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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.
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Cipollone: Digital assets need central bank money
ECB Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone outlined the central bank's strategy for digital assets and tokenisation.
ECBPaper
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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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.
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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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ECBPaper
Eurosystem details credit operations collateral management
The European Central Bank has published a comprehensive guide on collateral management for Eurosystem credit operations.
ECBNews
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.
ECBNews
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.
ECBPaper
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.
ECBNews
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.
ECBNews
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.