By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland came to a close at the end of last week, but the convenient timing of the event just before the European Central Bank’s quiet period ensured a flow of comments from Governing Council members worth looking back at.
28 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday that central bank independence was under threat.
27 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír said on Monday that the fiscal authorities should not adopt policies inconsistent with high interest rates as this might spur inflation.
27 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on January 21 with Dorothée Rouzet, Chief Economist of the French Treasury.
27 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The French economy should not suffer recession, with annual growth likely to hover around 1%, according to French Treasury Chief Economist Dorothée Rouzet.
27 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Friday that the ECB had faith in the disinflation process.
24 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Thursday that the ECB’s central scenario consisted of gradual moves approaching neutral over the next six months.
23 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that Europe needed strength to wage a tariff discussion.
22 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn said on Wednesday that the ECB was now confident that interest rates would soon no longer be restrictive.
22 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday that Europe had to act together after the election of Donald Trump as US president.
22 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday that the ECB Governing Council was not very worried about importing inflation to Europe from the US due to US President Donald Trump’s policies.
22 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – The German economy was likely to remain in a stagnation situation in Q1 2025, while inflation, which would remain high early in the year, would probably come down in the following months, according to the German Bundesbank’s latest monthly report, published on Wednesday.
22 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Wednesday that most of the potential ripple effects in financial crises were in the non-banking sector.
22 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Wednesday that the most likely outcome of the ECB’s monetary policy meeting on January 30 was a 25bp cut.
22 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday that the inflationary impact of President Trump’s policies would not be as significant in Europe as in the US.
22 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said on Wednesday that the ECB should cut interest rates in steps of 25bp to approach 2% by the end of 2025.
22 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Wednesday that he was not sure yet that the ECB would have to cut interest rates to accommodative territory if inflation hit the 2% target by mid-2025.
22 January 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf on Wednesday reiterated his preference for cautious policymaking.
22 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday that the French government did not need to turn to austerity measures to achieve a 3% deficit by 2029 and a stable debt-to-GDP ratio.
22 January 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that the ECB did not have to deliver larger interest rate cuts as long as the pace remained steady.
21 January 2025