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    President Mario Draghi explained the Governing Council’s latest monetary policy decisions and answered questions from journalists at a press conference on 20 July 2017.

Increasing demand for loans in the euro area
18 July 2017PRESS RELEASE

Increasing demand for loans in the euro area

Credit terms and conditions for loans continued to ease in the second quarter and demand increased, according to the July bank lending survey. For loans to enterprises, competitive pressure remained the main factor behind the easing.

ECB policy has stabilised the global economy
11 July 2017SPEECH

ECB policy has stabilised the global economy

Asset purchases have successfully boosted economic growth and inflation prospects, says Executive Board member Benoît Cœuré. Far from “beggaring its neighbours”, the monetary easing by the ECB has stabilised the global economy.

20/07/2017
Mario Draghi, Vítor Constâncio: Introductory statement to the press conference (with Q&A)
Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB, Frankfurt am Main, 20 July 2017
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11/07/2017
Benoît Cœuré: The international dimension of the ECB’s asset purchase programme
Speech by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Foreign Exchange Contact Group meeting, 11 July 2017
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07/07/2017
Yves Mersch: Retail payments in Europe: the benefits of good governance
Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the 10th jubilee conference on payments and market infrastructures, “Drivers of European Payment Integration: Innovations and Cooperation”, Ohrid, 7 July 2017
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06/07/2017
Peter Praet: Europe’s economic recovery and implications for monetary policy
Remarks by Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the International Conference of Commercial Bank Economists (ICCBE) in France, Paris, 6 July 2017
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04/07/2017
Yves Mersch: Loan-level data transparency: achievements and future prospects
Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, 5th Anniversary European Data Warehouse, Frankfurt, 4 July 2017
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08/07/2017
Peter Praet: Interview with De Standaard
Interview with Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Pascal Dendooven and Goele De Cort on 3 July 2017, published on 8 July 2017
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07/07/2017
Benoît Cœuré: Interview with Le Monde and La Stampa
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Marie Charrel (Le Monde) and Alessandro Barbera (La Stampa), on 3 July, published on 7 July 2017
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05/07/2017
Vítor Constâncio: We need a coordinated European NPL strategy - How to deal with Europe’s market for lemons?
Opinion piece by Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB, 5 July 2017
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04/07/2017
Sabine Lautenschläger: Interview with the Financial Times
Interview with Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, conducted by Claire Jones and Caroline Binham and published on 4 July 2017
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28/06/2017
Vítor Constâncio: Interview with CNBC
Interview with Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB, conducted by Annette Weisbach in Sintra on 27 June, published 28 June 2017
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17/07/2017
Decision of the ECB of 23 June 2017 amending Decision ECB/2012/6 on the establishment of the TARGET2-Securities Board  (ECB/2017/20)
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17/07/2017
Guideline of the ECB of 23 June 2017 amending Guideline ECB/2012/13 on TARGET2-Securities (ECB/2017/19)
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12/07/2017
Decision (EU) 2017/1258 of the ECB of 5 July 2017 on the delegation of decisions on the transmission of confidential statistical information to the Single Resolution Board (ECB/2017/22)
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11/07/2017
Opinion on limitation of cash payments (CON/2017/27)
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30/06/2017
Decision (EU) 2017/1198 of the ECB of 27 June 2017 on the reporting of funding plans of credit institutions by national competent authorities to the ECB (ECB/2017/21)
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Tell us your story!
6 July 2017#EUROVIDEOCHALLENGE

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What are non-performing loans (NPLs)?
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What are non-performing loans (NPLs)?

Loans are considered “non-performing” when more than 90 days have passed without the borrower paying the agreed instalments. Why are bad loans an issue for banks and how does bad debt affect monetary policy?

Interest rates

Marginal lending facility 0.25 %
Main refinancing operations (fixed rate) 0.00 %
Deposit facility − 0.40 %
Effective from 16 March 2016

Inflation rates

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Reference rates

USD US dollar 1.1485
JPY Japanese yen 128.92
GBP Pound sterling 0.88718
CHF Swiss franc 1.1039
Last update: Thursday, 20 July 2017 Euro foreign exchange rates

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