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More Europe is the answer

Completing Economic and Monetary Union has become more urgent over time, not less urgent, says ECB President Mario Draghi. Completing the banking union and starting work on the capital markets union are the best ways to respond to the threats currently facing our monetary union.
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13 November 2018SPEECH

Preserving monetary policy accommodation

The end of net asset purchases does not mean the end of monetary policy accommodation, says Executive Board member Peter Praet. The switch to enhanced forward guidance on key ECB interest rates has preserved the ample degree of monetary policy accommodation.

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12 November 2018SPEECH

Investment funds and financial stability

The investment fund sector in the euro area has been growing steadily. In order to address emerging risks and safeguard financial stability, we should aim to extend the macroprudential framework beyond banks to encompass the asset management sector, says Vice-President Luis de Guindos.

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20/11/2018: Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 16 November 2018
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20/11/2018: Euro money market statistics: sixth maintenance period 2018
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19/11/2018: Euro area monthly balance of payments: September 2018
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19/11/2018: Euro area investment fund statistics: third quarter of 2018
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19/11/2018: Euro area financial vehicle corporation statistics: third quarter of 2018
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16/11/2018: Mario Draghi: The outlook for the euro area economy
Speech by Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, Frankfurt European Banking Congress, Frankfurt am Main, 16 November 2018
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15/11/2018: Luis de Guindos: Euro area banking sector – current challenges
Keynote speech by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, at the Annual General Meeting of the Foreign Bankers’ Association, Amsterdam, 15 November 2018
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15/11/2018: Benoît Cœuré: The new frontier of payments and market infrastructure: on cryptos, cyber and CCPs
Welcome remarks by Benoît Cœuré, Chair of the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures of the Bank for International Settlements and Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Economics of Payments IX conference, Basel, 15 November 2018
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13/11/2018: Luis de Guindos: Promoting the stability and efficiency of EU financial markets beyond Brexit
Speech by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, at the Deutsche Bundesbank reception on the occasion of Euro Finance Week, Frankfurt, 13 November 2018
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13/11/2018: Sabine Lautenschläger: Four years of Banking Union: where do we stand?
Opening Statement by Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the Banking Supervision, Resolution and Risk Management conference during the 21st Euro Finance Week, Frankfurt am Main, 13 November 2018
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02/11/2018: Peter Praet: Interview with BdP Revista, staff magazine of Banco de Portugal
Interview with Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Isabel Arriaga e Cunha on 18 June 2018 and published on 2 November 2018
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01/10/2018: Benoît Cœuré: Interview with Der Tagesspiegel
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Carla Neuhaus on 19 September 2018 published on 1 October 2018
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05/09/2018: Benoît Cœuré: Interview with Kathimerini
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Eirini Chrysolora and published on 5 September 2018
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05/08/2018: Sabine Lautenschläger: Interview with Welt am Sonntag
Interview with Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, conducted by Anja Ettel and Anne Kunz on 30 July 2018 and published on 5 August 2018
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09/07/2018: Benoît Cœuré: Interview with Bloomberg TV
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Caroline Connan and broadcast on 9 July 2018
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21/11/2018: Working paper no. 2204: Inequality and relative saving rates at the top
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21/11/2018: Working paper no. 2203: Fiscal equalization and the tax structure
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20/11/2018: Working paper no. 2202: Credit supply and demand in unconventional times
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20/11/2018: Working paper no. 2201: Behavioral & experimental macroeconomics and policy analysis: a complex systems approach
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19/11/2018: Working paper no. 2200: The New Area-Wide Model II: an extended version of the ECB's micro-founded model for forecasting and policy analysis with a financial sector
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19/11/2018: Statistics paper no. 29: Deficit-debt adjustment (DDA) analysis: an analytical tool to assess the consistency of government finance statistics
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16/11/2018: Letter from the ECB President to Mr Miguel Viegas, MEP, on members of the ECB’s decision-making bodies participating in international discussion fora
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16/11/2018: Letter from the ECB President to Mr Ernest Urtasun, MEP, on the corporate sector purchase programme
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16/11/2018: Letter from the ECB President to Mr Brian Hayes, Mr Paul Tang, Mr Sven Giegold, Mr Wolf Klinz, Mr Ashley Fox, MEPs, on the Eurosystem credit assessment framework
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16/11/2018: Letter from the ECB President to Mr Dimitrios Papadimoulis, MEP, on members of the ECB’s decision-making bodies participating in international discussion fora
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20/11/2018: Opinion on a proposal for a directive on credit servicers, credit purchasers and the recovery of collateral (CON/2018/54)
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19/11/2018: Opinion on the macroprudential mandate of Българска народна банка (Bulgarian National Bank) and the governance of credit institutions (CON/2018/52)
Bulgaria,
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16/11/2018: Opinion on the implementation of the recommendations of the convergence report into the Law on Българска народна банка (Bulgarian National Bank) (CON/2018/53)
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09/11/2018: Opinion on the strengthening of financial supervision and investor protection (CON/2018/50)
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09/11/2018: Opinion on national legislation to be adopted for the purpose of establishing close cooperation between the ECB and Българска народна банка (Bulgarian National Bank) (CON/2018/49)
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6 November 2018EVENT

Monetary Policy conference

We hosted our annual monetary policy conference on 29 and 30 October. The video of the policy panel featuring Nobel Prize winner Christopher Sims is now available. We also asked a number of speakers to present their work in under a minute!

#EUROAT20

20 years of the euro

The euro will turn 20 on 1 January 2019. Today, the euro is the currency of 19 EU countries and over 340 million Europeans. It is one of the most important currencies in the world. Explore our hub page to learn more about this important achievement and the events we have planned.

Visit #EUROat20 hub
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Interest rates

Marginal lending facility	0.25 %
Main refinancing operations (fixed rate)	0.00 %
Deposit facility	− 0.40 %

Effective from 16 March 2016

Past key ECB interest rates

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Reference rates

USD	US dollar	1.1421
JPY	Japanese yen	128.34
GBP	Pound sterling	0.88908
CHF	Swiss franc	1.1328

Last update: Tuesday, 20 November 2018 Euro foreign exchange rates

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Multimedia

Travelogue: ECB Executive Board member Benoît Cœuré visiting Vorwerk factory in Cloyes-sur-le-Loir
Unveiling of the New 100 and 200 Euro Banknotes
20 years of ESCB statistics: What's next?
20th anniversary – Staff testimonials / First Day at the ECB
ECB Forum on Central Banking 2018
How are Executive Board members chosen?
Interview with Vítor Constâncio. ECB Vice-President (2011 – 2018)
Financial Stability Review - May 2018
Vítor Constâncio interview on the Financial Stability Review - May 2018
How does the euro help Europeans do business?
What is ethical hacking?
Generation €uro Students' Award 2018
Communications challenges for policy effectiveness, accountability and reputation
Meeting the #EuroVideoChallenge finalists at the award ceremony
What is TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS)?
#ECBYouthDialogue - Dublin, Ireland
Highlights ECB Forum on Central Banking 2017
#ECBYouthDialogue - Lisbon 2017
Interview Vítor Constâncio on Financial Stability Review
EU Open Days - May 2017
Generation €uro Students' Award 2017
The new €50 banknote is now in circulation
How quantitative easing works
15 years of the euro
Inside the Asset Purchase Programme
ECB and the Eurosystem explained in 3 min.

ECB Press Conference - 25 October 2018
European Cultural Days - 25 September 2018
Visit of German Federal President Steinmeier to the ECB - 26 Sep 2018
ECB Press Conference - 13 September 2018
New €100 & €200 - Security features
Estonian Art Vernissage - 27 June 2018
ECB Forum on Central Banking - 18/20 June 2018
ECB Press Conference - 14 June 2018
EU Open Day - 5 May 2018
Joint Conference of the European Central Bank and the European Commission - 3 May 2018
ECB Press Conference - 26 April 2018
Generation €uro Students’ Award - 10 -11 April 2018
Luminale: Cross Hatch - 18 March 2018
ECB Press Conference - 8 March 2018
Central Bank Communications Conference - 14-15 November 2017
2017 #EuroVideoChallenge Award Ceremony in Lyon - 9 November 2017
European Cultural Days - 26 October 2017
ECB Press Conference - 26 October 2017
Inauguration ECB Visitor Centre – 4 October 2017
Sendung mit der Maus - 3 October 2017
#ECBYouthDialogue, Dublin - 22 September 2017
Opening of the Cyprus Contemporary Art Exhibition - 20 September 2017
ECB Press Conference - 7 September 2017
ECB Press Conference - 20 July 2017
#ECBYouthDialogue - 26 June 2017, Lisbon, Portugal
ECB Forum on Central Banking - Sintra, Portugal, 26-28 June 2017
ECB Press Conference - 8 June 2017, Tallinn
EU Open Day in Brussels - 6 May 2017
ECB Open Day for women in technical fields - 04 May 2017
ECB Press Conference - 27 April 2017
The new €50 banknote - 4 April 2017
Generation Euro Students' Award - 4/5 April 2017
Europe's digital integrated market - 31 January 2017
25 November 2016 UN Orange Day
17 October 2016 Cultural Days Opening Concert
3 October 2016 Türen Auf!
Unveiling of the new €50 banknote
Young Economists at ECB Forum on Central Banking
ECB Main Building
Luminale 2016 - ECB's illuminated buildings

The international role of the euro, June 2018
Financial integration in Europe, May 2018
ECB Legal Conference 2017 - Shaping a new legal order for Europe: a tale of crises and opportunities
ECB Forum on Central Banking - Investment and growth in advanced economies
Legal framework of the Eurosystem and the European System of Central Banks. ECB legal acts and instruments
Statistics for Economic and Monetary Union. Enhancements and new directions, 2003-12, by Peter Bull
The monetary policy of the ECB
The payment system – payments, securities and derivatives, and the role of the Eurosystem in this field