ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Friday.

Portugal Appoints OECD's Álvaro Santos Pereira to Replace Centeno

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Portuguese government has appointed OECD Chief Economist Álvaro Santos Pereira as the next governor of Banco de Portugal, replacing Mário Centeno.

ECB’s Lagarde: We Are ‘In a Good Place to Hold and to Watch How Risks Develop’

By Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that the ECB was well positioned to maintain a wait-and-see attitude pending the evolution of the situation over the upcoming months.