By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The list of credible candidates to succeed European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has barely changed in months, but the absence of new names is itself notable.
21 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Agence France Trésor (AFT) allotted €1.54 billion of inflation-linked government bonds at an auction on Thursday across four OATi and OAT€i lines.
21 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Agence France Trésor (AFT) allotted €13.998 billion of medium-term government bonds (OATs) at an auction on Thursday across four lines maturing between 2029 and 2033.
21 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) allotted £4 billion of 4⅞% Treasury Gilt 2036 at an auction on Thursday.
21 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said Thursday that the ECB could still raise interest rates in June to protect its credibility, while saying there was little evidence so far that the latest inflation shock was becoming entrenched.
21 May 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Wednesday that the Iran war and the resulting energy price shock had put the ECB in a difficult position, with upward pressure on prices but a negative impact on growth.
20 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) announced a £4 billion auction of the 4⅛% Treasury Gilt 2033 to be held on May 27, with settlement scheduled for May 28.
20 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Portugal’s Treasury and Public Debt Management Agency (IGCP) sold €1.537 billion of 12-month Treasury bill (BT) on Wednesday.
20 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on Wednesday announced the launch of a new five-year inflation-linked government bond called "BTP Italia Sì" to be offered from June 15 to June 19.
20 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said on Wednesday that if the Middle East conflict had not ended by the time the Governing Council meets on June 11, the chances of an interest rate hike would be quite high.
20 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Banque de France governor nominee Emmanuel Moulin said on Wednesday that while the European Central Bank’s mandate is to fight inflation, interest rates should not be set as high as possible but instead be compatible with stable economic growth.
20 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Banque de France Governor nominee Emmanuel Moulin said on Wednesday that it was too early to know what position he would take at the June meeting of the European Central Bank's Governing Council.
20 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The German Finance Agency (Finanzagentur) allotted €3.845 billion of Federal bonds (Bunds) on Wednesday at a reopening auction of its 2.90% February 15, 2036 line.
20 May 2026 Debt Issuance News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Former European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno said Wednesday that Europe needed deeper financial integration, less mutual suspicion and a central fiscal capacity for the Eurozone.
20 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher said on Tuesday that the ECB would have to hike interest rates if reaching the inflation target of 2% in the medium term was “unattainable.”
19 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that the tightening of financial conditions was already affecting inflation.
19 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Tuesday that the economic outlook was moving away from the ECB’s baseline scenario and that the central bank might need to act.
19 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said Tuesday that the judgment incorporated into ECB staff projections was not arbitrary and generally helped steer the forecasts in the right direction.
19 May 2026 Central Bank News
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said in a speech that Europe’s Savings and Investments Union would not deliver the productivity gains the bloc needed unless the Single Market itself functioned properly across goods, services and capital.
19 May 2026 Central Bank News
By Laura Contemori – ROME (Econostream) – The State Treasury of the Republic of Finland sold €1.50 billion of government bonds on Tuesday across two lines, increasing the outstanding amount of the 2030 and 2041 benchmarks.
19 May 2026 Debt Issuance News