By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday said that economic developments had lagged considerably behind expectations of the ECB at the September Council meeting.
31 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Tuesday said that price stability took precedence over the profits or losses associated with assets on the Eurosystem’s balance sheet.
31 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta on Tuesday said that cross-border payments needed to be improved.
31 October 2023
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 26 October, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 25 October .
30 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Monday said that that governments should further reduce support measures related to the energy crisis to avoid adding to price pressures.
30 October 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Monday became the latest Council member to suggest that the ECB’s decision not to hike interest rates last week was likely to be repeated at the December monetary policy meeting.
30 October 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír on Monday said that those claiming the ECB was done hiking rates should not get ahead of themselves, as further tightening remained possible.
30 October 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos on Friday rejected speculation as to when the ECB might start loosening monetary policy.
27 October 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Friday said that inflation was clearly headed downward, but that wages and geopolitical developments remained key risks that could hinder the slowdown of prices.
27 October 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boštjan Vasle on Friday said that upside inflation risks were still significant.
27 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel on Friday said that the ECB’s tight monetary policy was having a positive effect on inflation.
27 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – ATHENS (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that the time had not come to start considering rate cuts.
26 October 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – One might wonder what the European Central Bank Governing Council discussed at its latest monetary policy meeting, given the absence of any real decision and the evident reluctance of authorities to broach new topics for which this might have been a sensible occasion.
26 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – ATHENS (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s Governing Council on Thursday decided to keep its three key interest rates unchanged, as widely expected.
26 October 2023
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 14 September, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 11 September .
25 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – ATHENS (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday, one day ahead of the ECB's Governing Council meeting, said that there was still work to be done to bring inflation back to target.
25 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – ATHENS (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday said that Greece could be an example to Europe in overcoming challenges.
25 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Tuesday said that gender diversity was beneficial to the economy.
24 October 2023
By Isabel Teles – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s latest Bank Lending Survey (BLS), released on Tuesday, showed that euro area banks expect further net tightening for loans to companies, consumers and households, with minimum changes to housing loans standards.
24 October 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – To describe the outcome of this week’s European Central Bank Governing Council meeting as a pause might inadequately capture the firmness with which policymakers are actually on hold at the moment, meaning that a rate move is virtually excluded.
24 October 2023