By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said Thursday that declines in energy prices and government bond yields following the U.S. midterm elections could benefit both inflation and economic growth, but cautioned that it was too early to assess the implications.
5 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said Thursday that Germany's economic prospects were improving thanks not only to substantial fiscal stimulus but also to the adaptability and competitiveness of German businesses.
5 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Thursday that incoming economic data and updated projections would determine whether another interest rate increase was necessary in December, warning that the energy shock driving inflation higher could prove more persistent than anticipated.
5 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Ante Žigman said Thursday that another interest rate increase in December was a strong possibility, although policymakers would need to assess further economic information before deciding.
5 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel's reflections Thursday on the future implementation of monetary policy offered little new guidance on the most consequential unresolved questions in the ECB's operational framework review.
5 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Emmanuel Moulin said on Thursday that rising sovereign bond yields could increase borrowing costs for households and businesses, weighing on economic growth, as inflation concerns and expectations of further interest rate hikes put upward pressure on yields.
5 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Ante Žigman said policymakers would be in a better position in December to determine the appropriate direction of interest rates, according to an interview published Thursday by Croatian newspaper Novi list.
5 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel warned Thursday that large and persistent supply shocks could require a timely monetary policy response, saying consumer inflation expectations had moved away from the ECB's target following the latest energy shock.
5 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is aiming to be ready for a possible first issuance of the digital euro in 2029, provided the legislative process is completed by the end of this year, ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said Thursday.
5 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned on Wednesday that increasingly frequent extreme weather events could push food inflation higher and amplify energy price shocks, even as their immediate impact on euro area economic activity remains limited.
4 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank's latest wage tracker offers little evidence that the renewed energy shock is generating significant second-round effects, but has virtually no bearing on the Governing Council's intention to raise interest rates in December.
4 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher said Tuesday that another interest rate increase before the end of the year was likely if economic and inflation conditions remained unchanged, but emphasized that the ECB could not precommit to such a move given the high degree of uncertainty.
3 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said Tuesday that another ECB interest rate increase in December would probably be unavoidable, arguing that the inflation outlook had deteriorated.
3 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council members speaking since last Thursday’s decision have collectively strengthened the impression that another interest rate increase in December is the central scenario, but offer notably less support for any assumption that tightening will continue beyond then.
3 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Tuesday that the recent increase in sovereign risk premia and long-term government bond yields was a healthy development that could encourage governments to address fiscal imbalances, provided market adjustments remained orderly.
3 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – SOFIA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Tuesday said that euro area monetary authorities needed to ensure that current price pressures did not become entrenched.
3 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – SOFIA (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Dimitar Radev said on Tuesday that further interest rate increases may be necessary if inflationary pressures prove persistent, warning that policymakers should not wait for second-round effects from the energy shock to fully materialize before considering action.
3 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Emmanuel Moulin praised ECB President Christine Lagarde's record on Monday following her decision to leave the central bank early, saying she had led the institution through “turbulent times.”
2 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Monday that the longer the current energy shock persisted, the greater the danger that price pressures would spread more broadly through the economy and eventually affect wages.
2 November 2026 | Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Boris Vujčić said Monday that rising sovereign bond yields could increasingly expose fiscally vulnerable euro area countries to market pressure, warning that governments would need to respond primarily through fiscal policy if the underlying problem was fiscal.
2 November 2026 | Central Bank News