By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Mário Centeno said on Wednesday that the ECB could need to cut interest rates below what he considered to be the neutral rate.
21 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Wednesday that tariffs could have adverse effects on economic activity.
21 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said on Tuesday that he could neither rule out nor confirm that the ECB will cut rates in June.
20 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Tuesday that US tariffs could dampen inflation in the short term but trigger a surge in prices in the medium term.
20 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller said on Monday that cutting interest rates further could be justified if they were not lowered ‘significantly’.
19 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 19 May 2025 with Janno Luurmees, Head of Estonia’s State Treasury Department.
19 May 2025
- Janno Luurmees, Head of Estonia’s State Treasury Department: ‘We anticipate another Treasury bill auction in 2H25’
- Luurmees: Increasing defence spending may lead to higher issuance in 2H25
- Luurmees: Higher defence spending ‘could bring long-term issuance back to consideration’
- Luurmees: Might pre-finance part of 2026 budget if market conditions favourable
- Luurmees: ‘We are far from any kind of debt spiral’
- Luurmees: Currently no decisions made about future retail issuances
- Luurmees: ‘We have no plans to issue green bonds at this stage’
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch said on Sunday that the economy could require that the ECB enter accommodative territory.
18 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Sunday that Europe should be ready to react strongly to US tariffs if negotiations turn out to be unsuccessful.
18 May 2025
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Saturday that the ECB could leave rates ‘broadly’ around current levels.
17 May 2025