Financial markets
- 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
- 02/10/2020
- Fabio Panetta: We must be prepared to issue a digital euroBlog post by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
Summary
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.
- 11/09/2020
- Isabel Schnabel: The shadow of fiscal dominance: Misconceptions, perceptions and perspectives Speech by Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Centre for European Reform and the Eurofi Financial Forum on “Is the current ECB monetary policy doing more harm than good and what are the alternatives?”
- 10/09/2020
- Christine Lagarde: Payments in a digital worldSpeech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the Deutsche Bundesbank online conference on banking and payments in the digital world
- 31/08/2020
- Isabel Schnabel: Interview with ReutersInterview with Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Balazs Koranyi and Frank Siebelt on 28 August 2020 and published on 31 August 2020
- 21/08/2020
- Results of the June 2020 survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and over-the-counter derivatives markets (SESFOD)
- 17/07/2020
- Isabel Schnabel: Never waste a crisis: COVID-19, climate change and monetary policySpeech by Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at a virtual roundtable on “Sustainable Crisis Responses in Europe” organised by the INSPIRE research network, 17 July 2020
- 02/07/2020
- ECB welcomes initiative to launch new European payment solution
- 01/07/2020
- Philip R. Lane: Interview with Reuters news agencyInterview with Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Balázs Korányi, Francesco Canepa and Frank Siebelt
- 25/06/2020
- New Eurosystem repo facility to provide euro liquidity to non-euro area central banks
- 16/06/2020
- Working group on euro risk-free rates recommends voluntary compensation for legacy swaption contracts affected by the discounting transition to the €STR
- 12/06/2020
- Fabio Panetta: Sharing and strengthening the euro’s privilege Blog post by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
Summary
The goals of boosting the euro’s global standing and sharing its advantages more evenly are one and the same, writes Executive Board member Fabio Panetta. Through the right mix of European fiscal and monetary policy, we can build a better functioning Monetary Union that achieves both of these goals.
- 11/06/2020
- Philip R. Lane: Interview with Il Sole 24 OreInterview with Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Isabella Bufacchi on 8 June
- 09/06/2020
- Isabel Schnabel: Q&A on TwitterInterview on Twitter with Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted and published on 9 June 2020
- 19/05/2020
- Philip R. Lane: Pandemic central banking: the monetary stance, market stabilisation and liquidityRemarks by Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability Policy Webinar, 19 May 2020
- 19/05/2020
- Results of the March 2020 survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and over-the-counter derivatives markets (SESFOD)
- 11/05/2020
- Yves Mersch: An ECB digital currency – a flight of fancy?Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the Consensus 2020 virtual conference, 11 May 2020
- 28/04/2020
- Fabio Panetta: Beyond monetary policy – protecting the continuity and safety of payments during the coronavirus crisisBlog post by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
Summary
The ECB is working to protect the continuity and safety of payments during the coronavirus pandemic, writes Executive Board member Fabio Panetta in The ECB Blog. Europeans can trust in our commitment to support them throughout this crisis.
- 03/04/2020
- Sweden joins ECB’s instant payments settlement platform
- 18/03/2020
- ECB statement
- 15/03/2020
- Fabio Panetta: Interview with Corriere della SeraInterview with Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Daniele Manca on 14 March 2020 and published on 15 March 2020
- 13/03/2020
- Philip R. Lane: The Monetary Policy Package: An Analytical Frameworkby Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
Summary
We will not tolerate any risks to the smooth transmission of our monetary policy in all jurisdictions of the euro area, Executive Board member Philip R. Lane writes in the inaugural post of The ECB Blog. The post explains the analytical framework underlying the March monetary policy measures.
- 12/03/2020
- ECB announces easing of conditions for targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO III)
- 12/03/2020
- ECB announces measures to support bank liquidity conditions and money market activity
- 03/03/2020
- Luis de Guindos: Capital markets union: the role of equity markets and sustainable financeContribution by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, on the occasion of the publication of the ECB report on “Financial integration and structure in the euro area”, Frankfurt
- 03/03/2020
- ECB pushes for EU capital markets integration and development
- 27/02/2020
- Major European financial infrastructures join forces against cyber threats
- 27/02/2020
- Fabio Panetta: Protecting the European financial sector: the Cyber Information and Intelligence Sharing InitiativeIntroductory remarks by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the fourth meeting of the Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial Infrastructures
- 26/02/2020
- Fabio Panetta: Joining forces: stepping up coordination on risks in central clearingIntroductory remarks by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Second Joint Bundesbank/ECB/Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Conference on CCP Risk Management
- 17/02/2020
- Philip R. Lane: The analytical contribution of external statistics: addressing the challengesKeynote speech by Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Joint European Central Bank, Irving Fisher Committee and Banco de Portugal conference on “Bridging measurement challenges and analytical needs of external statistics: evolution or revolution?”
- 12/02/2020
- ECB publishes Consolidated Banking Data for end-September 2019
- 11/02/2020
- Isabel Schnabel: Interview with Die WeltInterview with Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Anja Ettel and Holger Zschäpitz on 10 February 2020, published on 11 February 2020
- 11/02/2020
- Results of the December 2019 survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and over-the-counter derivatives markets (SESFOD)
- 10/02/2020
- Luis de Guindos: Interview with ExpansiónInterview with Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, conducted by Andrés Stumpf on 6 February 2020 and published on 10 February 2020
- 08/01/2020
- Christine Lagarde: Interview with “Challenges” magazineInterview with Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, by Pierre-Henri de Menthon and Sabine Syfuss-Arnaud
- 08/01/2020
- Luis de Guindos: Europe’s role in the global financial systemSpeech by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, at the SUERF/De Nederlandsche Bank Conference “Forging a new future between the UK and the EU”,
- 12/12/2019
- Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Introductory statement to the press conference (with Q&A)Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, Frankfurt am Main, 12 December 2019EnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (22) +
- 02/12/2019
- Christine Lagarde: Hearing at the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European ParliamentIntroductory statement by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the ECON committee of the European Parliament
- 28/11/2019
- Philip R. Lane: Determinants of the real interest rateRemarks by Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the National Treasury Management Agency
- 26/11/2019
- Benoît Cœuré: Towards the retail payments of tomorrow: a European strategySpeech by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Joint Conference of the ECB and the National Bank of Belgium on “Crossing the chasm to the retail payments of tomorrow”
- 14/11/2019
- Philip R. Lane: The international transmission of monetary policyKeynote speech by Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, CEPR International Macroeconomics and Finance Programme Meeting
- 30/10/2019
- Sabine Lautenschläger: A Call for EuropeSpeech by Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at lecture series “Mein Europa”, Heinrich-Heine University
- 02/10/2019
- Luis de Guindos: Key vulnerabilities for euro area financial stabilityRemarks by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, at the meeting of the Financial Stability Contact Group
- 25/09/2019
- Benoît Cœuré: Introductory remarks Hearing of Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, organised by the Committee on the Digital Agenda on the topic of “Digital currencies, focusing on Libra”, Deutscher Bundestag
- 17/09/2019
- Benoît Cœuré: Digital challenges to the international monetary and financial systemPanel remarks by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Banque centrale du Luxembourg-Toulouse School of Economics conference on “The Future of the International Monetary System”
- 27/08/2019
- Luis de Guindos: Communication, expectations and monetary policyIntervention by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, at the ECB policy panel of the Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Manchester, 27 August 2019
- 28/06/2019
- Sabine Lautenschläger: Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial InfrastructuresIntroductory remarks by Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the third meeting of the Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial Infrastructures, Frankfurt am Main, 28 June 2019
- 25/06/2019
- Benoît Cœuré: European capital markets: priorities and challengesDinner remarks by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Frankfurt am Main, 25 June 2019
- 14/06/2019
- Sabine Lautenschläger: Transformation of the retail and wholesale payments landscape in EuropeSpeech by Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the European Association of Co-operative Banks, Berlin, 14 June 2019
- 12/06/2019
- Benoît Cœuré: The effects of APP reinvestments on euro area bond markets Closing remarks by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the ECB’s Bond Market Contact Group meeting, 12 June 2019
- 29/05/2019
- Yves Mersch: Back to stableSpeech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at Zahlungsverkehrssymposium, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, 29 May 2019
- 27/05/2019
- Benoît Cœuré: Payments for the peopleIntroductory remarks by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Chair of the CPMI, at the ‘High-level meeting on financial inclusion’, Basel, 27 May 2019
- 23/05/2019
- Luis de Guindos: Building the EU’s capital markets: what remains to be doneSpeech by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, Association for Financial Markets in Europe Conference, Supervision and Integration Opportunities for European Banking and Capital Markets, Frankfurt am Main, 23 May 2019
- 10/05/2019
- Benoît Cœuré: Cyber resilience as a global public goodSpeech by Benoît Cœuré, Chair of the Bank for International Settlements’ Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at the G7 conference: “Cybersecurity: Coordinating efforts to protect the financial sector in the global economy”, Paris, 10 May 2019
- 10/05/2019
- Sabine Lautenschläger: Towards a more cyber secure financial system: the role of central banksStatement by Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the G7 2019 conference on "Cybersecurity: Coordinating efforts to protect the financial sector in the global economy", Paris, 10 May 2019
- 06/05/2019
- Sabine Lautenschläger: A future-oriented approach to pan-European innovative retail payment solutionsWelcome address by Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the ECB conference “An innovative single market for the euro”, Frankfurt am Main, 6 May 2019
- 06/04/2019
- Yves Mersch: Competitiveness of Europe and European Financial MarketsPanel contribution by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at The Outlook for the Economy and Finance conference, Cernobbio, 6 April 2019
- 27/03/2019
- Luis de Guindos: International spillovers of monetary policy and financial stability concernsSpeech by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, at The ECB and Its Watchers XX conference, Frankfurt am Main, 27 March 2019
- 27/02/2019
- Benoît Cœuré: The case for cooperation: cross-border CCP supervision and the role of central banksIntroductory remarks by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at a conference on CCP risk management organised by the Deutsche Bundesbank, the ECB and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Frankfurt am Main, 27 February 2019
- 26/02/2019
- Yves Mersch: Lending and payment systems in upheaval: the fintech challengeSpeech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the 3rd annual Conference on Fintech and Digital Innovation, 26 February 2019, Brussels
- 07/02/2019
- Yves Mersch: Promoting innovation and integration in retail payments to achieve tangible benefits for people and businessesSpeech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the American European Community Association, Brussels, 7 February 2019
- 31/01/2019
- Yves Mersch: The possible triangle: frictionless movement of payments, securities and collateral across EuropeSpeech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the 2019 Annual General Meeting of the International Capital Markets Association’s European Repo and Collateral Council, Luxembourg, 31 January 2019
- 31/01/2019
- Benoît Cœuré: Fintech for the peopleKeynote speech by Benoît Cœuré, Chair of the CPMI and Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the 14th BCBS-FSI high-level meeting for Africa on strengthening financial sector supervision and current regulatory priorities, Cape Town, 31 January 2019
- 07/12/2018
- Benoît Cœuré: Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial InfrastructuresIntroductory remarks by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the second meeting of the Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial Infrastructures, Frankfurt, 7 December 2018
- 30/11/2018
- Yves Mersch: TIPS and the future of innovative retail payment solutions in EuropeSpeech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the TIPS launch event, Frascati (Rome), 30 November 2018
- 28/11/2018
- Benoît Cœuré: Welcome RemarksRemarks by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Foreign Exchange Contact Group meeting, Frankfurt, 28 November 2018
- 15/11/2018
- Benoît Cœuré: The new frontier of payments and market infrastructure: on cryptos, cyber and CCPsWelcome 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
- 03/10/2018
- Yves Mersch: The future started yesterdayKeynote speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Latvijas Banka conference “Payments in the 22nd century: future starts today?”, Riga, 3 October 2018
- 17/09/2018
- Peter Praet: Economic developments in the euro areaPresentation by Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, to the Société Royale d’Economie Politique, Brussels, 17 September 2018
- 26/07/2018
- Mario Draghi, Luis de Guindos: Introductory statement to the press conference (with Q&A)Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, Frankfurt am Main, 26 July 2018EnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (22) +
- 26/06/2018
- Benoît Cœuré: The future of financial market infrastructures: spearheading progress without renouncing safetySpeech by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Central Bank Payments Conference, Singapore, 26 June 2018
- 29/05/2018
- Yves Mersch: Euro Clearing – the open raceKeynote speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Frankfurt Finance Summit, Frankfurt, 29 May 2018
- 14/05/2018
- Benoît Cœuré: The future of central bank moneySpeech by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the International Center for Monetary and Banking Studies, Geneva, 14 May 2018
- 14/05/2018
- Yves Mersch: Virtual currencies ante portasSpeech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the 39th meeting of the Governor’s Club Bodrum, Turkey, 14 May 2018
- 23/04/2018
- Benoît Cœuré: A cooperative approach to CCP recovery and resolutionPanel intervention by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the ILF Conference on “Resolution in Europe: the unresolved questions”, Frankfurt am Main, 23 April 2018
- 14/03/2018
- Benoît Cœuré: Financial regulation and innovation: a two-way streetIntroductory remarks by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at a roundtable organised by FinLeap, Berlin, 14 March 2018
- 09/03/2018
- Sabine Lautenschläger: Cyber resilience – objectives and toolsSpeech by Sabine Lautenschläger, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the first meeting of the Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial Infrastructures, Frankfurt am Main, 9 March 2018
- 09/03/2018
- Benoît Cœuré: A Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial InfrastructuresIntroductory remarks by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the first meeting of the Euro Cyber Resilience Board for pan-European Financial Infrastructures, Frankfurt, 9 March 2018
- 27/02/2018
- Yves Mersch: Innovation and digitalisation in payment servicesSpeech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Second Annual Conference on “Fintech and Digital Innovation: Regulation at the European level and beyond”, Brussels, 27 February 2018
- 22/02/2018
- Yves Mersch: Reaping the benefits of payment services in a new regulatory environmentSpeech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the European Banking Federation’s Executive Committee, Frankfurt am Main, 22 February 2018
- 15/02/2018
- Yves Mersch: Rencontres du Club SEPASpeech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, Paris, 15 February 2018