www.ecb.europa.eu 5 May 2025ECB establishes an innovation platform with around 70 market participants on new platformParticipants to test digital euro payment functionalities and explore innovative use casesFindings to be shared in report later this yearThe European Central Bank (ECB) has...

www.ecb.europa.eu Interview with Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, conducted by Jakob Zirm on 28 April 20253 May 2025Die Presse: Since June 2024 the ECB has already cut interest rates seven times. How long will this period of interest rate cuts last? Luis de Guindos: This will...

www.ecb.europa.eu 2 May 2025Price and non-price credit terms and conditions remained largely unchanged between December 2024 and February 2025Financing rates/spreads and haircuts in securities financing transactions decreased across most asset classesDemand for funding secured against...

www.ecb.europa.eu 30 April 2025Discretionary activation by the Governing Council no longer requiredAdditional safeguards introduced in relation to financial soundness and sound liquidity risk managementChanges will come into effect through the adoption of relevant legal acts in 2025,...

www.ecb.europa.eu 30 April 2025Money market rates efficiently reflected changes in the ECB’s deposit facility rate, used by Governing Council to steer monetary policy stanceIncreased daily money market activity, dominated by secured and foreign exchange swap segmentsHigh concentration in...

www.ecb.europa.eu 29 April 2025Compared with February 2025:median consumer perceptions of inflation over the previous 12 months remained unchanged, as did expectations for inflation five years ahead (reported for the first time this month), while median inflation expectations for both the...