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Published on May 2, 2025 - 07:17 GMT

Results of the March 2025 Survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and OTC derivatives ...

2 May 2025 Price and non-price credit terms and conditions remained largely unchanged between December 2024 and February 2025 Financing rates/spreads and haircuts in securities financing transactions decreased across most asset classes Demand for funding …

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Published on April 30, 2025 - 18:52 GMT

How will European consumers react to US tariffs?

30 April 2025 By Adam Baumann, Luca Caprari, Maarten Dossche, Georgi Kocharkov and Omiros Kouvavas The ECB Blog explores how European consumers react to the prospect of higher trade tariffs. It finds that many are very willing to switch away from US …

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Published on April 30, 2025 - 18:49 GMT

ECB introduces changes to the dedicated credit facility for euro area CCPs

30 April 2025 Discretionary activation by the Governing Council no longer required Additional safeguards introduced in relation to financial soundness and sound liquidity risk management Changes will come into effect through the adoption of relevant legal …

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Published on April 30, 2025 - 13:13 GMT

Euro money market study 2024

The 2024 Euro money market study provides a comprehensive analysis of euro money markets using trade data from the 45 largest euro area banks. It examines five key segments of the euro money markets: (i) secured transactions – repurchase agreements (repos) …

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Published on April 30, 2025 - 13:13 GMT

Medium-term fiscal-structural plans under the revised Stability and Growth Pact

Prepared by Othman Bouabdallah, Cristina Checherita-Westphal, Roberta De Stefani, Stephan Haroutunian, Sebastian Hauptmeier, Christian Huber, Daphne Momferatou, Philip Muggenthaler-Gerathewohl, Ralph Setzer and Nico Zorell 1 Introduction The EU’s new …

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Published on April 30, 2025 - 10:46 GMT

ECB study shows money market turnover rose from 2022 to 2024

30 April 2025 Money market rates efficiently reflected changes in the ECB’s deposit facility rate, used by Governing Council to steer monetary policy stance Increased daily money market activity, dominated by secured and foreign exchange swap segments High …

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Published on April 29, 2025 - 16:18 GMT

Isabel Schnabel: Looking back at PEPP implementation since the end of reinvestments

29 April 2025 By Imène Rahmouni-Rousseau and Isabel Schnabel[1] At the end of 2024 – after nearly five years of operations, more than 110,000 bond market transactions and peak holdings of €1.7 trillion – reinvestments under the pandemic emergency purchase …

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Published on April 29, 2025 - 10:38 GMT

Long-term inflation expectations of consumers: an overview

Prepared by Pedro Baptista, Colm Bates, Omiros Kouvavas, Justus Meyer and Katia Werkmeister The measures of inflation expectations published in the ECB Consumer Expectations Survey (CES) have, starting with the April 2025 data release, been complemented …

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Published on April 29, 2025 - 08:57 GMT

Monetary developments in the euro area: March 2025

29 April 2025 Components of the broad monetary aggregate M3 The annual growth rate of the broad monetary aggregate M3 decreased to 3.6% in March 2025 from 3.9% in February, averaging 3.7% in the three months up to March. The components of M3 showed the …

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Published on April 29, 2025 - 08:57 GMT

Why monetary policy should crack down harder during high inflation

by Peter Karadi, Anton Nakov, Galo Nuño, Ernesto Pasten and Dominik Thaler[1] Inflation and price flexibility The recent surge in inflation across Europe, the United States and other countries raises an important question: should monetary policy respond …

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Published on April 29, 2025 - 08:56 GMT

Piero Cipollone: Navigating a fractured horizon: risks and policy options in a fragmenting world

Speech by Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the conference on “Policy challenges in a fragmenting world: Global trade, exchange rates, and capital flow” organised by the Bank for International Settlements, the Bank of England, …

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Published on April 29, 2025 - 08:56 GMT

ECB Consumer Expectations Survey results – March 2025

29 April 2025 Compared with February 2025: median consumer perceptions of inflation over the previous 12 months remained unchanged, as did expectations for inflation five years ahead (reported for the first time this month), while median inflation …

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Published on April 28, 2025 - 16:27 GMT

Annual Report 2024

2024 saw the ECB advance further through its monetary policy cycle. This cycle has consisted of three distinct phases. The first was a tightening phase, which ran from July 2022 to September 2023, during which interest rates rose by a record 450 basis …

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Published on April 28, 2025 - 13:50 GMT

Euro area economic and financial developments by institutional sector: fourth quarter of 2024

28 April 2025 Euro area net saving was broadly unchanged at €838 billion in 2024, compared with four quarter period ending on third quarter of 2024 Household debt-to-income ratio decreased to 82.1% in 2024 from 85.0% one year earlier Non-financial …

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Published on April 28, 2025 - 13:42 GMT

Luis de Guindos: Presentation of the ECB Annual Report 2024 to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European ...

Introductory remarks by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, at the ECON Committee of the European Parliament Brussels, 28 April 2025 It is a pleasure to present the ECB’s Annual Report for 2024 to this esteemed Committee. Concurrently, we are also …

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Published on April 28, 2025 - 08:54 GMT

The macroeconomic impact of euro area discretionary fiscal policy measures since the start of the pandemic

Prepared by Elena Angelini, Krzysztof Bańkowski, Cristina Checherita-Westphal, Philip Muggenthaler-Gerathewohl and Srečko Zimic This box provides a model-based analysis of the macroeconomic impact of discretionary fiscal policy measures adopted by euro …

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Published on April 25, 2025 - 11:24 GMT

The first year of the Eurosystem’s new operational framework

25 April 2025 By Benjamin Hartung, Tobias Linzert, Imène Rahmouni-Rousseau, Yannik Schneider and Marta Skrzypińska[1] One year after its announcement, the new operational framework is working as intended. Euro area banks have adapted to declining central …

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Published on April 24, 2025 - 09:23 GMT

ECB publishes indicative operational calendars for 2026

24 April 2025 ECB publishes indicative calendars for the Eurosystem’s regular tender operations and reserve maintenance periods for 2026 The European Central Bank (ECB) today published the indicative calendars for the Eurosystem’s regular tender operations …

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Published on April 24, 2025 - 09:23 GMT

Project Meridian FX shows possibility of cross-border linkages for FX transactions between wholesale payment infrastructures

24 April 2024 Project Meridian FX proves that wholesale payment infrastructures, such as real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems, can be interoperable via new technologies for FX transactions The joint project between the Bank for International …

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Published on April 23, 2025 - 11:52 GMT

Danish krone now available in all TARGET Services

23 April 2025 Danish krone available for settlement in T2 and TIPS TARGET Services provide safe and efficient financial market infrastructures for Danish financial markets All TARGET Services now multi-currency As of 22 April 2025, Danish market …

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