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By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír said on Thursday that tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump were to a large extent incorporated in the gloomiest scenarios of the ECB’s projections.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Thursday that the ECB would have to recalibrate the situation after yesterday’s tariff announcement by the US.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras on Thursday reiterated his support for another ECB rate cut, dismissing the new US tariffs.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Looking at European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos’ latest comments alongside those made by him previously, it is hard to escape the conclusion that he has grown suddenly less supportive of further monetary policy easing in the near term.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos on Thursday said that monetary policymakers needed to be ‘extremely prudent’.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Lithuania is planning to deliver a bond issuance around the 20-year tenor soon if market conditions allow for it, according to Rasa Kavolytė, Director of the State Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Our last member-by-member review of the European Central Bank Governing Council was only Tuesday, but the announcement on Wednesday evening of US tariffs has led to a couple of changes ostensibly favouring a pause.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) - Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 1 April 2025 with Rasa Kavolytė, Director of the State Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.:
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Trade tensions are apt to worsen existing problems in Europe, and the heightened uncertainty could hamper an investment-driven recovery, according to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde late Wednesday.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member François Villeroy de Galhau on Wednesday said that US tariffs on Europe would probably not substantially affect the disinflation process in the euro area.