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EUROGROUP
- Opening remarks by the Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe at the European Parliament’s ECON Committee (19 February 2025)
- Main results of the Eurogroup (17 February 2025)
- Remarks by Paschal Donohoe following the Eurogroup meeting (17 February 2025)
- Remarks by EU Commissioner Dombrovskis at the Eurogroup press conference
ECOFIN COUNCIL
- Main results of the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (18 February 2025)
- Remarks by EU Commissioner Dombrovskis at the ECOFIN press conference
ECB
- Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (excluding interest rate decisions)
- ECB announces changes to use of external ratings for private sector assets in Eurosystem collateral framework
- Speech: Striking the right balance: The ECB’s balance sheet and its implications for monetary policy – Piero Cipollone (MNI Connect webcast)
- Financial Times Interview with Isabel Schnabel (14 February 2025)
- Report: Number of counterfeit euro banknotes remains low (2024)
- Further ECB documents
- ECB Blog: Those who work less worry more: The effect of lower workloads on consumption
- Presentation: Europe and the world economy – Philip R. Lane (PDF slides)
- Eurosystem expands initiative to settle DLT-based transactions in central bank money
- Research papers:
- Bank transparency and market efficiency
- Green and brown returns in a production economy
- Fiscal and macroprudential policies during an energy crisis
- Firm ownership and the macroeconomics of incentive leakages
- The taming of the skew: Asymmetric inflation risk and monetary policy
- Investment funds and euro disaster risk
- ECB Survey of Monetary Analysts (SMA) – March 2025
- Financial statements of the ECB (2024)
- Study: How tightening mortgage credit raises rents and increases inequality in the housing market
ECB BANKING SUPERVISION
- Interview: Frank Elderson – Nederlandse Vereniging Duurzame Energie (NVDE)
- Further ECB Banking Supervision documents
- SREP IT Risk Questionnaire 2024
ESM
- ESM raises €2 billion with sale of 10-year bond
- Pierre Gramegna at Eurogroup press conference (February 2025)
- Further publications by the ESM
- Presentation: Climate change and financial stability – “ESM Youth Talk” by Rolf Strauch
DORA
- The ESAs provide roadmap towards the designation of CTPPs under DORA
EBA
- Upcoming EBA events
- Public hearings:
- Regulatory Technical Standards on the calculation and aggregation of crypto exposure values
- Guidelines on ESG scenario analysis
- Workshop: Interplay between PSD 2 and MiCAR
- Board of Supervisors meeting
- Ongoing EBA consultations:
- Regulatory Technical Standards on material changes and extensions to the Internal Ratings Based approach
- Regulatory Technical Standards on the calculation and aggregation of crypto exposure values
- Guidelines on ESG scenario analysis
EIOPA
- Supervisory expectations on deduction of foreseeable dividends under Solvency II
- Consultative Expert Group on Data Use in Insurance established
- Latest EIOPA documents
- Supervisory Statement on deduction of foreseeable dividends from own funds under Solvency II
ESMA
- ESMA consults on knowledge and competence assessment criteria under MiCA
- Proposed guidelines on product supplements
- Further ESMA publications
- New Q&As available
- CSDR Refit: First set of technical standards published
- ESMA newsletter (latest edition)
- Joint ESAs Guidelines on fit and proper assessments
- Ongoing ESMA Consultations
ECMI
- Report: One market, many rules – The 28th regime’s challenge in unifying Europe
EFAMA
- Study: Fund consolidation’s limited impact on costs; Increasing fund assets as a more effective approach
BETTER FINANCE
- Statement: Return to On-Site AGMs in Germany welcomed
EIB
- EIB Group activity in Greece (2024)
EU PARLIAMENT REGISTER
- Further EP documents
- Parliamentary questions: Question to the ECB on Swiss franc borrowers (PE768.077v01-00)
- DRAFT OPINION: Revamped long-term budget for the EU (PE765.334v01-00)
- Minutes: ECON & LIBE Committees (28 January 2025)
- Video: ECON Committee meeting (17 February 2025)
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
- Council Implementing Decision on VAT derogation for Greece
- FSC Meeting: EBA’s presentation on 2025 EU-wide stress test
- Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) – Internal and external issues
- Council Decision: Amendment of Protocol No. 5 (EIB Statute)
- Report: EAGF expenditure Early Warning System (7-12/2024)
- Council position on cross-border legal/administrative obstacles resolution mechanism
EU COMMISSION REGISTER
- Mid-term evaluation: Pericles IV Programme (Communication & Staff Working Document)
- Commission Decision: Answers to EIOPA regulatory questions
- Evaluation: European instrument for temporary support (SURE)
- Commission Opinions under Article 19 of EIB Statute
- Commission Decision: Pericles IV programme financing (2025)
BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS
- Further BIS publications
- Call for papers: 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference
- BIS Innovation Hub: Nordic Centre new Centre Head
- Speeches & research:
- AI agents and general tasks
- Unlocking cross-border payments – Burkhard Balz
- Geo-economic fragmentation – Klaas Knot
- Disinflation progress & rate cuts – Christopher J. Waller
- Cyprus and euro area economic outlook – Christodoulos Patsalides
FSB
- Peer Review: FSB Global Regulatory Framework for Crypto-asset Activities
- New members appointed to FSB Taskforce on legal, regulatory, and supervisory matters
GERMANY
- Deutsche Bundesbank publications
- Press conference: Annual Report 2024 (Live stream)
SPAIN
- Banco de España Working Papers
- Study: Open banking impact on fintech providers (Spain)
UNITED STATES
- Speech: Reading Between the Lines? Textual Analysis of Central Bank Communications – Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson
- Speech: Artificial Intelligence: Hypothetical Scenarios for the Future – Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr
- Speech: Risks and Challenges for Bank Regulation and Supervision – Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr
- Speech: Brief Remarks on the Economy and Accountability in Supervision, Applications, and Regulation – Governor Michelle W. Bowman (American Bankers Association 2025 Conference for Community Bankers, Phoenix, Arizona)
- Speech: Disinflation Progress Uneven but Still on Track – Rate Cuts on Track as Well – Governor Christopher J. Waller
- Further publications by the U.S. Federal Reserve
- Speech: Navigating Inflation Waves While Riding on the Phillips Curve – Governor Kugler
- Speech: Household Balance Sheets – Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson
- Minutes: Federal Open Market Committee (28-29 January 2025)
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