Slower wage growth needed for euro zone rate cuts, ECB’s Knot says
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The European Central Bank (ECB) will need to see proof of slowing wage growth in the euro zone before interest rates can be lowered, ECB governing council member Klaas…
ECB’s Nagel says too early to discuss cutting rates
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – It is too early for the European Central Bank to discuss cutting interest rates because inflation remains high, ECB policymaker Joachim Nagel said on Monday. The Bundesbank president, a…
ECB’s Lane sees June meeting as key for rate cut moves – Corriere della Sera
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank (ECB) will have key data by June to decide on the first of a likely series of interest rate cuts but going too fast may…
ECB’s Lagarde: rate cuts to occur if it is clear inflation has fallen to 2%
By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) – European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that the ‘hardest and worst bit’ regarding inflation was likely over and that interest rates would…
ECB’s Centeno sees rate cut coming sooner than recently thought
LISBON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank (ECB) will cut its key interest rates sooner than it recently thought and should not wait until May to make a decision, as there are…
EU laws protect Polish central bank chief, ECB’s Lagarde says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -European Union laws offer protection to the Polish central bank governor if the incoming government planned to unlawfully prosecute or suspend him, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said in…
‘Way too early’ to declare victory over inflation, says ECB’s Nagel
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation will carry on declining in the months ahead but at a slower pace, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel was quoted as telling Cypriot newspaper Kathimerini on Sunday.…
ECB’s Nagel: inflation trends encouraging but rate cut talk too early
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation is going in the right direction but risks are skewed towards more negative outcomes, so a further rate hike cannot be taken off the table and…
ECB’s inflation fight progressing but not yet done: Lagarde
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation pressures are easing as expected but wage growth is still strong and the outlook is especially uncertain, so the European Central Bank’s fight to contain price growth…
ECB’s Holzmann tells paper he wants cut in PEPP reinvestments from March
VIENNA (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymakers should discuss at their meeting next month whether to wind down bond reinvestments under the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme early, Austrian Governor Robert Holzmann said…
ECB’s Nagel: rates at peak or close, rules out hard landing
MILAN (Reuters) – Euro zone interest rates are close to their peak in the current cycle or may have already reached it, European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on…
ECB’s Centeno sees conditions to reverse rate cycle ‘in the near future’
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymaker Mario Centeno said on Wednesday he expected macroeconomic conditions would lead to a reversal in the bank’s recent cycle of rate hikes…
ECB’s Lagarde warns against premature inflation celebration
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank has time now to assess how inflation unfolds after a record string of rate hikes but victory has not yet been won and bets based…
‘Premature’ to start talking about interest rate cuts – ECB’s De Cos
MADRID (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymaker Pablo Hernandez de Cos said on Monday it was “premature” to talk about the possibility of interest rate cuts or make any forward-looking predictions about…
EU loophole lets banks dodge ECB’s crypto supervision, needs fixing -Enria
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – EU rules to protect the financial system from risks stemming from cryptocurrencies contain a loophole that allows banks to circumvent some safeguards and should be fixed urgently, the European…
ECB’s Villeroy : inflation to still land at around 2 pct by 2025 despite violence in Israel
PARIS (Reuters) – Inflation should still land at the European Central Bank’s target of around 2% by 2025 despite the violence in Israel weighing on commodity prices, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de…
ECB’s Lagarde: confident over 2% inflation target and Europe’s winter gas situation
PARIS (Reuters) -European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said in an interview published on Sunday that she was confident the ECB would meet its target of getting inflation back down to 2%,…
ECB’s Knot says Italy is paying price for higher deficit
STRBSKE PLESO, Slovakia (Reuters) – Italy is paying the price for raising its deficit targets via higher borrowing costs, European Central Bank policymaker Klaas Knot said on Friday, telling governments to tighten…
ECB’s Kazimir: latest hike was maybe the last, still need to see data
(Reuters) – The European Central Bank’s rate hike last month was likely the last although the bank cannot be certain until seeing data available at meetings in December and March, ECB policymaker…
ECB’s Lane says wages keeping up domestic inflation
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Rising wages in the euro zone are keeping up domestic inflation in the euro area but salary growth should moderate in the coming months, European Central Bank chief economist…
Oil price spike does not change ECB’s view on inflation-Villeroy
PARIS (Reuters) – Bank of France head Francois Villeroy de Galhau, a governing council member of the European Central Bank (ECB), said on Saturday that the spike in oil and fuel prices…
ECB’s Nagel says inflation not falling at desired pace
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Inflation in the euro zone is not falling “at the desired pace” and it is therefore too early to say whether or not the European Central Bank will need…
ECB’s new top supervisor Buch is prepared to be tough
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank’s new chief supervisor, Claudia Buch, is a German central banker and scholar whose mild manner belies a willingness to take tough decisions, former colleagues say.…
ECB’s Holzmann leaning towards September rate hike
(Reuters) – The European Central Bank may need to raise interest rates further, Austrian central bank chief Robert Holzmann said on Thursday, just as fresh figures showed euro zone inflation steadied in…
Euro zone set for growth over next ‘couple’ of years – ECB’s Lane
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The euro zone economy will keep growing in the coming years and is unlikely to experience a deep or sustained recession, European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane said…
ECB’s Panetta backs keeping rates high over more hikes
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank board member Fabio Panetta made the case on Thursday for keeping the ECB’s interest rates at their current high level for longer, rather than raising them…
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