Santi Piñol

Rome

International Reporter at Market News International

Journalist from Barcelona in Rome. I write about Italian politics and finance and Mon.Pol for @MNIMarketnews. Antes en Cuba y Latinoamérica y en @epcatalunya

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Articles

MNI ECB WATCH: ECB Cuts 25BP, As Tariffs Add To Risk

1 week ago | mnimarkets.com | Santi Piñol

You are missing out on very valuable content. The European Central Bank cut its benchmark Deposit Rate by 25 basis points on Thursday for a sixth consecutive meeting, bringing it to 2.25% and removing the restrictive label from its policy statement, signalling a new phase characterised by uncert...
MNI ECB WATCH: 25BP Cut Likely As Tariffs Darken ...- 04-14-2025

1 week ago | mnimarkets.com | Santi Piñol

You are missing out on very valuable content. The European Central Bank is set to lower its deposit rate by 25 basis points to 2.25% on Thursday, cutting for a sixth consecutive meeting as volatile markets await the outcome of a 90-day partial tariff reprieve announced by U.S. President Donald T...
MNI INTERVIEW: Tariff Shock A Challenge To ECB's ...- 04-07-2025

2 weeks ago | mnimarkets.com | Santi Piñol

There is a risk the European Central Bank will be forced to reduce the pace of its balance sheet runoff in order to safeguard the stability of the financial system in the wake of the U.S. tariff shock, its former director general of research Lucrezia...
MNI: Italy Sees Lower 2025 Growth, Deficit Target...- 03-31-2025

3 weeks ago | mnimarkets.com | Santi Piñol

The Italian government will lower its 2025 growth forecast to "something close but below 1%" from the 1.2% projected last autumn, sources close to the governing coalition told MNI, noting that the figures do not take account of the effect of potentia...
MNI: Defence Spending Deepens Italian Government Fractures

1 month ago | marketnews.com | Santi Piñol

MNI speaks to officials close to Italy's governing coalition about plans for a defence spending boost. MNI (ROME) - Europe’s push for increased defence spending is exacerbating tensions within the Italian government, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni worried about a Europe-wide rise in borrowing costs and her deputy calculating whether to abandon the coalition if rearmament becomes too politically unpopular, sources told MNI.
MNI BRIEF: Reasons To Keep Cutting “Reinforced” -ECB Cipollone

1 month ago | marketnews.com | Santi Piñol

MNI (LONDON) - Developments and new data since the March Governing Council meeting have reinforced the argument for the European Central Bank to continue cutting interest rates, ECB executive board member Piero Cipollone said in an interview with Expansion published Monday.
MNI BRIEF: Inflation From German Plan Not Significant -Lagarde

1 month ago | marketnews.com | Santi Piñol

MNI (LONDON) - Germany's EUR500 billion investment plan for defence and infrastructure is likely to increase economic growth and bring some inflation “but not that significant” for the European Central Bank's 2% target, President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday. “We all get over excited by amounts but we forget about time,” she told the European Parliament's economic affairs committee, noting that the German plan is still under process and scheduled to develop over 12 years.
MNI BRIEF: EU Will Prioritise Local Firms In Rearming - VDL

1 month ago | marketnews.com | Santi Piñol

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MNI BRIEF: ECB Should Weigh Undershooting Risk -Rehn

1 month ago | marketnews.com | Santi Piñol

MNI (LONDON) - The European Central Bank should consider the risk of undershooting its 2% target in its April Governing Council meeting if U.S. tariffs dampen growth quickly even if its not “the central scenario for the moment”, Bank of Finland Governor Olli Rehn said on a livestreamed MNI Connect on Tuesday.
MNI BRIEF: Tariffs To Quickly Hit Eurozone Growth -Rehn

1 month ago | marketnews.com | Santi Piñol

Bank of Finland Olli Rehn speaks on an MNI live-streamed event. MNI (LONDON) - The effect of U.S. trade tariffs on the eurozone would be “fairly immediate” due to pervasive uncertainty and will weigh on growth this year and into next year before the economy is able to adjust, Bank of Finland Governor Olli Rehn told on an MNI Webcast on Tuesday.