Europäische Zentralbank

📙 The latest Economic Bulletin is out! It presents the economic and monetary information that we base our policy decisions on. In this issue, we cover topics such as: 🔹 European defence spending 🔹 wage growth 🔹 inflation dynamics 🔹 swap markets Read the full issue of the Economic Bulletin https://lnkd.in/eFPwvDtf

💶 There’s still time to apply for the design contest for our future euro banknotes!   The deadline for applications is 12:00 CET on Monday, 18 August.   🎨 Explore the selected themes and motifs, and get inspired to design the next generation of banknotes!   Interested? Check out the details on our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTnhWaBC   #FutureBanknotes #EuroBanknotes #Cash #SingleCurrency #EuropeanCentralBank #EuroArea #Euro #Europe #ECB

💶 There’s still time to apply for the design contest for our future euro banknotes!   The deadline for applications is 12:00 CET on Monday, 18 August.   Explore the selected themes and motifs, and get inspired to design the next generation of banknotes!   Check out the details on our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTnhWaBC   #FutureBanknotes #EuroBanknotes #Cash #SingleCurrency #EuropeanCentralBank #EuroArea #Euro #Europe #ECB

The euro area banking sector is well prepared to cope with a potential severe economic downturn, the results of our 2025 stress test show. The results of the exercise, which covered 96 euro area banks under our direct supervision, indicate that: 🔹the aggregate Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital ratio – a key measure of a bank’s financial soundness – would be 4 percentage points lower than its starting point at the end of the projection horizon in the adverse scenario 🔹strong profitability provides banks with a solid buffer against the increased projected losses To learn more: 👉 read the press release https://lnkd.in/eBx9vD8h 👉 check out the frequently asked questions on the 2025 stress test https://lnkd.in/eiqPwYuF

We stepped up our environmental efforts in 2024, focusing on staff engagement and greener business travel. We also updated our Environmental Management Programme, the core roadmap of our environmental management system. Here are some ways we improved our climate performance: ➡️ switched to cooling agents with a lower global warming potential ➡️ issued travel guidelines for greener business trips ➡️ celebrated Biodiversity Week with Senckenberg Nature Research ➡️ enhanced energy monitoring for smarter consumption ➡️ rolled out a bike-sharing service across all ECB sites Read our full environmental statement ➡️ https://europa.eu/!yT4tGj

📢 Our ninth edition of Supervision Spotlight is here! This edition looks at reducing banks’ reporting costs and improving data quality. It also explores how European and national authorities have joined forces with banks to integrate reporting requirements across Europe. Interested? Read to find out more. And subscribe to stay up to date with all things banking supervision.

Supervisory Board Chair Claudia Buch talks to Finanz-Szene. They discuss: 🔹the importance of regulatory and supervisory continuity amid calls for deregulation 🔹challenges for EU bank profitability 🔹completing the banking union, integration of cross-border banking and the crisis management framework 🔹geopolitical risks, stress tests and sanctions Want to know more? Listen to the full podcast episode (in German) 👉https://lnkd.in/efj8AvxN

Earlier this week we decided on monetary policy.  Tune in to #TheECBPodcast to hear President Christine Lagarde present the decisions in our press conference https://lnkd.in/dXYbM8m

The Executive Board has appointed Isabel Vansteenkiste as Counsellor to President Lagarde. Isabel’s predecessor Roland Straub will become Deputy Director General Market Operations. Isabel and Roland will take up their new roles on 15 September. Congratulations to both! Read the press release https://lnkd.in/d6k8-yyW

Today we kept our key interest rates unchanged. 🎯 We did this because inflation is set to stabilise at our 2% target. 🌍 The economy has been resilient, but the global environment remains exceptionally uncertain. 🤔 Want to know more? Check out our monetary policy statement at a glance https://lnkd.in/dN5bW_Q9