ECB’s Nagel: We Can Now Take Time to Ponder Next Steps
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Sunday that the ECB could now take time to consider what to do next.
8 June 2025
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ECB’s Schnabel: ‘In a Good Place’, With ‘Great Progress’ Made on Inflation
By David Barwick – DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Saturday that the ECB was ‘in a good place’ with respect to inflation.
7 June 2025
ECB’s Vujčić: ‘Would Agree That We Are Nearly Done’
By David Barwick – DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is close to the end of its monetary policy easing cycle, ECB Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said Saturday.
7 June 2025
ECB’s Kazāks: Won’t Get Much Data By July, So Might Pause
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Friday that the ECB might pause its interest rate cuts in July given the lack of new data between now and then.
6 June 2025
ECB’s Šimkus: Policy Rates Currently at Neutral
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said on Friday that ECB interest rates were now at neutral.
6 June 2025
ECB’s Stournaras: We Are ‘Nearly Done’, Best Now to ‘Wait and See’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said on Friday that the ECB had almost completed its easing phase.
6 June 2025
ECB’s Villeroy: ‘We Have Won the Battle Against Inflation in Europe’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday that the ECB had won the battle against inflation.
6 June 2025
ECB’s Müller: Lagarde ‘Summarised it Nicely’ By Saying We Are Probably Almost Done
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Friday praised ECB President Christine Lagarde for saying that the central bank’s easing cycle was almost done.
6 June 2025
ECB’s Holzmann: Rates Currently Accommodative, 3% Is Neutral
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said on Friday that interest rates were now in accommodative territory.
6 June 2025
ECB’s Rehn: Must Consider Highly Uncertain Inflation Impact of Tariffs in Medium-Term
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Friday that the ECB should take into account the uncertainy about the inflation impact of tariffs in the medium-term.
6 June 2025
ECB’s Centeno: Easing Cycle ‘Likely’ to Continue in 2025, Pace Unknown
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno said on Friday that it was likely that the ECB’s easing of monetary policy would continue in 2025.
6 June 2025
ECB’s Lagarde: ‘We Are Getting to the End of the Monetary Policy Cycle’
By Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday made clear that the ECB was nearing the final stage of its easing cycle.
5 June 2025
ECB Incorporates 10% US Tariff, But No EU Retaliation for Baseline Scenario in June Projections
By Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – In its June macroeconomic projections, the ECB’s baseline scenario includes the assumption of a 10% U.S. tariff on all countries, including the EU, but does not factor in any retaliatory measures from Europe.
5 June 2025
ECB Insight: Lagarde Confirms That the End Is Nigh
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – There was only one attempt during Thursday’s press conference to get European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde to confirm explicitly that euro area monetary policy had reached neutral territory. She demurred, but it didn’t matter, as she managed all the same to convey the idea that the ECB was done or close to it.
5 June 2025
ECB Cuts by 25BP; Inflation Revised Down to 1.6% in 2026
By Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s Governing Council on Thursday decided to cut its key interest rates by 25bp, as widely expected by markets and analysts.
5 June 2025
ECB Insight: The End Is Nigh, or at Least Nigher
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – There’s no point denying the obvious. Even ultra-dovish Banca d’Italia Governor Fabio Panetta acknowledged on Friday that the European Central Bank’s room for further policy easing is narrowing.
3 June 2025
Transcript: Interview with Swedish DMO Head of Funding Johan Bergström
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 26 May 2025 with Johan Bergström, Head of Funding of the Riksgälden.
3 June 2025
Exclusive: Swedish DMO Head of Funding: Will Deliver Two New 10-Year Bonds in 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Sweden will deliver two new 10-year bonds in 2026, according to Johan Bergström, Head of Funding of the Swedish National Debt Office (Riksgälden).
3 June 2025
ECB Insight: Panetta Does the Splits, Hints at End of Easing But Open to Doing More
By Marta Vilar – ROME (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta on Friday offered a blunt indication that the ECB is probably nearing the end of its monetary policy easing cycle, accompanied by indications of openness to doing more.
30 May 2025
ECB Comment Recap: Policymakers Broadly Agree on Further Easing, When to Stop Remains Unclear
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is a collection of views expressed by ECB Governing Council members on various topics of high relevance related to next week’s meeting and the further evolution of monetary policy:
30 May 2025