By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Primož Dolenc said Friday that risks stemming from the Middle East conflict remained high and that euro area economic growth was continuing.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel was strikingly neutral after Thursday’s decision, offering none of the mildly hawkish signaling one might ordinarily expect from him.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Bundesbank President and European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said Thursday that keeping interest rates unchanged in July was appropriate after June’s increase left policymakers well placed to assess further developments.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch on Friday said he opposed raising banks’ minimum reserve requirement while the reserves remained unremunerated, arguing that this would amount to a form of taxation.
24 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Jersey-incorporated AA Bond Co Limited on Thursday priced £400 million of senior secured Class A notes.
23 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday broadly delivered the expected communication mix, acknowledging, as we anticipated earlier in the day, that some governors had “asked themselves whether we should not consider a hike” while resisting every invitation to turn that discussion into guidance for September.
23 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said some governors considered raising interest rates at the July meeting, but policymakers ultimately agreed unanimously to leave rates unchanged and decide in September after receiving substantial new economic data.
23 July 2026 Central Bank News
ECB Holds Rates at 2.25%, Says Full Inflationary Impact of Energy Shock Still to Come
23 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Thursday allotted £500 million of the 4% Treasury Gilt 2063.
23 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Will European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde say on Thursday that the Governing Council discussed raising rates again at its meeting?
23 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg – Förderbank (L-Bank) on Wednesday priced $1.5 billion of three-year senior unsecured notes.
22 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Greek Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) on Wednesday allotted €500 million of 26-week Treasury bills.
22 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) on Wednesday allotted €1.708 billion of two reopened federal bonds (Bunds).
22 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – When the European Central Bank’s Governing Council emerged from its June meeting, members’ unspoken “baseline,” we understand, was that there would be no second hike in July but that September would be very live.
21 July 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Tuesday urged Europe to move faster on the Savings and Investment Union and the digital euro, saying both were needed for a more sovereign and competitive Europe.
21 July 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Germany’s Finance Agency on Tuesday allotted €4.553 billion of a new five-year federal note, or Bobl.
21 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Tuesday allotted £5 billion of the 4% Treasury Gilt 2029.
21 July 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Spain’s government has chosen Bank for International Settlements General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos as its preferred candidate to succeed Christine Lagarde as European Central Bank president, Expansión reported Tuesday.
21 July 2026 Central Bank News
Published: 20th July 2026
21 July 2026 Central Bank News
- Most respondents still see the ECB rate cycle as active
- September staff projections viewed as the key reason to wait
- Terminal rate most commonly seen at 2.50%
- Risks skewed towards an even higher terminal rate
- July statement and tone seen little changed
- Economists split on how strongly Lagarde will hint at September
