By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Thursday said the latest Middle East conflict had created another supply-side shock that was pushing up inflation and weighing on economic activity, arguing that Europe needed more investment to strengthen its resilience.
4 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 3 June 2026 with Janno Luurmees, Head of Estonia’s State Treasury Department.
4 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Estonia will become a more regular issuer with one or two benchmark bond transactions per year, according to Janno Luurmees, Head of Estonia’s State Treasury Department.
4 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Spanish Treasury on Thursday allotted €5.566 billion across a three-year Bono del Estado, two nominal Obligaciones del Estado and a 15-year inflation-linked bond.
4 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Thursday said artificial intelligence could raise productivity and increase economies’ growth potential, but warned that the transition could also create inflationary pressures, labor-market disruptions and new risks to financial stability.
4 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Agence France Trésor (AFT) on Thursday allotted €13.998 billion of long-term government bonds (OATs) across four lines.
4 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Bank of Italy's €-coin indicator, a measure of underlying euro area economic growth, declined to 0.45 in May 2026 from 0.52 in April, according to a joint release by the Bank of Italy and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) on Thursday.
4 June 2026 Central Bank News
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.
4 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) on Wednesday accepted €500 million of 52-week Treasury bills in an auction initially for €400 million, at a weighted average yield of 2.41%.
3 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said Wednesday that the ECB had received more than 50 applications from payment service providers seeking to participate in next year’s digital euro pilot.
3 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Dutch State Treasury Agency (DSTA) announced on Wednesday it will reopen its 2.50% Dutch State Loan (DSL) maturing July 15, 2035, through a tap auction on June 9, targeting an issuance of between €2.0 billion and €2.5 billion.
3 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Frank Elderson said on Wednesday that looking through the energy shock had become “increasingly unlikely” for the ECB.
3 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) on Wednesday allotted £1.60 billion of the 1⅛% Index-Linked Treasury Gilt 2035.
3 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Frank Elderson said Wednesday that the ECB would ask banks to take proactive steps to protect themselves against cyber risks stemming from frontier artificial intelligence models.
3 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch is hardly the least serious name in the discussion about who will eventually succeed ECB President Christine Lagarde, making his multiple drawbacks as a potential candidate all the more deserving of scrutiny.
3 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch on Wednesday signaled support for a 25bp rate increase on June 11, saying the case for hiking would probably remain in place even if a peace deal in the Middle East were confirmed shortly before the meeting.
3 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Boris Vujčić said on Tuesday that successful participation in a monetary union required durable convergence and policy credibility over time, noting that monetary integration could not be achieved through a single policy decision or a temporary alignment of economic indicators.
2 June 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The Spanish Treasury on Tuesday allotted €6.482 billion of six- and 12-month Treasury Bills (Letras del Tesoro) in an auction.
2 June 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said on Tuesday that he saw no reason for the ECB to surprise financial markets by holding interest rates steady next week.
2 June 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn's speech on Tuesday mounted the clearest argument yet for characterizing a likely June rate hike as an “insurance hike,” even as it illustrated the peril of the phrase.
2 June 2026 Central Bank News