European Central Bank
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Paper
Network analysis reveals euro area financial links, bank centrality
A new European Central Bank working paper uses network analysis to map financial interconnections in the euro area economies.
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ECB
Speech
Guindos reviews 2025: Recovery, 2.1% inflation, 2.0% rates
Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, presented the ECB Annual Report 2025 to the European Parliament.
ECB
Speech
Cipollone: Digital assets need central bank money
ECB Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone outlined the central bank's strategy for digital assets and tokenisation.
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Paper
Inequality shapes US policy spillovers, diverts in AEs/EMEs
A new ECB working paper finds income inequality significantly alters how US monetary policy spillovers affect foreign GDP.
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Speech
De Guindos: ECB needs prudence, not 2022 playbook
ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos advocates for prudence in monetary policy, cautioning against applying past responses to current geopolitical conflicts.
ECB
Data
Banking union O-SII scores published by ECB
The European Central Bank has published the annual scores for other systemically important institutions (O-SIIs) from a banking union perspective.
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Euro area banks tighten credit, loan demand falls in Q1
Euro area banks reported a net tightening of credit standards across all loan categories in the first quarter of 2026.
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Paper
Eurosystem details credit operations collateral management
The European Central Bank has published a comprehensive guide on collateral management for Eurosystem credit operations.
ECB
Press
Euro area banks tighten credit, loan demand falls in Q1 2026
Euro area banks reported a net tightening of credit standards across all loan categories in the first quarter of 2026, according to the ECB's April Bank Lending Survey.
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Consumer inflation expectations rise sharply in March
Euro area consumers reported significantly higher inflation perceptions and expectations in March, according to the latest ECB Consumer Expectations Survey.
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Paper
EU bank capital rules comparable, US stricter for large banks
An ECB Occasional Paper evaluates the EU banking sector capital framework and its implementation of Basel standards.
ECB
Press
Firms see tighter lending, higher inflation expectations
Euro area firms reported a net tightening of bank loan conditions and a marginal decline in availability in Q1 2026.