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I Asked the ECB’s Digital Euro Chief About the Legal Basis for Creating New Money—He Wasn’t Sure

Brice Hamard July 5, 2026

The European Parliament voted to open negotiations on the most ambitious monetary project in Europe since the creation of the euro—without any independent body having examined whether the ECB had the Treaty authority to propose it in the first place.

Europe’s Economic Double Whammy

Sven R. Larson June 19, 2026

A small increase in the ECB’s policy-setting rates reveals worries about a much bigger threat to the European economy—even to the euro zone itself.

The ECB Is Already Behind the Inflation Curve

Sven R. Larson June 12, 2026

The European Central Bank’s latest rate hike is built on an inflation forecast that’s likely to prove far too modest.

ECB Blames Trump for Europe’s Financial Woes

Sven R. Larson May 29, 2026

Neither tariffs nor the war in Iran can throw a wrench into Europe’s financial machinery like its home-grown problems can.

Inflation Surge Should Compel ECB Rate Hike

Sven R. Larson May 15, 2026

With the threat of stagflation growing stronger, the ECB is allegedly still reluctant to raise interest rates. This is very troubling, especially with stagflation lurking in the woods.

Stagflation Is Coming, But the ECB Is in Denial

Sven R. Larson May 2, 2026

The numbers don’t lie, but euro zone money chief Christine Lagarde still refuses to be responsible and admit the obvious.

ECB Takes Condescending Approach to Greek Recovery

Sven R. Larson March 31, 2026

Like an abusive spouse, the central bank is rewarding compliance by the country that it beat into a depression 15 years ago.

ECB President Candidly Admits Europe Has Big Problems

Sven R. Larson March 3, 2026

Christine Lagarde is probably the first major European policymaker to speak openly about why the EU is falling behind globally. But her plan for fixing the problem falls way short.

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde arrives to present the bank’s 2025 Annual Report to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on February 9, 2026.

Lagarde’s Rumoured Early Departure from ECB: Safeguard Against Electoral Risk in France?

Javier Villamor February 23, 2026

France’s political calendar turns the European Central Bank succession into a strategic issue for the Franco-German axis.

European Parliament Backs Digital Currency Proposal

TEC News / AFP February 10, 2026

Unlike cash, a proposed ‘digital euro’ would create a permanent record of every transaction, purchase, and financial activity.

Tag: ECB

I Asked the ECB’s Digital Euro Chief About the Legal Basis for Creating New Money—He Wasn’t Sure

Europe’s Economic Double Whammy

The ECB Is Already Behind the Inflation Curve

ECB Blames Trump for Europe’s Financial Woes

Inflation Surge Should Compel ECB Rate Hike

Stagflation Is Coming, But the ECB Is in Denial

ECB Takes Condescending Approach to Greek Recovery

ECB President Candidly Admits Europe Has Big Problems

Lagarde’s Rumoured Early Departure from ECB: Safeguard Against Electoral Risk in France?

European Parliament Backs Digital Currency Proposal

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