Russia’s war against Ukraine has severely hit confidence, caused energy and food prices to soar further and, together with pandemic-related disruptions in China, compounded existing supply chain pressures. These factors pose strong headwinds for the economic recovery in the euro area… https://www.ecb.europa.eu//pub/projections/html/ecb.projections202206_eurosystemstaff~2299e41f1e.en.html

The European Central Bank (ECB) has updated its dataset of structural financial indicators for the banking sector in the European Union (EU) for the end of 2021… https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/pr/date/2022/html/ecb.pr220602~eaf6b332b2.en.html

Coordination between fiscal and monetary policy has been a key factor at a global level over the last two years, to contrast the consequences of the pandemic crisis and to support the recovery as the state of emergency began to subside… ...more »