European Central Bank (ECB)
Central bankers discuss policy-making amid high uncertainty
Flexibility, caution and financial stability analysis can support monetary policy, panellists say
ECB to move to ‘hybrid’ balance sheet model – Finland’s Välimäki
Bank of Finland board member heralds “new dawn” of Eurosystem monetary policy implementation
Rule of law of ‘highest relevance’ for central banks – Elderson
Economic growth requires institutional independence and strong legal framework, ECB board member says
Digital yen must be as robust as cash – BoJ deputy governor
Uchida says Japanese CBDC will need to retain public trust to same degree as notes and coins
European Central Bank reduces rates by 25bp
Lagarde hints at pause in next meeting, dispels rumours about early departure
ECB greenlights Bulgaria’s accession to eurozone
Politicians show cautious optimism as Bulgarian central bank governor lays out next steps
Bank notes: April to June 2025
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Lawsuits looming against ECB’s climate policy, expert says
Banks could go to court over imposition of daily fines related to environmental prudential rules
Reflections on the international financial situation
Former IMF head Jacques de Larosière writes that markets are blind to Trump's policy shocks that are fragmenting the monetary ‘system’, causing strain in the eurozone and may result in stagflation
Slovak court convicts central bank governor of bribery
Kažimír must pay €200,000 or face prison for having paid an official to expedite VAT refunds
Lagarde calls for euro to take on global role
ECB president says EU can be bulwark of stability amid increasing economic upheaval
ECB says tariff shocks ‘continue to reverberate’
Stability review says risk of slowdown has “increased markedly”, though banks are better placed than in 2008
Banks should ‘regularly’ assess clients’ exposure to tariffs – ECB
Rising trade tensions threaten financial stability, bank’s economists say
Dollar stablecoins would reintroduce credit risk – Cipollone
ECB board member makes renewed case for digital euro, announces collateral management system
ECB intervention stabilised debt market during Covid – research
Study by bank’s economists says firms found it harder to issue commercial paper later on
NY Fed and BIS explore monetary policy in a tokenised world
Project Pine’s smart contracts are designed so central banks can adapt them to their currencies and frameworks
German and Spanish governors criticise US policies
Nagel defends Fed independence, while Escrivá cautions against excessive deregulation
Eurozone monetary policy must remain ‘firmly’ neutral – Schnabel
ECB board member cautions against overreacting to undershooting
Rate hikes have created debt-servicing difficulties – ECB study
Research also points to overall robustness in eurozone’s household lending sector
ECB launches digital euro ‘innovation platform’
Bank garners around 70 private “pioneers” and “visionaries” to discuss CBDC
Eurozone exports to US unlikely to rise in trade war – ECB study
US tariffs rerouted Chinese goods to eurozone, but exporters there failed to boost US presence
Almost half of eurozone ready to stop buying US goods – ECB study
Tariffs have triggered significant animosity among consumers, research finds
ECB removes need for governing council to approve CCP facility
New “automatic” facility will require safeguards that are “still being implemented”, bank says
BoE plans to link system-wide and individual stress tests
Meanwhile, ECB wants to broaden system-wide stress models to include central counterparties