By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that the ECB should remain ready to act as warranted and that there was no pre-determined path for interest rates.
17 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The division within the European Central Bank Governing Council was apparent last week, but Vice President Luis de Guindos’ comments published Monday made it even clearer - not just where the lines lie, but also where common ground has emerged.
16 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Monday that the ECB should remain cautious and flexible in its next steps.
16 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Monday confirmed that ECB President Christine Lagarde’s insistence that the ECB was in a good place meant that a pause in monetary policy easing could be appropriate.
16 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Saturday that the inflation target was now ‘within reach’.
14 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Friday said that the ECB had to watch for signs of inflation escaping control to both the upside and the downside.
13 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The Dutch government has appointed Olaf Sleijpen as the next president of De Nederlandsche Bank, to succeed current DNB chief and European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot on July 1.
13 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – As it is now established that Olaf Sleijpen will succeed Klaas Knot as President of De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), we have taken a closer look at Sleijpen’s record and concluded that a major shift in Dutch thinking on monetary policy at the European Central Bank is unlikely.
13 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Thursday that recent events were likely to lead to weaker economic growth, a leading indicator of how inflation might evolve.
12 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said on Thursday that a pause in the ECB’s easing cycle was justified, but he did not rule out another interest rate cut in 2025.
12 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank will continue to set monetary policy on a meeting-by-meeting, data-dependent basis, according to ECB Governing Council member Christodoulos Patsalides on Thursday.
12 June 2025
By David Barwick – BRUSSELS (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Thursday that the ECB was nearing the end of its monetary policy easing and that policy was well situated at the moment.
12 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Thursday that market volatility created by trade tensions could test non-banks in terms of financial stability.
12 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Thursday declined to make detailed comments on future interest rate decisions.
12 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said on Wednesday that the ECB had decided to cut its interest rates on June 5 to prevent the expected undershooting of inflation in 2026 from becoming entrenched.
11 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 06 June with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
11 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – It is ‘quite likely’ that the European Central Bank will still need to put some finishing touches on its monetary policy stance and ease a bit further to maintain price stability, ECB Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said Friday.
11 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday that all countries should adapt their structural and fiscal policy in a way that reduces their role in triggering trade tensions.
11 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn on Tuesday said that euro area inflation was going to undershoot the ECB’s target in the near term but that the ultimate impact of US tariffs on inflation was uncertain.
10 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that being at 2% inflation and 2% interest rates did not mean being ‘comfortable’ or ‘static’.
10 June 2025