ECB’s Lagarde: ‘We Are Not Quite at Target Yet. There Is Still a Bit of Work to Do’
ECB’s Lagarde: ‘We Are Not Quite at Target Yet. There Is Still a Bit of Work to Do’
2 April 2025
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ECB’s Escrivá: ‘There Is Obviously a Great Deal of Concern’ About US Tariffs
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Tuesday that there was a big concern with respect to potential US tariffs because it would represent a change from the current system.
1 April 2025
ECB’s Rehn: We Should Cut in April if Data Verify the Baseline, Pause Otherwise
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Tuesday that if available data were consistent with the central scenario, the ECB should cut in the April meeting.
1 April 2025
ECB Insight: Panetta’s Hawkish Tone Likely Just a Case of Erring on the Side of Caution
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Fabio Panetta, one of the most dovish members of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council, sounded unexpectedly hawkish on Monday, but we hesitate to infer from this a conviction that the ECB should put its policy easing on pause the week after next.
1 April 2025
Countdown to April: Panetta Now Unclear; No Longer in Group Assumed to Want to Cut
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Our last member-by-member review of the European Central Bank Governing Council eight days ago included three changes with respect to the tally of two weeks previously, all three tending to support the idea of an April cut.
1 April 2025
ECB’s Panetta: ‘Growing Uncertainty Requires a Prudent Approach to Rate Cuts’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta said on Monday that increasing uncertainty meant the ECB should take a cautious approach with respect to interest rate cuts.
31 March 2025
ECB’s Lagarde: We Are Almost at Our 2% Inflation Target
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that inflation in the Eurozone was almost at the ECB’s target of 2%.
31 March 2025
ECB’s Nagel: Recent Inflation Data ‘Encouraging’ But Should Not Be Over-Optimistic
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Friday that he was encouraged by recent data with regards to inflation but warned against being too optimistic.
28 March 2025
ECB Insight: Listening to What Was Not Said at Schnabel’s London Appearance
By David Barwick – LONDON (Econostream) – Observers of the European Central Bank who looked to Thursday evening’s event in the British capital with Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel for clues about what the ECB is likely to do next may have been disappointed by the ostensible lack of such hints.
28 March 2025
Transcript: Interview with Belgian DMO Director of Treasury Maric Post
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 14 March 2025 with Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets of the Belgian Debt Agency.
28 March 2025
Exclusive: Belgian DMO Head: We Can Always Reopen 30-year Bonds Via Auction if Enough Demand
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Belgium could deliver an issuance in the 30-year maturity bucket via auction this year if there is enough demand, according to Maric Post, Director of Treasury and Capital Markets of the Belgian Debt Agency.
28 March 2025
ECB’s de Guindos: Baseline Scenario Could Worsen
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Friday that the ECB’s baseline scenario could worsen as the situation gets more and more complicated.
28 March 2025
ECB’s Schnabel: Greater Financial Literacy Supports More Effective Monetary Policy Transmission
By David Barwick – LONDON (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel on Thursday said that higher levels of financial literacy were conducive to monetary policy transmission.
27 March 2025
ECB’s Escrivá: Global Economy to See Further Revisions Down for Growth, Up for Inflation
By Marta Vilar – BRUSSELS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Thursday that the global economy will face further downward revisions for economic growth and upward revisions for inflation in some countries.
27 March 2025
Transcript: Interview with Canada DMO Funds Management Director General Matthew Emde
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 13 March 2025 with Matthew Emde, Director General of Funds Management at the Canadian Department of Finance:
27 March 2025
Exclusive: Canadian DMO: No Plans to Issue More USD, Other Foreign Currency Bonds in 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - Canada is not expecting to deliver another USD bond issuance in 2025 after ‘great success’ of the transaction on March 11, according to Matthew Emde, Director General of Funds Management at the Canadian Department of Finance.
27 March 2025
ECB’s de Guindos: ‘Today It Is Very Difficult to Say What We Will Do in April’
By Marta Vilar – BRUSSELS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Thursday that it was very hard to predict the outcome of the April meeting.
27 March 2025
ECB’s Villeroy: All Else Equal, We Should Take Rise in Bond Yields into Account in Our Assessment
By Marta Vilar – BRUSSELS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Thursday that the ECB should take into consideration the rise in European bond yields if nothing else changes among the variables the ECB monitors.
27 March 2025
ECB Insight: April Meeting Outcome All Clear, Except of Course for the High Uncertainty
- As of today, the stage is set more for another cut rather than for a pause
27 March 2025
ECB’s Wunsch: A Pause Should Be On the Table for April Meeting
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said on Thursday that the ECB should considering pausing interest rate cuts in its April meeting.
27 March 2025