Eurozone
Cash needed for resilience, say eurozone central banks
Institutions from Austria, Germany and Spain outline why hard currency remains key
Olli Rehn on demographics, geopolitics and ECB policy
The Bank of Finland governor speaks about immigration and productivity, private credit and stablecoin risks, the mood on the governing council and the impact of conflict in the Middle East
Use AI for ‘deeper insights’, not to make decisions – CBBH head
Selimović also discusses payments and reserves at Central Banking’s Kuala Lumpur meetings
Geopolitics becoming ‘key risk’ for central banks – panel
Experts at ECB conference say political upheaval now a greater concern than price growth
Backdrop to energy shock ‘more benign’ than in 2022 – Lagarde
ECB president says it is still too early to tell if rates will have to rise in response
ECB holds rates, predicts 2.6% inflation for 2026
Lagarde presents gloomy outlook for eurozone inflation and growth as energy prices spike
Single and dual mandates often result in same policy – Schnabel
AI productivity boom yet to show up in eurozone data, ECB board member adds
Counterfeit notes continued to decline in Europe in 2025
ECB records ‘one of the lowest levels’, though Belgium, Cyprus and Czech Republic see uptick
How will Europe’s central banks react to the Middle East crisis?
ECB unlikely to veer from rate path as it had expected to undershoot during 2026
Ex-ECB official: central banks need to vouch more for CBDCs
Monetary authorities have been cornered by banking industry, argues Ulrich Bindseil
Lagarde downplays odds of early exit
ECB president uses interviews to say she is on a ‘mission’ with a ‘baseline’ of serving out her term
More financial integration key for Europe’s resilience, says Nagel
Bundesbank president says eurozone can adapt to new geopolitical reality
Repeat of past mistakes fuels risk of new crisis
Jesper Berg and Hans Geeroms argue that bank lobbying has succeeded in securing a dangerous softening of rules
Full ‘postmortem’ on QE yet to be written – Klaas Knot
Former DNB governor expects Fed to continue international monetary diplomacy under Warsh
Eurozone banks unexpectedly tightened lending – ECB survey
Respondents suggest tariffs were partly to blame for reduction in available credit for businesses
US stock crash would be ‘felt across the world’ – BdF deputy
Current account imbalances cannot be solved unilaterally, argues Bénassy-Quéré
ECB and ESRB warn of financial stability risk from geopolitics
New model takes prediction data to show US domestic politics affecting eurozone financial markets
BdF governor and Coinbase CEO clash over stablecoins at Davos
De Galhau warns of ‘full dollarisation’, while head of crypto exchange heralds dawn of ‘bitcoin standard’
Bulgaria becomes 21st member of the eurozone
Joining currency bloc is a “sign of belonging”, says governor Radev, as peers offer welcome
European Central Bank holds rates
Updated forecast includes higher inflation and growth figures
Bank notes: October to December 2025
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months