Escaping stagnation: towards a stronger euro area – Speech by Isabel Schnabel

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Speech by Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at a lecture in memory of Walter Eucken Freiburg, 2 October 2024 The euro area economy is stagnating. Over the past two years, real GDP has expanded, on average, by only 0.1% per quarter. Surveys among firms indicate that growth is likely to

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Bridging the gap: reviving the euro area’s productivity growth through innovation, investment and integration – Keynote speech by Luis de Guindos

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Keynote speech by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, at the Latvijas Banka and SUERF Economic Conference 2024 Riga, 2 October 2024 It is a pleasure to talk to you today about reviving productivity growth in the euro area – a critical challenge that demands urgent attention and collective action. The euro area’s economic

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Expectations surveys, central banks and the economy: Welcome address by Luis de Guindos

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Welcome address by Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, at the 5th joint ECB, Bank of Canada and Federal Reserve Bank of New York Conference on expectations surveys, central banks and the economy Frankfurt am Main, 1 October 2024 It is my pleasure to welcome you to this fifth joint conference on expectations surveys

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Hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament

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Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the Hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament Brussels, 30 September 2024 It is a great pleasure to return to this Committee for the first time since the European elections. I very much look forward to my exchanges with all

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Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)

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August-September 2024 27 September 2024 Market operations Repo line with Banca Naţională a României On 1 August 2024 the Governing Council approved the establishment of a repo line, granted under the Eurosystem’s repo facility (EUREP) framework, between the ECB and Banca Naţională a României until 31 January 2025. The relevant page of the ECB’s website was

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