The working group on euro risk-free rates was established to identify and recommend alternatives to existing benchmarks and led to the creation of the €STR. The euro short-term rate, and any ...

Essentially, we experienced an initial wave of energy price increases in March and April this year, and then some optimism ...

Q1 Why do we need new banknotes? All central banks regularly upgrade their banknotes or develop new ones to make counterfeiting more difficult. The first series of euro banknotes was introduced over ...

Initial investments to focus on euro-denominated euro area public sector and European supranational securities ...

2. % change from same period last year to latest period 3. Data refer to the changing composition of the euro area 4. Previous period growth rate, seasonally adjusted. 5. Holders resident in the ...

Compared with July 2026: median consumer perceptions of inflation over the past 12 months were unchanged, while median ...

President of the ECB, conducted by Francesco Canepa on 16 September 2026. 18 September 2026. We are speaking less than a week ...

Notes: For assets, a positive (negative) number indicates net purchases (sales) of non-euro area instruments by euro area investors. For liabilities, a positive (negative) number indicates net sales ...

AI is the project that could drive European capital markets forward to channel savings where they are needed, says President Christine Lagarde. It needs capital on a scale that only markets can ...

High-quality images of the ECB Annual Research Conference 2026 are available in the ECB photo hub. Chair: Luc Laeven, ...