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Over a third of crypto-asset holders in the euro area hold stablecoins, data from the ECB’s Consumer Expectations Survey show. Many hold small amounts, mainly in US dollar-pegged tokens. Our Economic Bulletin looks at what wider adoption of stablecoins could mean for financial stability.
Read Box 8 of our Economic BulletinFramework guidance is more effective than rate forward guidance when policy rates are away from the effective lower bound, says Chief Economist Philip R. Lane. He also discusses some recent ECB research on monetary policy communication.
Read the speechThe sovereign debt crisis led to a marked increase in wealth inequality in the euro area. Since then, inequality has slowly returned to pre-crisis conditions. Yet, its effects are still felt and visible today in the countries most severely affected by the crisis.
Read The ECB Blog| Faċilità tad-depożitu | 2.50 % |
| Operazzjonijiet ewlenija ta’ rifinanzjament (rata fissa) | 2.65 % |
| Faċilità tas-self marġinali | 2.90 % |
| USD | US dollar | 1.1127 | |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 177.18 | |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0.83618 | |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 0.9234 |