7 March 2025

• New financial literacy network of central banks and national competent authorities to focus on actions for women
• Committed to harmonising financial literacy data for comprehensive insights across Europe
• Panel discussion with Claudia Buch, Chair of the ECB’s Supervisory Board; Klaas Knot, President of De Nederlandsche Bank; Joachim Nagel, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank; Fabio Panetta, Governor of the Banca d’Italia and Annamaria Lusardi, Professor at Stanford University

The European Central Bank (ECB) today hosted an event to mark International Women’s Day, addressing financial literacy with a special emphasis on the gender gap.

“Today Europe must address two key challenges: increasing sluggish productivity growth to stay competitive; and maintaining price stability in an increasingly volatile world,” ECB President Christine Lagarde told participants. “And improving financial literacy among women can facilitate efforts to address both issues”.

The 2023…