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ECB Insight: France Could Shape ECB Policy Well Before It Triggers Bond Purchases

ECB Insight: France Could Shape ECB Policy Well Before It Triggers Bond Purchases

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s possible responses to mounting French fiscal and market tensions extend well beyond the question of whether it would buy French government bonds. Public and other comments amply confirm that the consequences of tighter financial conditions are already entering policymakers’ thinking, even as they insist that France must resolve its own fiscal problems.

22 October 2026 | Central Bank News
ECB Insight: Kukies Has Advocates, but Germany’s Executive Board Choice May Depend on Wider Package

ECB Insight: Kukies Has Advocates, but Germany’s Executive Board Choice May Depend on Wider Package

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Notwithstanding our view last April that former German finance minister Jörg Kukies’ move to Morgan Stanley made him an unlikely successor to European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel, conversations on the margins of last week’s IMF and World Bank annual meetings suggest that some people continue to consider him an ideal choice.

20 October 2026 | Central Bank News
ECB’s Rehn: Rising Long-Term Rates Dampening Growth, Slowing Inflation

ECB’s Rehn: Rising Long-Term Rates Dampening Growth, Slowing Inflation

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Tuesday that rising long-term interest rates were hampering economic activity and holding back inflation, highlighting the tightening of financial conditions.

20 October 2026 | Central Bank News
ECB Insight: Spanish Plan B Emerges for De Cos If He Loses ECB Race

ECB Insight: Spanish Plan B Emerges for De Cos If He Loses ECB Race

By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Pablo Hernández de Cos may have a fallback awaiting him in Madrid should he fail to become the next European Central Bank president, with the possibility gaining traction in Spain that the former Bank of Spain governor could become the economic heavyweight in a government led by Partido Popular leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo.

20 October 2026 | Central Bank News
ECB’s Elderson: Climate Shocks Increasingly Affect Growth, Inflation

ECB’s Elderson: Climate Shocks Increasingly Affect Growth, Inflation

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Climate-related shocks are increasingly affecting both economic activity and inflation and are becoming structural drivers of economic and financial outcomes, European Central Bank Executive Board member Frank Elderson said Monday.

19 October 2026 | Central Bank News
ECB’s Rehn: No Signs of Second-Round Inflation Effects Yet, But “May Creep In Quietly”

ECB’s Rehn: No Signs of Second-Round Inflation Effects Yet, But “May Creep In Quietly”

By Marta Vilar – BANGKOK (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Saturday that higher energy prices had pushed euro area inflation above target, but that there was so far no evidence of second-round effects on wages or other prices, warning nevertheless that such pressures could emerge gradually.

17 October 2026 | Central Bank News