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
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank should wait until it has new projections before deciding anew whether to alter its monetary policy stance, ECB Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Tuesday.
10 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 9 June 2025 with Kaspars Āboliņš, director of the Latvian State Treasury.
10 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Latvia may become a regular issuer in the USD bond market following its return after a 12-year hiatus, according to Kaspars Āboliņš, head of the Latvian State Treasury.
10 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said on Monday that the pause in the ECB’s cutting cycle could last some time.
9 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá said on Monday that the ECB had largely normalised its monetary policy and was currently flexible with regard to future steps.
9 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír on Monday said that the ECB was done or almost done cutting rates.
9 June 2025
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – If the European Central Bank's baseline scenario is realised, further interest rate cuts may be appropriate, according to ECB Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá on Sunday.
8 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said on Sunday that the ECB should avoid overreacting to small changes in inflation as it was not doing ‘precision surgery’.
8 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Sunday that the ECB could now take time to consider what to do next.
8 June 2025
By David Barwick – DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Saturday that the ECB was ‘in a good place’ with respect to inflation.
7 June 2025
By David Barwick – DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Econostream) – The European Central Bank is close to the end of its monetary policy easing cycle, ECB Governing Council member Boris Vujčić said Saturday.
7 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said on Friday that the ECB might pause its interest rate cuts in July given the lack of new data between now and then.
6 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Gediminas Šimkus said on Friday that ECB interest rates were now at neutral.
6 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said on Friday that the ECB had almost completed its easing phase.
6 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday that the ECB had won the battle against inflation.
6 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Friday praised ECB President Christine Lagarde for saying that the central bank’s easing cycle was almost done.
6 June 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said on Friday that interest rates were now in accommodative territory.
6 June 2025