By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Wednesday said the ECB has fulfilled its mandate and could be more confident, but stressed that policymakers are not complacent about inflation.
14 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Wednesday that the ECB was seeing a growing influx of low-priced goods into Europe and that China had been increasing its exports to the bloc.
14 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Wednesday that rising geopolitical tensions significantly increased downside risks to economic growth and that wage growth was expected to moderate in the coming quarters and stabilize toward the end of 2026.
14 January 2026
By David Barwick – VIENNA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Tuesday expressed concern about the apparent use of legal pretexts by the US government to go after the Federal Reserve over what actually amounted to disagreement about monetary policy.
13 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde joined other leading central bankers on Tuesday in signing a joint declaration backing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, following threats by the US government to pursue a criminal indictment against him.
13 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller said on Monday that any future interest rate increases would be a matter for the coming years rather than the next few months or quarters.
12 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Monday that markets may be overpricing the economic impact of artificial intelligence, warning that unmet expectations about what AI will ultimately deliver could pose a risk to growth via weaker business investment.
12 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Monday argued that ECB interest rates were unlikely to rise in 2026 absent an “unlikely shock,” saying inflation had returned to target.
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By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The tone of the ECB’s Governing Council, as reflected in the ECB Tone Meter , has shifted modestly more hawkish since the 18 December 2025 monetary policy meeting.
9 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Friday that the appropriate monetary policy response to inflation deviations must be assessed case by case, arguing that fixed, all-purpose rules would not be helpful.
9 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Dimitar Radev said on Friday that the current level of interest rates remained appropriate and that there was no reason to expect significant adjustments.
9 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Thursday that the current level of interest rates is appropriate, adding that unexpected developments were taking place and the ECB’s monetary policy stance would adjust should circumstances change enough to warrant it.
8 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Álvaro Santos Pereira said on Wednesday that the ECB expected inflation to remain close to the 2% target and that there was no need to adjust monetary policy as long as this remained the case .
7 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Slovenia’s President Nataša Pirc Musar on Wednesday nominated Banka Slovenije Deputy Governor Primož Dolenc to become governor of the central bank, a post that carries a seat on the European Central Bank’s Governing Council.
7 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Tuesday signaled strong interest in becoming the next ECB vice president, arguing that his experience and timeline aligned well with the role.
6 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Tuesday said two “major upheavals” — tokenization and geopolitics — are reshaping the international monetary landscape, with implications for monetary policy and financial stability.
6 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Álvaro Santos Pereira said on Tuesday that the Portuguese economy had shown resilience and that inflation in the country was expected to converge towards 2% within the projection horizon.
6 January 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday welcomed Bulgaria as the euro area’s newest member, noting that the area was facing an uncertain geopolitical situation.
1 January 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - France’s Agence France Trésor has mapped out a hefty €310 billion funding plan for 2026, a total that sets the tone for sovereign bond markets as investors brace for continued supply across the yield curve, the agency announced on Tuesday.
30 December 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch on Monday said the ECB’s current interest rate stance was appropriate and did not exclude that the next move could be a hike as Eurozone inflation nears 2%.
29 December 2025