By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 01 September 2025 with Gediminas Šimkus, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
2 September 2025
By David Barwick – VILNIUS (Econostream) – Further European Central Bank policy easing is probably more a question of when, not if, according to ECB Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus.
2 September 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Tuesday said that she saw no justification for lowering ECB interest rates further unless a major shock occurred, arguing that policy was already appropriately accommodative and that medium-term inflation was expected to remain at target even in the face of global uncertainties.
2 September 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that inflation was still “well under control” and that the economy was relatively resilient.
2 September 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that there was no need now for the International Monetary Fund to intervene in France but that the potential fall of any government in the Eurozone was concerning.
1 September 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Sunday cautioned against being complacent about downside risks to euro area inflation and noted that the ECB's June forecasts incorporated further easing.
31 August 2025
By Marta Vilar – PAMPLONA, Spain (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Friday that current interest rates remain “appropriate,” and cautioned that the disinflationary effects of globalization seen in past years may be fading.
29 August 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane has argued that the digital euro was essential to preserving the role of central bank money in retail transactions as the monetary system adapts to digitalisation.
29 August 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Thursday that the ECB would be ready to act if needed.
28 August 2025
By David Barwick – ALPBACH, Austria (Econostream) – Former European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on Thursday stressed that central bank independence was crucial to monetary authorities’ relatively successful handling of the recent inflation surge.
28 August 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Central banks need to adapt to an increasingly uncertain environment by ensuring that their policies are characterised by robustness, flexibility and realism, BIS General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos said Tuesday.
26 August 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that the US-EU trade agreements was negative for Europe and that tariffs were still ‘bad news’.
26 August 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that the impact of higher US tariffs on European economic growth would be limited.
25 August 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks on Sunday again endorsed the ECB’s monetary policy pause.
24 August 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Saturday dismissed the idea of lowering official euro area interest rates again just for the ‘insurance’ such a cut would provide.
23 August 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Saturday said that the euro area’s labour market had proved unexpectedly robust in the current disinflationary episode.
23 August 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Friday that the bar for another interest rate cut was high.
22 August 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday said that the trade deal between the US and Europe was much less negative than the severe scenario of the ECB’s last macroeconomic forecasts.
20 August 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Tuesday that interest rates were currently at a ‘very good level’ and that the ECB's next steps would be flexible.
12 August 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) - Following is the transcript of an interview on 4 August 2025 with Robert Holzmann, Governor of the Austrian National Bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
5 August 2025