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ECB’s Lagarde: Euro Area Resilient Despite Global Uncertainty

ECB’s Lagarde: Euro Area Resilient Despite Global Uncertainty

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Monday that the euro area economy remained resilient despite rising global uncertainty, with inflation broadly aligned with the ECB’s 2% target..

23 June 2025
ECB Insight: Olli Rehn – Bridging the Gap or Straddling the Divide?

ECB Insight: Olli Rehn – Bridging the Gap or Straddling the Divide?

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – With less than a year to go until the next anticipated vacancy on the European Central Bank’s Executive Board—Vice President Luis de Guindos is set to depart at the end of May 2026—we consider it timely to examine some of the policymakers regarded as potential Board candidates.

23 June 2025
ECB’s Rehn Flags Near-Term Inflation Dip but Maintains Medium-Term Target Confidence

ECB’s Rehn Flags Near-Term Inflation Dip but Maintains Medium-Term Target Confidence

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Wednesday said that euro area inflation would fall below target in the near term, but expressed confidence that it would return to 2% in the medium term, as the effects of energy prices faded and wage and employment dynamics provided underlying support.

19 June 2025
ECB’s Kažimír Under Fire for Avoiding Parliament Appearance Amid Fallout From Conviction

ECB’s Kažimír Under Fire for Avoiding Parliament Appearance Amid Fallout From Conviction

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member and Slovak central bank chief Peter Kažimír is under pressure after declining to appear before Slovak lawmakers to present a report of the National Bank of Slovakia, fuelling criticism that he is seeking to evade domestic scrutiny in the wake of his recent bribery conviction.

18 June 2025
ECB Insight: Stournaras, Meet Stournaras

ECB Insight: Stournaras, Meet Stournaras

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Writing here on June 3, we expressed reluctance – hardly novel - to accept European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras’ contention that 2% would mark the terminal rate of the ECB’s easing cycle. With good reason: Stournaras himself now appears reluctant to accept it.

18 June 2025