By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Tuesday that there is “no need to rush” the ECB's next monetary policy decision as the Iran conflict unfolds, noting that the shock creates opposing pressures on the outlook.
3 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that it would be premature to predict an interest rate change, and that the ECB would not make decisions only based on energy prices.
3 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said on Tuesday that policymakers should avoid rushing a policy move and remain flexible.
3 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – GRONINGEN, the Netherlands (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen said on Tuesday that the recent escalation in the Middle East underscores how the global order is rapidly changing.
3 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Irish government on Tuesday nominated European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf for a second term at the head of the Central Bank of Ireland, according to a statement from the Department of Finance.
3 March 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip Lane on Tuesday warned that a potential escalation of military conflict in the Gulf could deliver an energy-price-driven inflation shock while weighing on euro-area growth, stressing that the magnitude and the implications for the medium-term inflation outlook would depend on the breadth and duration of any disruption.
3 March 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher on Monday said the ECB should be ready to move interest rates quickly in either direction if current uncertainties affecting the euro area outlook were to materialize, while making clear that policymakers should not react prematurely to risks that had not yet shown up in the data.
2 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said on Monday that it is premature to respond to the recent rise in energy prices linked to the Iran conflict.
2 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said on Monday that policymakers should not “rush” to respond to recent energy price movements, though the ECB will need to carefully assess the situation if it escalates into a broader oil shock.
2 March 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Sunday that the ECB was “in a good position” at current interest rate levels and should continue setting policy meeting by meeting as trade and geopolitical uncertainty remain high.
1 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Primož Dolenc took office on Sunday as Governor of Banka Slovenije, the institution said in a press release.
1 March 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Econostream’s ECB Tone Meter showed the Governing Council unchanged this week, while the Executive Board edged down to neutral.
27 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Thursday that European economic growth had been “sluggish”, while the “good news” was that inflation and inflation expectations were close to the 2% target.
26 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - A softer US dollar has done little to disrupt sovereign funding strategies, with debt management offices signaling that their USD issuance plans remain firmly in place despite the currency’s recent depreciation.
26 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that the ECB is in “a good place” but that it should remain “agile” as it monitors evolving developments and their implications.
26 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that the ECB continued to expect inflation to settle at 2% over the medium term.
26 February 2026
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Wednesday’s report from Spanish news outlet Vozpópuli on former European Central Bank Governing Council member Pablo Hernández de Cos is more convincing than the outlet’s attempt a month ago to portray the ECB as already opening the door to him. Even so, the new piece still looks less like confirmation of a Spanish decision than an effort to shape the conversation around one.
26 February 2026
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić on Wednesday cleared a key procedural step toward becoming the next vice president of the ECB after the Governing Council said it had “no objection” to his nomination.
25 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Wednesday that the ECB's Transmission Protection Instrument (TPI) works best when it is discussed less.
25 February 2026
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Wednesday that euro area inflation was back at the medium-term target of 2%, but that the ECB could not be complacent given the current environment.
25 February 2026