Nature-related risks – including those associated with biodiversity loss – could have significant macroeconomic implications, says Executive Board member @FrankElderson. Central banks, supervisors, regulators and international standard-setting bodies need to address these risks.
Interaction between monetary, fiscal and macroprudential policies is essential for dealing with the current inflation shock, says Vice-President Luis de Guindos. Fiscal policy can contribute to the ECB’s main objective of keeping prices stable https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2022/html/ecb.sp220929_1~99e5e3455a.en.html
Panetta: We will work with all stakeholders to establish a rulebook for the digital euro. It will provide a common framework within which to develop products and services built on a digital euro
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Panetta: We will ensure that the central bank cannot link any data to the identity of a digital euro user.
We also want to increase financial inclusion and ensure that everyone in the euro area is able to pay and be paid in digital euro
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🧵 Public-private cooperation on the digital euro is crucial, says Executive Board member Fabio Panetta. It will make public money accessible in digital form and allow innovative pan-European retail payment solutions to develop.
Speech https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2022/html/ecb.sp220929~91a3775a2a.en.html
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Panetta: A well-designed digital euro would offer a solution for anyone needing to make or receive a payment.
It would be a strong foundation on which intermediaries could build payment services throughout the euro area, fostering competition and innovation
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Coming up at 9:00 CET: Executive Board member Fabio Panetta speaks about the progress of the digital euro project before the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs @EP_Economics.
Our actions in pursuit of price stability do not undermine our commitment to incorporate climate change considerations within our work, says Executive Board member @FrankElderson at the @europarl_en event organised by the @GreensEFA.
Read the speech https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2022/html/ecb.sp220928~13fb6e1240.en.html
Working Paper: Digitalisation, institutions and governance, and growth - Mechanisms and evidence https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpwps/ecb.wp2735~0173124e9e.en.pdf?fb81abf7cf25aae4de30c3b28c914c16
Working Paper: Consumer savings behaviour at low and negative interest rates https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpwps/ecb.wp2736~b79d07069c.en.pdf?65b1cbff3cce1e11391359d6d3aaefaa
We invite interested parties to comment on our draft guide on qualifying holding procedures. The guide aims to clarify how we assess buyers of qualifying stakes in banks. Comments can be submitted until 9 November 2022.
Find out more https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2022/html/ssm.pr220928~1c72f0c2e8.en.html
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine marks a sharp rise in geopolitical risk for Europe. The latest ECB Blog post looks at how global stock markets have reacted to this, depending on their distance from Kyiv and the developments following the invasion. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2022/html/ecb.blog220928~a4845ecd8c.en.html
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How did euro area bank lending and money supply evolve in August? How do they compare with July’s figures? Find out more in the press release https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/stats/md/html/ecb.md2208~163471f8e6.en.html
Indicators show the economy is going to slow down and we are making sizeable interest rate increases, Chief Economist Philip R. Lane tells @derStandardat. This should make it clear to businesses and workers that demand conditions will be less favourable https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/inter/date/2022/html/ecb.in220927~4e206dc58d.en.html
Watch again: President Christine @Lagarde speaking to @EP_Economics about our interest rate increases and bringing inflation back to our 2% target.
It was a pleasure to welcome @DrDanielRisch, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, during his official visit to Frankfurt. Executive Board member @Isabel_Schnabel and Dr Risch discussed the current economic situation in the broader European and global context.
President @Lagarde's introductory statement in charts https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2022/html/ecb.sp220926_1_annex~f3bdb6430e.en.pdf
Introductory statement by President Christine @Lagarde at the hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2022/html/ecb.sp220926_1~0bd6fcc86c.en.html
Lagarde: We will continue to make our interest rate decisions on the basis of data, meeting by meeting. We stand ready to adjust all our instruments to ensure that inflation returns to our medium-term target in a timely manner.
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