By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that uncertainty stemming from the recent escalation around US tariffs would have spillovers on monetary policy.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 17 January 2026 with Dimitar Radev, Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Hiking interest rates would require clearer evidence of persistent services inflation and strong wage dynamics, as well as signs that domestic price pressures were failing to ease as projected, according to Dimitar Radev, governor of the Bulgarian National Bank and member of the European Central Bank Governing Council.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 15 January with Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank:
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s current interest rate level is appropriate and financial markets’ rate expectations appear broadly aligned with the baseline outlook, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Euro area finance ministers’ nomination on Monday of Croatian central bank governor Boris Vujčić to succeed European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos is a mainstream pick from a largely mainstream field.
By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Bulgarian National Bank Governor Dimitar Radev joined the European Central Bank’s Governing Council less than three weeks ago amid close interest in his views. After speaking with him ourselves, his policy instincts remain hard to trace.
By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane’s La Stampa interview published today was disciplined in form—baseline first, uncertainty explicit, reaction function articulated—but not perfectly neutral in substance. Using our ECB Tone Meter , we scored the intervention at -0.25: dovish, though only marginally.
By David Barwick and Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The Baltic states have moved to reclaim the initiative in the contest to succeed European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos, issuing a joint statement that frames the appointment as a question of representation and seeks to keep a “Baltic turn” argument alive.