www.ecb.europa.eu Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the official dinner of the Bank of Greece in Athens, GreeceAthens, 25 October 2023Before I start, I should mention that – as we are in our so-called “quiet period” – I will not be making any remarks on current or future...

www.ecb.europa.eu 24 October 2023Credit standards tightened further, and more than expected by banks, across all loan categoriesThe demand for loans by firms and households continued to decrease stronglyOngoing central bank balance sheet reduction contributing to tighter lending...

www.ecb.europa.eu 18 October 2023Governing Council to start digital euro preparation phase following conclusion of two-year investigation phase on design and distribution of a digital euroPreparation phase will lay foundations for a potential digital euro, with work to include finalising...

www.ecb.europa.eu Dinner speech by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, at the 5th ECB macroprudential policy and research conference jointly organised with the International Monetary Fund Frankfurt am Main, 17 October 2023It is with great pleasure that we host the fifth ECB...

www.ecb.europa.eu Interview with Philip R. Lane, member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Marcel de Boer, Marijn Jongsma and Joost van Kuppeveld16 October 2023Why did it take the ECB so long to raise interest rates? The Federal Reserve started several months earlier.First, in...

www.ecb.europa.eu Statement by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the forty-eight meeting of the International Monetary and Financial CommitteeIMF Annual Meetings, 14 October 2023Introduction Following the devastating earthquake in Morocco, I wish to express my heartfelt solidarity...