Payment systems are of vital importance for today's economies and are the core activity of central banks. To adapt to recent trends – including the decline in cash usage, the surge in online commerce and contactless forms of payment, and the creation of cryptocurrencies – central banks have, in recent years, explored the possibility of issuing digital currencies themselves. In this podcast, we’ll talk about digital currencies issued by central banks. We’ll look at the different design choices and examine the potential benefits and risks of such crypto-currencies.

EPRS policy podcast - Central bank digital currencies: Evolution or revolution?

Bankkonton är en viktig del av vår vardag. Vi använder dem för att förvalta våra pengar, handla på nätet och betala räkningar. Samtidigt stöter fortfarande många människor i EU på problem när de vill byta bank eller öppna ett konto i ett annat land

Det här gör EU för kontoinnehavare

Har du just bett din bank om ett lån med rörlig ränta? Rörlig ränta innebär att räntan varierar över tid enligt ett så kallat referensvärde. Här är några exempel på hur EU skyddar dig och andra låntagare:

Det här gör EU för låntagare med rörlig ränta

Om en bank går i konkurs är spararna vanligtvis de sista som får reda på det. Du som sparare kan inte ständigt bevaka banken i hopp om att kunna ta ut dina pengar innan den går i konkurs. EU vill skydda dina pengar och förbättra stabiliteten i banksystemet.

Det här gör EU för dig som sparar pengar på banken.

I stället för att betala kontant tar många av oss en konsumentkredit när vi köper lite dyrare varor, som ett kylskåp eller en bil. Krediter är alltid förknippade med en viss risk, och därför har EU regler för att skydda konsumenter som tar lån på mellan 200 och 75 000 euro. Här är tre exempel på fördelar för dig.

Det här gör EU för konsumenter som tecknar lån

Vill du starta ett nytt företag? Eller har du kanske redan ett? Funderar du på att ta ett lån? Det finns EU-stöd på området, och två saker kan vara bra att känna till, både som företagare och som kreditgivare.

Det här gör EU för lokala och regionala kreditgivare

Every year the European Central Bank publishes an annual report on how it has carried out its supervisory responsibilities, it describes the tasks and activities of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and reports on the Eurosystem’s monetary policy. The report is usually published in April of the following year. The Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB presents the report to the European Parliament at a public hearing and then during a debate in plenary.

See more on this topic by visiting our <a href="https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/european-central-bank-annual-report-8th-parliamentary-term_4003_pk">package</a> for the 8th parliamentary term.

European Central Bank - annual report

The Annual Report describes the tasks and activities of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and reports on the Eurosystem’s monetary policy.

It is usually published in April of the following year and is presented by one of the ECB’s Executive Board members to the European Parliament at a public hearing.

The Annual Report includes the Annual Accounts of the ECB. These are also published as a separate document several weeks before the Annual Report.

European Central Bank annual report - 8th parliamentary term

On 2 July 2019, Christine Lagarde was nominated by the European Council to succeed Mario Draghi as President of the European Central Bank on 1 November 2019.

She is a French lawyer and politician serving as Managing Director and Chairwoman of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 2011.

During a vote in the Economics and Monetary Affairs Committee, Ms Lagarde received 37 votes in favour of her taking up the position, 11 against and 4 MEPs abstained. The recommendation will now be passed on to the plenary for a confirmatory vote, which is expected to take place during the September plenary session from the 16th to 19th September.

Christine LAGARDE, nominated as President of the European Central Bank

The Banking Union (BU) was created as a response to the financial crisis and is an essential complement to the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the internal market, which aligns responsibility for supervision, resolution and funding at EU level and forces banks across the euro area to abide by the same rules. In particular, these rules ensure that banks take measured risks and that failing banks can be resolved in an orderly manner, with as little impact as possible on the real economy and public finances of the participating EU countries.

The Banking Union&nbsp;currently has two elements, the&nbsp;Single Supervisory Mechanism&nbsp;(SSM) and the&nbsp;Single Resolution Mechanism&nbsp;(SRM). The SSM supervises the largest and most important banks in the euro area directly at European level, while the purpose of the SRM is to resolve failing banks in an orderly manner with minimal costs for taxpayers and for the real economy.

The EP is currently following the recent developments on the EU and US markets with&nbsp;the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank and the implications for financial stability in Europe or the UBS’s rescue of the Bank Credit Suisse in Switzerland.

Banking sector

The European Investment Bank (EIB) furthers the objectives of the European Union by providing long-term project funding, guarantees and advice. It supports projects both within and outside the EU. Its shareholders are the Member States of the EU.

The EIB is the majority shareholder in the European Investment Fund (EIF) and the two organisations together make up the EIB Group.

Every year, a Parliament committee reviews the EIB’s activities and presents a report in plenary, to which the EIB President is invited. The EIB and the Commission have a number of reporting obligations towards Parliament, such as annual reports, ad hoc hearings and requests for information. Parliament was involved, as a co-legislator, in the adoption of the EFSI and InvestEU initiatives.

In the context of the COVID 19- pandemic the Bank has supported the health sector and vaccine research as well as financing BioNTech, one of the vaccine makers. It has joined the EU-backed Team Europe effort to tackle the pandemic in the European Union’s neighbouring countries and in fragile states around the world. Together with the European Investment Fund the EIB has given support to hard-hit SMEs. Now the Bank is investing in a green and inclusive recovery in Europe and in developing countries (source EIB).

Annual Report on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank

Since 2009, the EU has undertaken a large number of reforms to establish a safer, more resilient, transparent and responsible financial system, serving the economy and society as a whole.

However, the size and complexity of a number of banks remain an issue of concern. The balance sheet of some of these banks is larger than the GDP of their home countries. These banks remain 'too big to fail' and, as a result, take advantage of the presumption that the sovereign will bail them out with taxpayers' money in case of substantial trouble, instead of letting them fail.

#EUelections2019 - Safer banks

MEPs debate with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde inflation, efforts to curb it, and possible interest rate cuts. During the annual plenary debate, MEPs concentrate on what happens next once inflation settles at the ECB’s 2% target and pay particular attention to the continuing significant divergences in inflation rates between member states. This is the last debate in the European Parliament for Ms Lagarde before the 6-9 June  European elections.

Plenary debate - European Central Bank: annual report 2023

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Banking Union

ECON - European Central Bank - annual report 2024

EP Plenary session - Financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2023 - In the presence of Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank

EP Plenary session - European Central Bank – annual report 2023

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank and Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission

ECON  - Exchange of views with Piero CIPOLLONE, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank

ECON - Monetary Dialogue with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank

ECON - Appointment of the Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - European Investment Bank in the presence of Werner Hoyer, President of the EIB

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Werner HOYER, President of the European Investment Bank

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank (ECB)

REGI Committee - Exchange of views with Lyliana Pavlova, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank responsible for cohesion policy

Celebration to mark the 25th anniversary of the European Central Bank, in Frankfurt, Germany

ECON Committee - Exchange of views with Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank

ECON Committee - Exchange of views on the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the implications for financial stability in Europe with José Manuel CAMPA, Chair of the European Banking Authority and Andrea Enria, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB

ECON Committee - Public Hearing on banks state of play

Monetary Dialogue with Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank.

EP Plenary session - The failure of the Silicon Valley Bank and the implications for financial stability in Europe

Återupptagande av sessionen

Öppnande av sammanträdet

Uttalanden av talmannen

Justering av protokollet från föregående sammanträde

Parlamentets sammansättning

Åtgärder till följd av en begäran om fastställelse av immunitet

De politiska gruppernas sammansättning

Utskottens och delegationernas sammansättning

Förhandlingar inför parlamentets första behandling (artikel 71 i arbetsordningen)

Rättelse (artikel 241 i arbetsordningen)

Undertecknande av rättsakter som antagits i enlighet med det ordinarie lagstiftningsförfarandet (artikel 79 i arbetsordningen)

Arbetsplan

Återupptagande av sammanträdet

Europeiska centralbanken – årsrapport 2023 (debatt)

Transparens och inriktning när det gäller politisk reklam (debatt)

Behovet av att bryta dödläget i rådet avseende direktivet om plattformsarbetare (debatt)

Hantering av inflationen avseende livsmedelspriserna och dess sociala konsekvenser och bakomliggande orsaker (debatt)

Tvätt- och rengöringsmedel och ytaktiva ämnen (debatt)

Ändring av beslut (EU) 2017/1324: unionens fortsatta deltagande i Prima inom ramen för Horisont Europa (kortfattad redogörelse)

Skydd för miljön genom straffrättsliga bestämmelser (kortfattad redogörelse)

Föredragningslista för nästa sammanträde

Justering av protokollet från detta sammanträde

Avslutande av sammanträdet

Plenary session

Address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, at the “25 years of European Central Bank” working dinner

Press conference by Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, EC Executive Vice-President and Mairead MCGUINNESS, Commissioner for financial services on the reform of the bank crisis management and deposit insurance (CMDI)

Sammansättningen av ett nytt underutskott

Slutsatserna från Europeiska rådets extra möte den 9 februari och förberedelser inför Europeiska rådets möte den 23-24 mars 2023 (debatt)

Förhandlingar inför parlamentets första behandling (artikel 71 i arbetsordningen)(uppföljning)

(Internationella kvinnodagen)

Omröstning

Mer Europa, fler arbetstillfällen: vi bygger morgondagens konkurrenskraftiga ekonomi till nytta för alla (debatt om en aktuell fråga)

Kollapsen av Silicon Valley Bank och konsekvenserna för den finansiella stabiliteten i Europa (debatt)

Förstärkning av EU:s försvar mot bakgrund av kriget i Ukraina: påskyndande av produktionen och leveranserna av vapen och ammunition till Ukraina (debatt)

Dödsfall till havs: gemensamma EU-åtgärder för att rädda liv och insatser för att säkerställa säkra och lagliga migrationsvägar (debatt)

Behov av en omedelbar reform av kommissionens interna regler för att säkerställa transparens och ansvarsskyldighet mot bakgrund av påstådda intressekonflikter (debatt)

Kampen mot organiserad brottslighet i EU (debatt)

Kvinnoaktivism - människorättsförsvarare knutna till sexuell och reproduktiv hälsa och rättigheter (debatt)

EU:s riktlinjer om människorättsförsvarare (debatt)

Gränsöverskridande adoptioner från tredjeländer (debatt)

Bekämpning av diskriminering i EU - det sedan länge emotsedda övergripande antidiskrimineringsdirektivet (debatt)

Iran: särskilt förgiftningen av hundratals skolflickor

Tunisien: den senaste tidens angrepp mot yttrande- och föreningsfriheten och mot fackföreningarna, särskilt i fallet med journalisten Noureddine Boutar

Kambodja: fallet med oppositionsledaren Kem Sokha

Röstförklaringar

Justering av protokollet från föregående sammanträde: se protokollet

Uttalande av talmannen

Begäran om upphävande av immunitet

Förhandlingar före parlamentets första behandling (artikel 71 i arbetsordningen): se protokollet

Rättelser (artikel 241 i arbetsordningen)

Undertecknande av rättsakter som antagits i enlighet med det ordinarie lagstiftningsförfarandet (artikel 79 i arbetsordningen): se protokollet

Euron 20 år

Europeiska centralbanken - årsrapport 2021(debatt)

Europeiska centralbanken - årsrapport 2021(fortsättning på debatten)

Genomföranderapport om produktionsdjurens välbefinnande(debatt)

Europeiska ombudsmannens verksamhet – årsrapport 2020(debatt)

En europeisk strategi för förnybar energi till havs(debatt)

Bedömningen av genomförandet av artikel 50 i EU-fördraget(kortfattad redogörelse)

Genomförandet av det sjätte momsdirektivet(kortfattad redogörelse)

Bedömningen av genomförandet av artikel 50 i EU-fördraget(fortsättning)

Effekterna av nationella skattereformer för EU:s ekonomi(kortfattad redogörelse)

Utmaningar för stadsområden efter covid-19(kortfattad redogörelse)

Anföranden på en minut om frågor av politisk vikt

ECON / Poldep A - Workshop Boosting Bank Lending in COVID Times

ECON

ECON / Poldep A - Presentation of the Shadow Banking study

Justering av protokoll från föregående sammanträden: se protokollet

Parlamentets sammansättning: se protokollet

Utskottens och delegationernas sammansättning: se protokollet

Förhandlingar inför rådets första behandling (artikel 72 i arbetsordningen): se protokollet

Delegerade akter och genomförandeåtgärder (artiklarna 111.6 och 112.4 d i arbetsordningen): se protokollet

Arbetsplan: se protokollet

Europeiska centralbanken - årsrapport 2020 (debatt)

Ny handlingsplan för den cirkulära ekonomin: se protokollet (debatt)

Utskottens sammansättning: se protokollet

Genomförandet av direktivet om bekämpande av människohandel (debatt)

Den europeiska kompetensagendan för hållbar konkurrenskraft, social rättvisa och motståndskraft (debatt)

Minskad ojämlikhet med särskilt fokus på fattigdom bland förvärvsarbetande (debatt)

Hur covid-19 påverkar ungdomar och idrott

Genomförande av artikel 43 i direktivet om asylförfaranden

Tillgång till handlingar – årsrapport för 2016–2018 (kortfattad redogörelse)

Föredragningslista för nästa sammanträde: se protokollet

Appointment of the President of the European Central Bank

Annual report on the control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank for 2016 (debate)

Banking Union - Annual Report 2017

Annual report on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank

Guarantee Fund for external actions - EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union (debate)

European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016 (debate)

A. TAJANI - EP President - F-A. TOUADÉRA, President of Central African Republic - F. MOGHERINI - High Representative of EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - and W. HOYER - President of EU Investment Bank

A. TAJANI - EP President - W. HOYER - President of EU Investment Bank - J. BROWN - Governor of California - M. ARIAS-CAÑETE - Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy - J. BUZEK - Chair of ITRE Committee

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Powers and control of the European Central Bank (debate)

Annual report on the control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank for 2015 - Annual report on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank (debate)

President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Nadia CALVIÑO speaks at the end of the debate and vote on the annual report 2023.

Financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2023: extracts from the debate, from the vote and statement by Nadia CALVIÑO, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB)

Financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2023 in the presence of Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank. Closing statements by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy, Nadia CALVIÑO, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and David CORMAND (Greens/EFA, FR), Rapporteur.

Financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2023 in the presence of Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank: closing statements

Financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2023 in the presence of Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank. Opening statements by David CORMAND (Greens/EFA, FR), Rapporteur, Nadia CALVIÑO, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), and Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2023 in the presence of Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank: opening statements

Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank debates with MEPs on ECB annual report 2023.

European Central Bank - annual report 2023: extracts from the debate with Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank

MEPs debate with Christine LAGARDE, President of the ECB, inflation, efforts to curb it, and possible interest rate cuts. During the annual plenary debate, MEPs concentrate on what happens next once inflation settles at the ECB’s 2% target and pay particular attention to the continuing significant divergences in inflation rates between member states. This is the last debate in the European Parliament for Christine LAGARDE before the 6-9 June European elections. Closing statements by Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) and by Johan VAN OVERTVELDT, Rapporteur, and by Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability, and Capital Markets Union

European Central Bank – annual report 2023: Closing statements by Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) and by Johan VAN OVERTVELDT, Rapporteur, and by Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services

MEPs debate with Christine LAGARDE, President of the ECB, inflation, efforts to curb it, and possible interest rate cuts. During the annual plenary debate, MEPs concentrate on what happens next once inflation settles at the ECB’s 2% target and pay particular attention to the continuing significant divergences in inflation rates between member states. This is the last debate in the European Parliament for Christine LAGARDE before the 6-9 June European elections. MEPs debate. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

European Central Bank – annual report 2023: MEPs debate

MEPs debate with Christine LAGARDE, President of the ECB, inflation, efforts to curb it, and possible interest rate cuts. During the annual plenary debate, MEPs concentrate on what happens next once inflation settles at the ECB’s 2% target and pay particular attention to the continuing significant divergences in inflation rates between member states. This is the last debate in the European Parliament for Christine LAGARDE before the 6-9 June European elections. Opening statements by Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Johan VAN OVERTVELDT, Rapporteur, and by Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability, and Capital Markets Union. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

European Central Bank – annual report 2023: Opening statements by Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Johan VAN OVERTVELDT, Rapporteur, and by Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services

Members of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) discuss with Christine LAGARDE, ECB President, the topic "Euro at 25: what's next for the European Monetary Union (EMU)?". Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT), Chair of ECON and introductory remark by Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) open the discussion, followed by a question and answers session by MEPs. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Economic Dialogue with Christine LAGARDE, ECB President: opening statements by Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT), Chair of ECON and introductory remark by Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank (ECB)

The European Central Bank is the central institution of the Economic and Monetary Union and has been responsible for conducting monetary policy for the euro area since 1999. The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) takes part four times a year in a monetary dialogue with Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) to report on monetary policy. MEPs of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) debate with Christine LAGARDE the latest developments of the monetary policies of the European Central Bank. Extracts and atmosphere shots from the monetary dialogue with the MEPs.

Monetary Dialogue with Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank: extracts and atmosphere shots

The European Central Bank is the central institution of the Economic and Monetary Union and has been responsible for conducting monetary policy for the euro area since 1999. The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) takes part four times a year in a monetary dialogue with Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) to report on monetary policy. MEPs of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) debate with Christine LAGARDE the latest develepments of the monetary policies of the European Central Bank. Second part of the Q&As.

Monetary Dialogue with Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank: questions and answers with MEPs (part 2)

The European Central Bank is the central institution of the Economic and Monetary Union and has been responsible for conducting monetary policy for the euro area since 1999. The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) takes part four times a year in a monetary dialogue with Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) to report on monetary policy. MEPs of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) debate with Christine LAGARDE the latest develepments of the monetary policies of the European Central Bank. First part of the Q&As.

Monetary Dialogue with Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank: questions and answers with MEPs (part 1)

The European Central Bank is the central institution of the Economic and Monetary Union and has been responsible for conducting monetary policy for the euro area since 1999. The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) takes part four times a year in a monetary dialogue with Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) to report on monetary policy. MEPs of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) debate with Christine LAGARDE the latest developments of the monetary policies of the European Central Bank. Opening statements by Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT), Chair of ECON and introductory remark by Christine LAGARDE, President of the ECB. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Monetary Dialogue with Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank: opening statements by Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT), Chair of ECON and introductory remark by Christine LAGARDE, President of the ECB

The European Central Bank is the central institution of the Economic and Monetary Union and has been responsible for conducting monetary policy for the euro area since 1999. The ECB and the national central banks of all EU Member States constitute the European System of Central Banks. The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) takes part four times a year in a monetary dialogue with Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) to report on monetary policy and answer question from MEPs. Although guaranteed independence under the Treaty, the ECB is accountable for its actions towards the European Parliament, and more precisely the ECON Committee. Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank, participates at the Monetary Dialogue with MEPs of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) (25/09). Extracts and atmosphere shots.

The European Central Bank is the central institution of the Economic and Monetary Union and has been responsible for conducting monetary policy for the euro area since 1999. The ECB and the national central banks of all EU Member States constitute the European System of Central Banks. The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) takes part four times a year in a monetary dialogue with Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) to report on monetary policy. MEPs of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) debate with Christine LAGARDE the latest develepments of the monetary policies of the European Central Bank. Opening statement by Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT), Chair of ECON and introductory remark by Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Monetary Dialogue with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank: opening statement by Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT), Chair of ECON and introductory remark by Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank

This Monetary Dialogue takes place in a still challenging environment, marked by uncertainty and inflationary pressures. While headline inflation has declined (to 7% in April) mostly due to the ongoing fall of energy prices, core inflation remains high and persistent, mostly driven by the rise in food and services prices. Since the last Monetary Dialogue in March, the ECB's Governing Council has continued on its monetary policy tightening path. The two specific topics of discussion as chosen by ECON (Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs) for this Dialogue are: 1) Interaction between price stability and financial stability; and 2) The effects of high inflation and monetary tightening on the real economy. Questions & answers (part 3)

Monetary Dialogue with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank: Questions & answers (part 3)

This Monetary Dialogue takes place in a still challenging environment, marked by uncertainty and inflationary pressures. While headline inflation has declined (to 7% in April) mostly due to the ongoing fall of energy prices, core inflation remains high and persistent, mostly driven by the rise in food and services prices. Since the last Monetary Dialogue in March, the ECB's Governing Council has continued on its monetary policy tightening path. The two specific topics of discussion as chosen by ECON (Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs) for this Dialogue are: 1) Interaction between price stability and financial stability; and 2) The effects of high inflation and monetary tightening on the real economy. Questions & answers (part 2)

Monetary Dialogue with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank: Questions & answers (part 2)

This Monetary Dialogue takes place in a still challenging environment, marked by uncertainty and inflationary pressures. While headline inflation has declined (to 7% in April) mostly due to the ongoing fall of energy prices, core inflation remains high and persistent, mostly driven by the rise in food and services prices. Since the last Monetary Dialogue in March, the ECB's Governing Council has continued on its monetary policy tightening path. The two specific topics of discussion as chosen by ECON (Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs) for this Dialogue are: 1) Interaction between price stability and financial stability; and 2) The effects of high inflation and monetary tightening on the real economy. Questions & answers (part 1)

Monetary Dialogue with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank: Questions & answers (part 1)

This Monetary Dialogue takes place in a still challenging environment, marked by uncertainty and inflationary pressures. While headline inflation has declined (to 7% in April) mostly due to the ongoing fall of energy prices, core inflation remains high and persistent, mostly driven by the rise in food and services prices. Since the last Monetary Dialogue in March, the ECB's Governing Council has continued on its monetary policy tightening path. The two specific topics of discussion as chosen by ECON (Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs) for this Dialogue are: the interaction between price stability and financial stability; and the effects of high inflation and monetary tightening on the real economy. Extracts from the dialogue.

Monetary Dialogue with Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank: extracts

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