ECB Short Takes
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🚨Our take on Luis de Guindos' latest comments:
— Econostream (@EconoStream) November 10, 2025
🧐No longer a very vocal dove on the Executive Board, Luis de Guindos once again sounds strikingly balanced, meticulously avoiding anything that could be taken as dovish.
Let’s explain in this #thread 🧵https://t.co/IRj2rTuyse
⚠️Interesting shift from France's Villeroy:
— Econostream (@EconoStream) November 5, 2025
Though still stressing optionality, he seems more data-driven, even steering clear of undershoot talk. His rejection of “close to but below 2%” speaks volumes. Is he drifting from hardcore doves?
Read more:https://t.co/nwBu1rqn40
🕊️🛑ECB doves are retreating, but not all are capitulating.
— Econostream (@EconoStream) November 4, 2025
Lithuania’s Šimkus, once fretting about a 2028 undershoot, now sounds more relaxed. Finland’s Rehn still flies the flag for downside growth risks and sees little to cheer about in recent data.https://t.co/wpRVUG73TX
‼️ECB minutes hint: Is the easing bias alive and well?
— Econostream (@EconoStream) October 9, 2025
🔎Key line for us: A rate cut could help safeguard the inflation target, but upside risks argue for holding steady.
Full story👉https://t.co/4MJSDshR29
We’ll unpack the juicier details from the accounts in this thread 🧵
🇪🇸Spain’s Escrivá says the next ECB move could be a cut or "a move in the other direction." But why is he avoiding the word "hike"? 🧐
— Econostream (@EconoStream) October 8, 2025
He seems not to want to associate himself too closely with a scenario few in the market or on the Council see as likely in the near term.…
📝Our short take on ECB's Lane's comments:
— Econostream (@EconoStream) September 29, 2025
Chief Economist Philip Lane broke his silence on monetary policy today, offering his first steer since early summer. But there were no surprises: cautious, measured, in line with fellow Board members. As the one who proposes policy to… https://t.co/UhUyvFDAmA
#VIDEO | ECB Succession: Who could take over after Luis de Guindos?
— Econostream (@EconoStream) September 25, 2025
🇪🇺With his term ending in less than a year, the question is already on the table: who will step into the ECB’s No. 2 role?
Here's what you need to know:
🔗 Full story: https://t.co/mBwvmvbSQ9
🎥 Quick summary pic.twitter.com/qB3UHYgoyU
🧐Analysis of recent ECB speak: the ‘pause’ house still stands, but the paint might be peeling.
— Econostream (@EconoStream) September 23, 2025
The real story isn’t fresh perspectives, but nuance: how officials shade risks and position themselves.
More in our latest Insight.🔗https://t.co/LPKe2NsdqD pic.twitter.com/UhiXjFk5w3
The Silence of Philip Lane
— Econostream (@EconoStream) September 22, 2025
Almost every Governing Council member has spoken up lately except the ECB's very own Chief Economist. Not including Frank Elderson (for whom this is the norm), Lane is the only Executive Board member to stay quiet for months.
What did he last say? 🧵 pic.twitter.com/pp0N0cGeNM
🚦A weekend of mixed ECB signals—let’s unpack:
— Econostream (@EconoStream) September 22, 2025
All stress data dependence, most echo Lagarde’s “good place” and “don’t rush.” Yet Estonia’s Müller insists no more easing.
The rest? Content with pausing now, but seemingly fine if the door to cuts reopens later. #thread 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/higTxWt4jk
📈ECB's de Guindos might have just hinted markets may be too confident that cuts are off the table.
— Econostream (@EconoStream) September 17, 2025
Despite calling interest rates "appropriate", he now drops the inflation drumbeat of past remarks.
🔗Read our latest Insight about it: https://t.co/7j3q07GK8c pic.twitter.com/kq9XnV6OYJ
🥊The hawks strike back.
— Econostream (@EconoStream) September 15, 2025
🦅After Finland's Rehn and France's Villeroy kept rate cut hopes alive on Friday, ECB's Schnabel and Slovakia's Kažimír hit back today with warnings of upside risks. Over the weekend, Germany's Nagel and Austria's Kocher also leaned hawkish.
🕊️Do the… https://t.co/CXkh9gzLA9