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July 2024
19 July 2024
External communication
Progress report on the digital euro project
On 24 June 2024 the ECB published its first progress report on the digital euro preparation phase, which outlines the progress made on key digital euro design aspects and the envisaged next steps, concluding that the project is on track in terms of both budget and timing. As a follow-up to the report, on 12 July 2024 the Governing Council took note of the status of the ECB’s recruitment of staff for the digital euro project.
Market operations
Changes to the publication of monetary policy portfolio data under the asset purchase programme (APP)
On 20 June 2024 the Governing Council, in the light of the discontinuation of reinvestments under the APP as of July 2023 and the resulting reduction in APP portfolios, approved changes to the publication of APP-related data. More specifically, the expected monthly redemption amounts for the APP will be published annually rather than monthly, while the…