The European Central Bank is the central bank for Europe's single currency, the euro. Its main task is to maintain the euro's purchasing power.

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We raised our key interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. Read today’s decisions ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/…
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Letter from the ECB President to Mr Bruno Gonçalves, MEP, on financing the green transition link.europa.eu/tQryr7

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Join us next Monday at 9:30 CET for the Money in transition: digitalisation and innovation in payments conference. Central bankers, market practitioners and academics discuss the pros and cons of topics ranging from digital finance to cross-border payments. Watch live link.europa.eu/wMNMPB
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Meet our Executive Board in its current composition. The members, from left to right, are: Frank Elderson, Isabel Schnabel, Vice-President Boris Vujčić, President Christine Lagarde, Philip R. Lane and Piero Cipollone.
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Transcript with Q&A of yesterday’s monetary policy press conference ecb.europa.eu/press/press_co…
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The Governing Council decided to raise interest rates by 25 basis points. This decision is robust across a range of scenarios mapping how the current shock might evolve and affect the medium-term outlook for the euro area, says President @Lagarde.
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We’ve just taken our latest monetary policy decisions. Tune in to Euro Matters to hear President Christine @Lagarde present the decisions in our press conference pod.link/ecbpodcast/episode/…
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Today we raised our key interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. We are doing this because the war in the Middle East is driving up prices and we want to see inflation stabilise at 2% in the medium term. Read more about our decisions ecb.europa.eu/press/press_co…
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Watch the ECB press conference live: President Christine @Lagarde explains today’s monetary policy decisions link.europa.eu/KByWRW
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Modern risks require modern banking supervision, says Supervisory Board member Sharon Donnery. Our reforms simplify processes, clarify the capital framework, reduce backlogs and encourage deeper banking sector integration bankingsupervision.europa.eu…
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Later today: watch live as ECB President Christine @Lagarde explains the latest monetary policy decisions link.europa.eu/KByWRW
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We are simplifying and speeding up our processes, Supervisory Board Vice-Chair Frank Elderson tells Het Financieele Dagblad. To become more risk-based and effective, we are changing our supervisory culture and setting clear priorities bankingsupervision.europa.eu…
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We’re working closely with banks to assess how higher energy prices and tariffs could affect their credit risk, Supervisory Board Chair Claudia Buch tells @LesEchos. Cyber resilience is also a priority as AI models evolve bankingsupervision.europa.eu…
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In an uncertain risk environment, financial conglomeratesface more complex, interconnected risks than stand-alone banks – they must step up governance, resilience and communication to cope with the challenges, says Supervisory Board member Anneli Tuominen bankingsupervision.europa.eu…
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How did euro area bank interest rates evolve in April? How do they compare with March’s figures? Find out more in the press release ecb.europa.eu/press/stats/mf…
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When we talk about women who have gone far up in their careers, our focus is on their achievements rather than on the barriers that made the climb so steep. We need to change how we measure commitment and how we share opportunity. Read my speech ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date…
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In an interview with @CNBC, Supervisory Board Vice-Chair Frank Elderson spoke about the euro area inflation outlook, threats from frontier AI models and overcoming fragmentation in the single market for European competitiveness. Watch it again here 👉 youtu.be/AE_dVxxF88g?list=PL…
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We will issue cash in both physical and digital form to protect people’s freedom to pay, says Executive Board member Piero Cipollone before the @Europarl_EN’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Read his speech link.europa.eu/CYpvbw
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Europe’s banks need to be operationally resilient to stay strong and competitive in the age of AI, says Supervisory Board Vice-Chair Frank Elderson. Banks therefore need to prepare more quickly, more effectively and more consistently across the sector bankingsupervision.europa.eu…
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The current energy shock is significant and global, but it is also hitting a euro area economy that is more balanced than when Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022. History and analysis show that context matters a lot for how shocks propagate to inflation link.europa.eu/gTVHrk
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