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ECB’s Cipollone: Cash to Remain a Core Payment Option Alongside Digital Euro

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Cash will remain a core component of the euro area’s payment system and coexist with the digital euro, European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said Monday.

ECB Wrap: Recap of Week From Saturday 26 July to Friday 1 August 2025

ECB Wage Tracker Points to Ongoing Easing of Wage Pressures

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s wage tracker shows wage pressures in the euro area continuing to ease, the ECB said Wednesday.

ECB Sees US Tariffs on China Driving Down Euro Area Inflation, Blog Suggests

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The imposition of tariffs on Chinese imports entering the US could exert mild disinflationary pressure on the euro area by 2026, according to a new European Central Bank blog post published Wednesday analysing trade diversion dynamics and inflation pass-through.

ECB’s Makhlouf: Can Wait and See Whether We Need to Adjust Our Policy Stance

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank can now wait to see whether incoming information dictates a further adjustment of its interest rates, ECB Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf said Tuesday.

ECB’s Scicluna to Resume Exercising Duties of Central Bank of Malta Governor

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Central Bank of Malta (CBM) Governor Edward Scicluna will resume exercising his duties as governor after a year's absence, the Maltese government said Tuesday in a statement.

ECB’s Kažimír: I Don't Expect Anything that Would Motivate Me to Act in September

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Governing Council member Peter Kažimír on Monday indicated that he was disinclined to cut interest rates again in September.

ECB’s Cipollone Avoids Encouraging or Discouraging Rate Cut Hopes, Sees More Clarity in September

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone on Saturday indicated that whether the ECB would cut rates again this year was an open question in the context of ‘conflicting signals’ .

ECB’s Müller: Euro Strength Has Not Hurt Euro Area Exports

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The appreciation of the euro has not held back euro area exports, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Müller on Friday.

ECB Insight: Doves on the Defensive as ECB Sentiment Shifts

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – In contrast to comments of European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks published earlier Friday, subsequent interventions today by his French and Finnish counterparts – François Villeroy de Galhau and Olli Rehn – added little new insight into the current ECB policy outlook.