By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Monday reiterated that he would not be surprised if the ECB discussed a further tightening of monetary policy at the September meeting.
26 June 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Sunday said that the end of rate hikes was not far and that whether it would be reached in July depended on incoming information, in particular with respect to underlying inflation.
25 June 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said on Saturday that although many of his fellow governors were pushing for hikes in the autumn, he was awaiting further data before making a decision.
24 June 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 15 June, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 9 June .
23 June 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will have to tighten monetary policy again next month, but what happens after that cannot be predicted, ECB Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos said Friday.
23 June 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Current Eurozone labour market developments do not constitute a wage-price spiral, though they might slow down the return of inflation to the European Central Bank’s 2% target, ECB Executive Board member Philip Lane said on Friday.
23 June 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is set to miss its inflation target as things stand, ECB Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Thursday.
22 June 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank should be wary not to give up too early in the fight against currently high inflation, even if a side effect of monetary policy tightening is some economic pain, ECB Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday.
21 June 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank should pay heed to the risk of a wage-price spiral in the context of record labour market tightness, ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Wednesday.
21 June 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 15 June, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 9 June .
21 June 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank said on Wednesday that anecdotal evidence of a shift away from the dollar and the euro to alternative reserve currencies was not indicative of a broader trend towards a fragmentation of the global monetary order.
21 June 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The Central Bank of Ireland said on Wednesday that the strong domestic labour market was a sign that the Irish economy was operating at full capacity, posing a risk of further inflationary pressure due to the economy overheating.
21 June 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus on Tuesday said that he would not be at all surprised if after hiking in July, the ECB discussed a further tightening of monetary policy at the September meeting.
20 June 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Inflation could reach the European Central Bank’s 2% target by the end of next year, Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday.
20 June 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 15 June, but earlier comments can still be seen in versions up to that of 9 June .
19 June 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will have to hike rates again in July, but the way forward thereafter is not foreordained, ECB Governing Council member Peter Kažimír said Monday.
19 June 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – A July rate hike from the European Central Bank would be appropriate, Executive Board member Philip Lane said on Monday.
19 June 2023
By Xavier D’Arcy – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank should favour doing too much rather than too little in the battle against inflation, ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Monday.
19 June 2023
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Monday said that the ECB was close to but not yet at the end of the hiking cycle, which it could reach this year.
19 June 2023