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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 4h

In an interview with Delfi, Executive Board member Piero Cipollone explains how the digital euro can reduce Europe’s reliance on foreign payment solutions and benefit European consumers, merchants and banks alike.

Read the full interview link.europa.eu/xBxDjM

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 21h

Coming up at 15:00 CET: Supervisory Board member Anneli Tuominen moderates the panel discussion “Tackling cyberrisks and maintaining the operational resilience of critical financial infrastructure in unstable times” at the International Conference on Finance.

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 23h

Coming up at 12:30 CET: Supervisory Board Vice-Chair Frank Elderson joins a panel discussion on “Innovation and growth trapped in regulation or consumers and businesses protected by regulation” at the Finantsinspektsioon International Conference on Finance.

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 1d

Coming up at 11:15 CET: Supervisory Board Chair Claudia Buch joins a panel discussion on “Regional growth and financing and financial stability challenges in the current macroeconomic and geopolitical environment” at the International Conference on Finance. Watch live www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmFf...

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Christine Lagarde @president.ecb.europa.eu · 1d

The international role of the euro cannot be a secondary question.

It is central to Europe’s ability to turn the euro from a safe-haven currency into a truly global currency, and to turn our weaknesses into lasting benefits.

Read my speech link.europa.eu/fdWYqH

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 1d

Online banking increases the speed of deposit flows, but the effect is nuanced and measurable, says Supervisory Board member Pedro Machado.

This underlines the role of depositors’ behaviour and the need to integrate digitalisation into supervisory and regulatory frameworks link.europa.eu/9rMDJb

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 2d

President Lagarde's introductory statement in charts www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/anne...

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 2d

Introductory statement by President Christine Lagarde at the hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...

Hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament

The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 2d

Lagarde: The euro can be more than the currency of a continent and a symbol of unity – it can become a global anchor of trust.

Europe needs bold reforms to turn this vision into reality.

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 2d

Lagarde: The euro has firmly established itself as the world’s second most used currency.

The changing global environment offers an opportunity to create conditions to strengthen the euro’s role on the global stage.

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 2d

Lagarde: With inflation currently at around 2% and expected to stay around that level, we can say that the disinflationary process is over.

At its last meeting, the Governing Council therefore decided to keep the key ECB interest rates unchanged.

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 2d

Lagarde: The economy grew by 0.7% in cumulative terms in the first half of 2025, with stronger growth in the first quarter partly due to frontloaded global trade ahead of expected tariff hikes.

The economy is projected to grow by 1.2% in 2025, by 1.0% in 2026 and by 1.3% in 2027.

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 2d

President Christine Lagarde: In recent months we have faced a period of heightened uncertainty. Despite these challenges, the euro area economy has held up well.

As a foundation for stability and a powerful symbol of European unity, the euro is one of Europe’s greatest assets.

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 2d

Live now: President Lagarde speaks before the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the @europarl.europa.eu and answers questions from its members.

Follow here multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 2d

Members of our Executive Board and Supervisory Board welcomed representatives from @europarl.europa.eu’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and discussed various economic and banking supervision topics.

Our regular dialogue is key to ensuring our accountability to Europeans.

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 5d

Post-crisis regulation has helped banks to serve the economy even in the presence of large shocks, says Executive Board member @isabelschnabel.bsky.social. Instead of deregulation, we need more efficient regulation, deeper European integration and greater sovereignty link.europa.eu/nvd4cN

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 5d

Coming up today at 15:50 CET: Executive Board member @isabelschnabel.bsky.social joins a panel discussion on macro-financial stability in a fragmenting word at an event in Amsterdam.

Watch live qcnl.tv/p/LmQm8BouTB...

Symposium afscheid Klaas Knot

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 6d

Policymakers should adapt regulation and supervision to a changing environment, says President Christine Lagarde.

They should do so not by lowering standards for banks, but by levelling them up for non-banks that are involved in bank-like activities www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 6d

In an interview with Radio Televisión Española, Supervisory Board Chair Claudia Buch speaks about how geopolitical risks affect banks and highlights the importance of bank preparedness in facing heightened cyber risks.

Watch the interview www.rtve.es/play/videos/...

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 7d

The ECB Blog shows that heightened uncertainty about economic policy in the United States significantly affects business lending in the euro area. This weighs on investment and reduces the effectiveness of monetary policy. link.europa.eu/txmH7k

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 8d

How are we simplifying supervision while safeguarding resilience?

And what are we doing to become more efficient, effective and risk-focused in a rapidly changing environment?

Find out on #TheECBPodcast www.ecb.europa.eu/press/tvserv...

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 8d

How did euro area bank interest rates evolve in August? How do they compare with July’s figures?

Find out more from the press release link.europa.eu/dkvtcp

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 8d

European banks have made good progress in identifying and managing climate and nature-related risks, says Supervisory Board Vice-Chair Frank Elderson.

But they must remain well prepared and resilient to evolving physical and transition risks www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/press/speech...

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 8d

Central banks must innovate to keep central bank money at the technological frontier, says Executive Board member Piero Cipollone.

This is essential to ensure it remains an anchor of trust and stability in a fast-changing financial system.

Read the speech www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...

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European Central Bank @ecb.europa.eu · 8d

We can take comfort in having overcome a large inflation shock after the pandemic, and in how the economy has coped so far with an upheaval in trade relations, says President Christine Lagarde. And yet, we must remain alert to the possible new shocks that may still lie ahead link.europa.eu/hj9PRc

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