Governments and central banks can shield the economy from shocks. #TheECBblog looks at a recent high-level conference that analysed the interaction of fiscal and monetary policy and questioned some long-held beliefs. ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/dat…

Montea kauft Logistikzentrum im Hamburger Hafen dlvr.it/T5WTgJ

Chief Economist Philip R. Lane talks to El Confidencial about the current economic outlook and monetary policy. Read the interview ecb.europa.eu/press/inter/da…

🇮🇪🇪🇺 Always great to be in Ireland and to receive the familiar céad míle fáilte (one hundred thousand welcomes)! I was very happy to meet recently appointed Taoiseach Simon Harris TD this morning. I wished him well in his new role as Ireland’s Prime Minister.

When in Dublin, I sat down with RTÉ’s Miriam O’Callaghan. We discussed the outlook for monetary policy, the importance of data-dependent decision making and the strength of the euro area labour market. Watch our interview tonight on RTÉ One from 21:35 Irish time or 22:35 CET!

We haven’t finished the restrictive monetary policy cycle yet, President Christine Lagarde told euro area newspapers in an interview conducted on 7 June. Our latest decision doesn’t mean interest rates are on a linear declining path, so there might be periods where we hold rates again.

Coming up at 15:20 CET: Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel 🇪🇺🇺🇦 gives a speech at the award ceremony for Kiel Institut’s Global Economy Prize 2024, which she receives jointly with Laurence Boone and Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller. Follow live in German ifw-kiel.de/institute/even…

Wie der Trend zum Homeoffice den Immobilienmarkt verändert handelsblatt.com/100046672.html…

Congratulations dear Ursula on being elected for another term as President of the European Commission. I look forward to continuing to work together for a strong Europe!

Wir werden die Leitzinsen so lange wie erforderlich ausreichend restriktiv halten, so Präsidentin Christine Lagarde bei der heutigen Pressekonferenz, nachdem der EZB-Rat beschlossen hat, die Leitzinsen unverändert zu belassen. ecb.europa.eu/press/press_co…

IMF Growth Forecast: 2024 🇺🇸US: 2.6% 🇩🇪Germany: 0.2% 🇫🇷France: 0.9% 🇮🇹Italy: 0.7% 🇪🇸Spain: 2.4% 🇬🇧UK: 0.7% 🇯🇵Japan: 0.7% 🇨🇦Canada: 1.3% 🇨🇳China: 5.0% 🇮🇳India: 7.0% 🇷🇺Russia: 3.2% 🇧🇷Brazil: 2.1% 🇲🇽Mexico: 2.2% 🇸🇦KSA: 1.7% 🇳🇬Nigeria: 3.1% 🇿🇦RSA: 0.9% imf.org/en/Publication…

My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best

How did euro area bank interest rates evolve in June? And how do they compare with May’s figures? Find out more in the press release ecb.europa.eu/press/stats/mf…

We cut our key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points. We did this because inflation is gradually coming down and has been developing as we expected. Read our monetary policy decisions ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/…

Have a look at the great programme of our Annual Research Conference and tune in to the livestream - you find the link below.

We're saddened to hear that actor Dame Maggie Smith, best known for the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, has died at the age of 89. Dame Maggie was a legend of British stage and screen, winning five BAFTAs as well as a BAFTA Special Award and BAFTA Fellowship during her

The Governing Council today decided to cut the key interest rates by 0.25 percentage points because inflation is well on track towards our goal. Watch the press conference ecb.europa.eu/press/press_co…

Behind the scenes of my interview with ARD’s MorgenMagazin. Great to talk to Anke Plättner about the @ECB’s work to keep prices stable. Watch the interview here (in German): ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZDov…