On 29 June 2021 the European Central Bank (ECB) received a request from the European Parliament foran opinion on a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive2013/34/EU, Directive 2004/109/EC, Directive 2006/43/EC and Regulation (EU) No 537/2014, as regardscorporate ...more »

On 7 July 2021 the Governing Council approved the ECB’s new monetary policy strategy, as documented in the monetary policy strategy statement and the longer overview note… https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/govcdec/otherdec/2021/html/ecb.gc210723~bd5fd4464b.en.html

New strategy adopts symmetric 2% inflation target over medium term… https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/pr/date/2021/html/ecb.pr210708~dc78cc4b0d.en.html

ECB’s Governing Council issues opinion confirming that exceptional circumstances warranting leverage ratio relief still exist… https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/pr/date/2021/html/ecb.pr210618~08d3c92b21.en.html

At today’s meeting, the Governing Council decided to confirm its very accommodative monetary policy stance:… https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/pr/date/2021/html/ecb.mp210610~b4d5381df0.en.html

The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continued to affect economic activity in the first quarter of 2021 as stringent containment measures were prolonged and supply bottlenecks emerged... https://www.ecb.europa.eu//pub/projections/html/ecb.projections202106_eurosystemstaff~7000543a66.en.html