European Central Bank @ecb@respublicae.eu

Did you know that banks we supervise have assets with a value of almost twice euro area GDP, totalling €27 trillion?
Listen to the
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23TheECBPodcast
with banking supervisor Ramón Quintana Aguirre for more interesting facts
https://pod.link/ecbpodcast

[2024-08-21 14:37 UTC]

Questions about inflation? We’ve got you covered – a new overview of the topic is now live on our website.
Check out our inflation web page
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/macroeconomic_and_sectoral/hicp/html/index.en.html

[2024-08-20 08:30 UTC]

How did the euro area current account balance evolve in June? And how does it compare with the same month a year earlier?
Find out more in the press release
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/stats/bop/2024/html/ecb.bp240820~de1d158af7.en.html

[2024-08-20 08:03 UTC]

What does a day in the life of a banking supervisor look like?
And why does no one care about banking supervisors – until things go wrong!
Our host Stefania Secola discusses this and more with Ramón Quintana Aguirre.
Listen to
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23TheECBPodcast
https://pod.link/ecbpodcast

[2024-08-17 08:03 UTC]

We’ve improved our environmental performance:
🌱 Better carbon footprint reporting
🌼 Increased biodiversity on our premises
✈️ Enhanced emissions calculations
Find out more, including how we’re reducing our operational footprint
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/climate/green/html/index.en.html

[2024-08-16 09:09 UTC]

How quickly do consumers react to rate hikes? That depends in part on how much they know about financial matters.
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23TheECBBlog
explains that the better informed they are, the more quickly they react
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2024/html/ecb.blog240815~695092d20f.en.html

[2024-08-15 09:03 UTC]

Valuing commercial real estate can be tricky. But there’s room for banks to improve their valuations of real estate held as collateral by adopting good practices, our on-site inspections show
https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/press/publications/newsletter/2024/html/ssm.nl240814.en.html

[2024-08-14 09:40 UTC]

With banks increasingly exposed to leveraged finance, we inspected 12 banks to ensure they correctly classify these exposures and properly manage the related risks.
We’re currently in close contact with the banks regarding the preliminary results
https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/press/publications/newsletter/2024/html/ssm.nl240814_1.en.html

[2024-08-14 09:19 UTC]

Regulators should strive for a level playing field without compromising on standards, says Supervisory Board member Kerstin af Jochnick.
Our Supervision Newsletter also covers leveraged finance and banks’ valuation practices of commercial real estate
https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/press/supervisory-newsletters/html/index.en.html

[2024-08-14 09:07 UTC]

Join us in celebrating Europe! 🇪🇺
Our annual
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23EuropaOpenAir
concert with
https://nitter.privacydev.net/hrPresse
is back on 22 August! 🎶
Catch the Frankfurt Radio Symphony performing at Weseler Werft, in the heart of Frankfurt
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2024/html/ecb.pr240808~c7d5b0ac2b.en.html

[2024-08-08 09:03 UTC]

What is European banking supervision and how is it connected to our bank accounts? And what does football have to do with it?
Our host Stefania Secola discusses these questions with Supervisory Board member Elizabeth McCaul.
Listen to
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23TheECBPodcast
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/tvservices/podcast/html/ecb.pod240808_episode91.en.html

[2024-08-08 08:07 UTC]

Strong customer authentication requirements have had a positive effect on reducing fraudulent payments, our joint report with
https://nitter.privacydev.net/EBA_News
shows.
Nevertheless, industry actors, regulators and consumers need to stay alert.
Read the press release
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2024/html/ecb.pr240801~f21cc4a009.en.html

[2024-08-01 13:02 UTC]

Since the 1980s, the divergence between the return on capital and the return on safe assets has widened.
The latest issue of the
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23EconomicBulletin
examines the possible reasons for this
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/economic-bulletin/focus/2024/html/ecb.ebbox202405_07~33327d5fab.en.html

[2024-08-01 09:17 UTC]

Ageing populations will further increase strains on euro area public finances, our
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23EconomicBulletin
finds.
Fiscal buffers and structural reforms are therefore needed to ensure economic resilience
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/economic-bulletin/focus/2024/html/ecb.ebbox202405_08~5f9531042f.en.html

[2024-08-01 09:15 UTC]

Did you know firms' selling price expectations for services can be important indicators of consumer price dynamics?
Read our
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23EconomicBulletin
to find out more
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/economic-bulletin/focus/2024/html/ecb.ebbox202405_06~7b71aac776.en.html

[2024-08-01 08:56 UTC]

Surging inflation in 2021 and 2022 came with strong divergences across euro area countries, largely due to the role of energy and food prices.
Read the
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23EconomicBulletin
to find out how inflation differentials evolved more recently
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/economic-bulletin/focus/2024/html/ecb.ebbox202405_05~6924b2283a.en.html

[2024-08-01 08:46 UTC]

What do recent surveys tell us about euro area business investment in 2024?
While suggesting a muted outlook for business investment growth this year, considerable cross-country and cross-sectoral variation is revealed.
Read more in our
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23EconomicBulletin
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/economic-bulletin/focus/2024/html/ecb.ebbox202405_03~b6f5c633bb.en.html

[2024-08-01 08:36 UTC]

Productivity growth has declined across countries and sectors over the last four years.
The
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23EconomicBulletin
explains that this is mainly due to within-sector developments rather than a reallocation of labour to lower productivity sectors.
Read more
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/economic-bulletin/focus/2024/html/ecb.ebbox202405_02~d69d7cac99.en.html

[2024-08-01 08:21 UTC]

The euro area has diversified its import sources in recent years.
Our
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23EconomicBulletin
shows how geopolitical risks have influenced trade diversification, particularly for those products mostly imported from geopolitically distant countries
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/economic-bulletin/focus/2024/html/ecb.ebbox202405_01~621541bb9b.en.html

[2024-08-01 08:13 UTC]

📗The latest
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23EconomicBulletin
is out!
The Bulletin presents the economic and monetary information which forms the basis for our policy decisions.
Read it here
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/economic-bulletin/html/eb202405.en.html

[2024-08-01 08:02 UTC]