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Published on February 21, 2025 - 11:16 GMT

Number of counterfeit euro banknotes continues to be low in 2024

21 February 2025 554,000 counterfeit euro banknotes withdrawn in 2024 representing, by historical standards, small proportion of total banknotes in circulation €20 and €50 most counterfeited denominations, accounting for over 75% of all counterfeit notes …

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Published on February 20, 2025 - 18:55 GMT

Annual Accounts 2024

ECB’s balance sheet ECB’s loss for the year The ECB’s balance sheet decreased by €32.6 billion in 2024, mainly due to the decline in monetary policy securities, as reinvestments of principal payments from maturing securities under the APP were discontinued …

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Published on February 20, 2025 - 18:55 GMT

Consolidated balance sheet of the Eurosystem as at 31 December 2024

© European Central Bank, 2025 Postal address 60640 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Telephone +49 69 1344 0 Website www.ecb.europa.eu All rights reserved. Reproduction for educational and non-commercial purposes is permitted provided that the source is …

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Published on February 20, 2025 - 16:22 GMT

Eurosystem expands initiative to settle DLT-based transactions in central bank money

20 February 2025 Eurosystem steps up efforts for innovative market infrastructures Two-track approach: develop solution which is interoperable with existing infrastructures; look into long-term integrated solution The Governing Council of the European …

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Published on February 20, 2025 - 16:22 GMT

Financial statements of the ECB for 2024

20 February 2025 ECB reports loss of €7.9 billion (2023: loss of €1.3 billion) Losses will be offset against future profits The European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) financial statements for 2024 show a loss of €7,944 million, which is comparable to the loss of …

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Published on February 20, 2025 - 16:22 GMT

Frank Elderson: Interview with Nederlandse Vereniging Duurzame Energie (NVDE)

20 February 2025 TIME has named you one of the 100 most influential climate leaders in business. Why are you so motivated to integrate climate and nature-related risks into exercising the mandate of central banks and supervisors? Climate, nature and the …

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Published on February 20, 2025 - 16:22 GMT

Those who work less worry more: the effect of lower workloads on consumption

20 February 2024 Pedro Baptista, Colm Bates, António Dias da Silva, Maarten Dossche and Marco Weissler Euro area firms hold on to their workforce, despite poor economic conditions. For a significant share of workers this means a lower workload than usual. …

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Published on February 19, 2025 - 19:21 GMT

Isabel Schnabel: Interview with the Financial Times

19 February 2025 How relevant is the natural rate – R* – for day-to-day policymaking from your point of view? The natural rate of interest is an important theoretical concept. But it’s not well-suited to determine the appropriate monetary policy stance. …

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Published on February 19, 2025 - 11:00 GMT

Euro area monthly balance of payments: December 2024

19 February 2025 Current account recorded €38 billion surplus in December 2024, up from €25 billion in previous month Current account surplus amounted to €419 billion (2.8% of euro area GDP) in 2024, up from €241 billion (1.6%) in 2023 In financial account …

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Published on February 18, 2025 - 14:51 GMT

Piero Cipollone: Striking the right balance: the ECB’s balance sheet and its implications for monetary policy

Speech by Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at an MNI Connect webcast Frankfurt am Main, 18 February 2025 Today I would like to discuss the ECB’s balance sheet and its implications for our monetary policy. In recent years, the …

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