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Inclusion and innovation drive digital euro towards 2029 launch
Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, provided an update on the digital euro, emphasizing technical preparations for a potential 2029 launch.
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ECB opens its Frankfurt premises for Night of the Museums
The European Central Bank will open its Grossmarkthalle premises to the public for Frankfurt's Night of the Museums on April 25, 2026.
ECBPaper
Extreme weather events show varied short-term economic impact in euro area
An ECB working paper examines the short-term macroeconomic and sectoral effects of extreme weather events in Germany, France, Italy, and Spain.
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Housing wealth and cash flow shape monetary policy transmission
A new European Central Bank working paper quantifies the role of housing wealth in the transmission of monetary policy to consumption across 20 advanced economies.
ECBPaper
Green supply chain decoupling leads to significant economic and environmental costs
A new ECB working paper introduces a novel methodology to analyze green supply chain decoupling, revealing substantial economic costs and increased greenhouse gas emissions.
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Cipollone: Eurosystem lays groundwork for tokenised financial markets
Piero Cipollone, Member of the ECB Executive Board, outlined the Eurosystem's strategy to overcome fragmentation and enable scalable tokenised financial markets in Europe.
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Interlinking payment systems boosts international trade by 4 percent
A new European Central Bank working paper provides the first causal estimate of the economic impact of interlinking payment systems, finding a 4 percent increase in trade volumes for connected countries.
ECBPaper
Crypto-asset monitoring: ECB experts detail 2025 conference findings
The European Central Bank has published an Occasional Paper compiling abstracts from the 2025 Crypto-Asset Monitoring Expert Group (CAMEG) conference.
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Negotiated wage growth to stabilize at 2.6 percent in 2026
The European Central Bank's updated wage tracker indicates that negotiated wage growth is expected to stabilize at around 2.6 percent by the end of 2026.
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De Guindos warns of Middle East conflict impact, stresses data-dependent policy
ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos stated that the Middle East conflict will have a strong impact on euro area growth and inflation.
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Greece's economic recovery faces banking and living standards challenges
The European Central Bank's blog post assesses Greece's impressive economic recovery from crisis, highlighting achievements in the banking sector and ongoing challenges in living standards and debt resolution.
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Cipollone outlines strategic case for a digital euro
ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone presented the strategic rationale for a digital euro at a joint workshop on March 21, 2026.