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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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