By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that if inflation was further confirmed to be headed towards the 2% target, then the monetary policy stance would change.
11 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s Governing Council on Thursday decided again to keep its three key interest rates unchanged, as widely expected by markets and analysts, but suggested that a reduction would soon be appropriate.
11 April 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – When European Central Bank Governing Council members of such disparate stripes as Austrian National Bank’s Robert Holzmann and De Nederlandsche Bank’s Klaas Knot on the hawkish side or Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras and Banco de España head Pablo Hernández de Cos on the dovish side all clearly expect the ECB to start loosening monetary policy in June, then a first rate cut in June should be everyone’s central scenario.
10 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s latest Bank Lending Survey (BLS), released on Tuesday, showed a significant decline in loan demand from firms, contrary to euro area banks' expectations of a recovery.
9 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Wage growth in jobs advertised online in euro area countries fell in March, making the deceleration trend clearer, according to new data released by Indeed.
9 April 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Constantinos Herodotou will be replaced as of this Thursday, the office of the president of Cyprus announced on Monday.
8 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Euro area firms’ inflation expectations declined in the first quarter of 2024, according to the Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises (SAFE) published Monday by the European Central Bank.
8 April 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is an overview of recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members. We include only comments made since the Governing Council meeting of 7 March, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 4 March .
8 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – European Central Bank monetary policy will continue to be tight this year, ECB Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said Monday.
8 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Friday said that the European payment system could benefit from the use of a digital euro.
5 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 3 April 2024 with Rasa Kavolytė, Director of the State Treasury Department of Lithuania’s Ministry of Finance:
4 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – The Lithuanian Treasury is frontloading issuance, as the upcoming elections are limiting favourable conditions for bond issuance, according to Rasa Kavolytė, Director of the Lithuanian State Treasury Department.
4 April 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is likely to start easing monetary policy in June, ECB Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos said Wednesday.
3 April 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will very probably cut rates in June if available information warrant the move, hoping in this case that the US Federal Reserve does the same later in the month, ECB Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said Wednesday.
3 April 2024
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The following is an overview of recent comments made by European Central Bank Governing Council members. We include only comments made since the Governing Council meeting of 7 March, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 4 March .
2 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s consumer expectations survey, released Tuesday, showed inflation expectations over the next 12 months down in February, while expectations for economic growth 12 months ahead remained unchanged.
2 April 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – The end of the first half of 2024 is the best time for the first interest rate cut, European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said in an article published on Monday.
1 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Monday called it crucial that, in the context of the operational framework, the ECB’s monetary policy stance and its implementation be seen separately.
1 April 2024
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Thursday warned of the risk of getting behind the curve if the ECB waited too long reduce interest rates.
28 March 2024
By Aurėja Bobelytė – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 26 March 2024 with Marjan Divjak, Director General of the Treasury Directorate of Slovenia’s Ministry of Finance:
28 March 2024