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ECB signs agreements for digital euro payment standards
The European Central Bank has signed agreements with ECPC, nexo standards, and the Berlin Group to reuse existing open technical standards for digital euro online payments.
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Elderson: Climate risks integral to ECB mandate
ECB Executive Board Member Frank Elderson asserts that climate and nature crises are integral to the central bank's mandates of price stability and financial stability.
Lane: Expanding euro safe assets for stability
ECB Executive Board Member Philip R. Lane highlighted the structural undersupply of euro-denominated safe assets.
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Central banks use precision to manage market expectations
New ECB research finds central banks can strategically adjust communication precision to counter market over- or under-reactions.
Study: Simpler climate adaptation needed for EU banks
An ECB Occasional Paper suggests that EU banks need to better integrate physical climate risk adaptation into their risk management and disclosure strategies.
AI model enhances ECB inflation risk tracking
A new machine learning model developed by the European Central Bank helps experts track inflation risks in real time.
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Lagarde: Energy shock demands data-driven policy response
ECB President Christine Lagarde discussed the ongoing energy shock and its implications for monetary and fiscal policy, emphasizing the need for data-driven decisions.
Lagarde flags global uncertainty, inflation and growth risks
ECB President Christine Lagarde highlighted global economic turbulence and heightened uncertainty at the IMF Spring Meetings.
Schnabel: Euro area successes, path forward for growth
Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, highlighted the euro area's significant progress in achieving macro and financial stability.
Middle East war shifts inflation, tightens policy expectations
The European Central Bank's Governing Council discussed the significant impact of the Middle East war on financial markets and the euro area economic outlook.
Bank lending to NBFIs crowds out real economy credit
An ECB working paper reveals that the rapid growth in bank lending to non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) disproportionately crowds out credit to non-financial firms.
Cipollone: Tokenisation needs central bank catalyst
Piero Cipollone, ECB Executive Board member, discussed the transformative potential of tokenisation and distributed ledger technology (DLT) in finance.