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    Recovery risks losing momentum

    The recovery since the summer has been uneven, uncertain and incomplete, President Christine Lagarde tells Le Monde. But the options in our monetary policy toolbox have not been exhausted. She also discusses the EU’s recovery plan and the broader impact of the crisis in Europe.

Our response to the coronavirus pandemic
Read the new Macroprudential Bulletin
19 October 2020 PUBLICATION

Read the new Macroprudential Bulletin

While banks’ willingness to use capital buffers should help the economy, they may not always be able to draw them down. Market pressure can be a key preventing factor. The publication also discusses why larger countercyclical buffers would have made it easier to release capital.

The recovery is weakening
17 October 2020 INTERVIEW

The recovery is weakening

The resurgence of coronavirus infections in a number of euro area countries is weakening the recovery, says Executive Board member Fabio Panetta. This reinforces the need for prolonged support from macroeconomic policies.

19/10/2020
Yves Mersch: The ECB’s monetary policy amid the pandemic
Introductory remarks by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the MNI Connect Roundtable
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18/10/2020
Christine Lagarde: Remarks at the G30 International Banking Seminar
Contribution by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, during the session “Rebuilding and Sustaining Growth”
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15/10/2020
Christine Lagarde: IMFC Statement
Statement by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the forty-second meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee
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14/10/2020
Philip R. Lane: The pandemic and ECB monetary policy
Presentation by Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the SUERF online conference on "How to spend it? How to pay it back? EU and US Perspectives"
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12/10/2020
Fabio Panetta: A digital euro for the digital era
Introductory statement by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the ECON Committee of the European Parliament
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19/10/2020
Christine Lagarde: Interview with Le Monde
Interview with Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, conducted by Marie Charrel and Eric Albert and published on 19 October 2020
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17/10/2020
Fabio Panetta: Interview with Kathimerini
Interview with Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Eirini Chrysolora and published on 17 October 2020
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11/10/2020
Philip R. Lane: Interview with Wall Street Journal
Interview with Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Tom Fairless on 8 October
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10/10/2020
Isabel Schnabel: The ECB’s independence in times of mounting public debt
Contribution by Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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07/10/2020
Christine Lagarde: Written interview with Harvard International Review
Interview with Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB
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02/10/2020
Fabio Panetta: We must be prepared to issue a digital euro
Blog post by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB

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We should be ready to issue a digital euro if and when it is necessary, writes Executive Board member Fabio Panetta. The euro is a currency that Europeans trust. We need to make sure that it is fit for the future.

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11/09/2020
Philip R. Lane: The outlook for the euro area
Blog post by Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB

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Our current measures are providing crucial support to the economic recovery in the euro area, writes Chief Economist Philip R. Lane. But there is no room for complacency as inflation remains far below the aim and risks continue to be tilted to the downside.

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02/09/2020
Luis de Guindos, Fabio Panetta, Isabel Schnabel: Europe needs a fully fledged capital markets union – now more than ever
Blog post by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, and Fabio Panetta and Isabel Schnabel, Members of the Executive Board of the ECB

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The coronavirus crisis makes progress on capital markets union even more important, write Luis de Guindos, Fabio Panetta and Isabel Schnabel. In the light of the European Commission’s forthcoming Action Plan, they outline priority areas for reform to foster European capital markets.

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19/08/2020
Fabio Panetta, Isabel Schnabel: The provision of euro liquidity through the ECB’s swap and repo operations
Blog post by Fabio Panetta and Isabel Schnabel, Members of the Executive Board of the ECB

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The ECB’s swap and repo lines are essential stabilising tools in the coronavirus crisis. In a joint Blog post, Executive Board members Fabio Panetta and Isabel Schnabel explain how these tools reduce funding risks, prevent financial contagion and support the euro’s use in global transactions.

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04/08/2020
Philip R. Lane: The macroeconomic impact of the pandemic and the policy response
Blog post by Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB

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While there has been some rebound in economic activity, the level of economic slack remains extraordinarily high and the outlook highly uncertain, writes Chief Economist Philip R. Lane. Progress in containing the virus will be central in determining the size and speed of the recovery.

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Digital euro: have your say!
12 October 2020 PUBLIC CONSULTATION

Digital euro: have your say!

Like the euro we already use every day, the design of a digital euro should meet the needs of a broad range of users. That’s why we want to hear the views of the public and of all interested stakeholders on the benefits and challenges of issuing a digital euro and on its possible design.

ECB Listens event on 21 October 2020
STRATEGY REVIEW

ECB Listens event on 21 October 2020

The ECB Listens event is taking place online on 21 October 2020. It will be hosted by President Christine Lagarde and Chief Economist Philip R. Lane, who will engage with civil society organisations as part of our ongoing strategy review.

Watch live at 09:30 CET.

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Marginal lending facility 0.25 %
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GBP Pound sterling 0.90588
CHF Swiss franc 1.0724
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    Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, signing the euro banknotes, 28 November 2019

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    Christine Lagarde's Keynote Speech - European Banking Congress 2019

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    Farewell President Draghi - 28 October 2019

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    ECB Conference on Gender and Career Progression - 21 October 2019

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    ECB Press Conference - 24 October 2019

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