European Central Bank (ECB)
ECB speeches ‘twice as religious’ as other central banks’ – blog
Bank’s speechwriters use devotional tropes during times of crisis, LSE research finds
ECB finds gaps in geopolitical stress-testing frameworks
Current methods fail to properly capture impact of geopolitical stress on liquidity
Comms staff need to reflect on how their messages are perceived
BoE’s Eric Tong discusses research probing how the public receives central bank messages via the media
ECB flags risks to cash despite rise in acceptance
Central banks should take active role in preserving cash, spokesperson says
EU banks shrug off mooted minimum reserves increase
Doubling of unremunerated reserves would curb Eurosystem losses, but banks doubt it will pass
External shocks tighten credit conditions – ECB bulletin
New index finds funding becomes scarce after unexpected changes in economic activity
Europe’s central banks say ‘No!’ to priority Truth Social access
Monetary authorities do not see value in seeing US president Donald Trump’s posts immediately
ECB succession race: Netherlands throws weight behind Knot
Former DNB governor receives official backing
Eurozone banks get reality check after ECB geopolitical stress test
Financial institutions struggling to embed geopolitical risks into resilience testing, ECB says
Digital euro would have ‘muted’ effect on banks’ funding – paper
Bundesbank finds that €3,000 holding limit would cause “contained” effects on long-term bank health
Eurozone non-labour income used for saving, not spending – paper
Erosion in financial wealth dragged on consumption, Bank of Italy study finds
Juha Park on the BoK’s updated monetary policy framework
Bank of Korea’s head of monetary policy communication says pre-Shin updates align with new governor’s thinking
North Macedonia holds rates
Central bank votes to keep policy at 4.25%, citing prolonged uncertainty over Iran conflict
Slovak governor calls for further ECB rate hike in September
Kažimír says bank needs to pre-emptively tackle further inflationary effects of energy shock
Implications of the 2026 Middle East war
Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large detail the monetary policy, financial stability and international co-operation challenges for central banks
ECB to implement new repo facility through five central banks
Monetary authorities in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain to supply liquidity
Kazakhstan makes surprise 25bp rate cut
Analyst says central bank is trying to signal that disinflationary measures are working
ECB unveils shortlist of new euro banknote designs
Bank invites public to share their views, offers vertical designs for first time
People: ECB appoints head of directorate-general secretariat
Plus new appointments to lead oversight at the Central Bank of Ireland
‘Tips clone’ developed by Bank of Italy goes live in Balkans
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro become first jurisdictions connected by payments system
Geopolitical risks cause eurozone banks to tighten credit
ECB’s quarterly survey shows lenders alert to continued instability resulting from Iran war
Cipollone outlines digital euro app as ECB readies pilot
Board member says application will ‘leave no-one behind’
Jasmina Selimović on managing Europe’s last currency board
The Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina governor speaks about building resilience to counter geoeconomic shocks, strengthening reforms amid EU convergence, addressing stablecoin and NBFI risks, Sepa integration, and capacity building.
DNB fines ABN Amro €8.5m for AML shortcomings
Former ECB supervisory board member says penalty signals seriousness of breach