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Originally published on 26 April 2025
ECB
- International Monetary and Financial Committee: Statement by ECB President Christine Lagarde
- Expansión: Interview with Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Andrés Stumpf
- Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)
- Results of the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters for the second quarter of 2025
- New data release: ECB wage tracker continues to indicate that negotiated wage pressures will ease over the course of the year
- Danish krone now available in all TARGET Services
- ECB Blog: The first year of the Eurosystem’s new operational framework
- Further ECB documents
- The euro area in April 2025 (PDF only)
- ECB publishes indicative operational calendars for 2026
- Project Meridian FX shows possibility of cross-border linkages for FX transactions between wholesale payment infrastructures
- Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 18 April 2025
- Results of the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters for the second quarter of 2025
- Letter from the ECB President to Mr Giovanni Crosetto, Mr Sergio Berlato, Mr Carlo Ciccioli, Mr Alessandro Ciriani, Ms Elena Donazzan, Mr Carlo Fidanza, Mr Pietro Fiocchi, Mr Alberico Gambino, Ms Chiara Gemma, Mr Paolo Inselvini, Mr Giuseppe Milazzo, Mr Denis Nesci, Mr Michele Picaro, Mr Daniele Polato, Mr Ruggero Razza, Mr Marco Squarta, Mr Francesco Torselli, Mr Francesco Ventola, Ms Mariateresa Vivaldini, MEPs, on asset purchases
- Letter from the ECB President to Mr Fabio De Masi, MEP, on the ECB’s service providers
- Letter from the ECB President to Mr Bas Eickhout, MEP, on central bank reserves
- The exchange of balance of payments and international investment position statistics – BPM6 – booklet
- The ECB Survey of Monetary Analysts (SMA), April 2025, Aggregate Results
- The ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters – Second quarter of 2025
- Main findings from the ECB’s recent contacts with non-financial companies
- Investor sentiment and dynamic connectedness in European markets: insights from the covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine conflict
ECB BANKING SUPERVISION
- Staying the course in troubled waters: safeguarding the stability of the global banking system – Speech by Claudia Buch, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB
- Agile supervision amid uncertainty: Introductory remarks by Sharon Donnery, Member of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the Institute of International Finance
ESM
- ESM and Arab Monetary Fund renew Memorandum of Understanding
GOVERNMENT FINANCE
- Eurostat: Government finance statistics – updated information
PEPP
- Private financing of the EU economy through pensions – EP – Research Service
EBA
- The EBA issues criteria to determine when Crypto Assets Service Providers have to appoint a central contact point to help fight financial crime
- The EBA publishes key indicators on climate risk in the EU/EEA banking sector
EIOPA
- EIOPA considers FSC to be compliant with recommendation on supervisory review process
- Open EIOPA consultations
- Consultation on revised Guidelines on the treatment of related undertakings – Solvency II Review – Opening date: 3 April 2025 – Deadline: 26 June 2025, 23:59 (CEST)
- Consultation on Guidelines on exclusions from scope of group supervision – Solvency II Review – Opening date: 3 April 2025 – Deadline: 26 June 2025, 23:59 (CEST)
- Consultation on revised Opinion on Dynamic Volatility Adjustment (DVA) – Solvency II Review – Opening date: 3 April 2025 – Deadline: 26 June 2025, 23:59 (CEST)
- Consultation paper and impact assessment on EIOPA’s Opinion on AI governance and risk management – Opening date: 12 February 2025 – Deadline: 12 May 2025, 23:59 (CEST)
- Consultation on revised Guidelines on methods for determining the market shares for reporting – Opening date: 3 February 2025 – Deadline: 28 April 2025, 23:59 (CEST)
ESMA
- ESMA assesses the risks posed by the use of leverage in the fund sector
- Shaping the future by building on present REMIT strengths: ACER’s view on the Commission’s consultation on commodity derivatives markets
- Further ESMA publications
- List of firms that have meet the obligations under the Article 69 or Article 70 of the European Green Bonds Regulation
- Latest entries of the ESMA Library
- 25/04/2025 – EUGB Art 69/70 list – List of firms that have meet the obligations under the Article 69 or Article 70 of the European Green Bonds Regulation
- 25/04/2025 – Overview Recruitments – Overview Recruitments
- 24/04/2025 – ESMA50-524821-3642 – TRV Article: Annual risk assessment of leveraged AIFs in the EU – 2024
- 24/04/2025 – ESMA50-524821-3660 – TRV Article: Risks in UCITS using the absolute Value-at-Risk approach
- 23/04/2025 – ESMA91-1525761655-3051 – Terms of Reference – CCP Supervisory Committee
- 22/04/2025 – ESMA35-42-1305 – ESCPR – Miscellaneous reporting to ESMA
- Ongoing ESMA Consultations
- From 08/04/2025 to 16/06/2025: Consultation on the Draft technical standards to further detail the new EMIR clearing thresholds regime
- From 07/04/2025 to 30/05/2025: Consultation on the Technical Standards on the European Green Bond Regulation
- From 03/04/2025 to 03/06/2025: Consultation on the Draft implementing technical standards on the extension of the use of the alleviated format of insider lists
- From 03/04/2025 to 03/07/2025: MiFIR Review: Consultation Package 4 – transparency for derivatives, package orders and input/output data for the derivatives consolidated tape
- From 18/02/2025 to 19/05/2025: Consultation on the Guidelines on supplements which introduce new securities to a base prospectus
- From 17/02/2025 to 22/04/2025: Consultation on the Guidelines for the criteria on the assessment of knowledge and competence under MiCA
- From 13/02/2025 to 14/04/2025: Consultation on the Amendments to the RTS on Settlement Discipline
EU PARLIAMENT REGISTER
- European Central Bank – annual report 2025 – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
EP ECON Committee
- Newsletters – 2025 – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Latest news – Joint BUDG-ECON public hearing on “InvestEU: lessons learned and future perspectives” – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- REPORT on Banking Union – annual report 2024 – A10-0044/2025
- Draft agenda – Monday, 28 April 2025 – PE773.061v01-00 – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
EP Publications
- Highlights – Exchange of views with EVP Stéphane Séjourné and exchange of views on CSRD – Committee on Legal Affairs
- Briefing – EU-UK trade flows: Continuities, changes and trends – 24-04-2025
- Briefing – Canada ahead of the 2025 election: Navigating a complex geopolitical landscape – 23-04-2025
- Briefing – Malta’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Latest state of play – 25-04-2025
- Briefing – Romania’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Latest state of play – 25-04-2025
- REPORT on the control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023 – A10-0068/2025
- REPORT on competition policy – annual report 2024 – A10-0071/2025
- REPORT on the ninth report on economic and social cohesion – A10-0066/2025
- REPORT on the protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023 – A10-0049/2025
- REPORT on Banking Union – annual report 2024 – A10-0044/2025
EU Commission answers to MEPs
- Answer to a written question – Protecting EU consumers against the backdrop of FWU Life Insurance Lux S.A.’s liquidation – E-000794/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – EU financing of EFI – glorification by EFI board members of the atrocities of 7 October 2023 – E-002022/2024(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – The transparency and impact of the preparatory process for the European Commission’s Omnibus Sustainability package on the EU’s sustainability goals and businesses – E-000842/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Impact of the first Omnibus package on the European Green Deal – E-000720/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Credibility of net-zero strategies and regulation of corporate greenwashing – E-000800/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Ensuring the sustainability of the InvestEU Programme – E-000469/2025(ASW)
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
- CM 2478 2025 INIT – Meeting of the Antici Group (Simplification)
- CM 2532 2025 INIT – Working Party on CONSUMER PROTECTION AND INFORMATION – ATTACHES & EXPERTS MEETING
- CM 2218 2025 INIT – Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law – Request for written contributions
- ST 8177 2025 INIT – Presentation by RegWatchEurope (agenda item 2.) at the Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth (Industry) on 24 April 2025
EU COMMISSION REGISTER
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/… laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the operational functioning of colleges of supervisors
- COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… supplementing Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the general conditions for the functioning of supervisory colleges, and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/98
- COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… supplementing Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the conditions and indicators that the EBA is to use to determine whether extraordinary circumstances in the sense of Article 325az(5) and Article 325bf(6) of that Regulation have occurred
FSB
- FSB Chair calls for continued vigilance on financial sector vulnerabilities
BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS
- BIS Central Banks’ Research Hub
- Inflation cycles: evidence from international data
- Fragile wholesale deposits, liquidity risk, and banks’ maturity transformation
- Artificial intelligence and human capital: challenges for central banks
- Project Meridian FX: exploring synchronised settlement in FX
- Project Promissa: blockchain for multilateral development
- Project Promissa: tokenisation of promissory notes
- The risk sensitivity of global liquidity flows: Heterogeneity, evolution and drivers
IMF
- Opening Remarks at the Press Conference for the Regional Economic Outlook for Europe
- Press Briefing Transcript: European Department, Spring Meetings 2025
- Global growth is expected to decline and downside risks to intensify as major policy shifts unfold
- Transcript of the World Economic Outlook, April 2025 Press Briefing
- Working Paper No. 2025/081: Power Hungry: How AI Will Drive Energy Demand
- Further IMF publications
- Press Briefing Transcript: World Economic Outlook, Spring Meetings 2025
- Press Briefing Transcript: African Department, Spring Meetings 2025
- Press Briefing Transcript: Managing Director’s Global Policy Agenda, Spring Meetings 2025
- Press Briefing Transcript: Middle East and Central Asia Department, Spring Meetings 2025
- Press Briefing Transcript: Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G24), Spring Meetings 2025
- Press Briefing Transcript: Fiscal Monitor, Spring Meetings 2025
- Press Briefing Transcript: Global Financial Stability Report, Spring Meetings 2025
- Press Briefing Transcript: Asia Pacific Department, Spring Meetings 2025
- IMF Staff Reaches Staff Level Agreement with Armenia on the Fifth Review of the Stand-By Arrangement
- IMF Executive Board Concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with the Republic of Azerbaijan
- Uzbekistan: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Mission
- IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement on the Fourth Review under the Extended Fund Facility with Sri Lanka
- Joint Statement by Saudi Finance Minister, IMF Managing Director, and World Bank Group President on Syria
- Asia Can Boost Economic Resilience Amid Surging Trade Tensions
- Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable — 4th Cochairs Progress Report
- Rising Global Debt Requires Countries to Put their Fiscal House in Order
- African Consultative Group Meeting: Statement by the Chairman of the African Caucus and the Managing Director of the IMF
- Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development
- Enhancing Financial Stability for Resilience During Uncertain Times
- The Global Economy Enters a New Era
- Chair’s Statement: Fifty-First Meeting of the IMFC – Mr. Mohammed Aljadaan, Minister for Finance of Saudi Arabia
- Introductory Remarks at the IMF’s African Department Press Briefing By Abebe Selassie, Director Spring Meetings, April 2025
- IMF Spokesperson Statement on Colombia
- Press Briefing Transcript: IMFC, Spring Meetings 2025
- Spring Meetings 2025 Transcript: The Managing Director’s Press Briefing on the Global Policy Agenda, April 24, 2025,
- Transcript of April 2025 Fiscal Monitor Press Briefing
- G24 Press Briefing
- Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development
- Policy Paper No. 2025/007 : The Managing Director’s Global Policy Agenda, Spring Meetings 2025: Medium-Term Direction for the IMF: Anchoring Stability and Promoting Balanced Growth
- Policy Paper No. 2025/011 : Development Committee: The Managing Director’s Written Statement
SPAIN
- Publications by Banco de España
- Working Papers. Beyond fragmentation: unraveling the drivers of yield divergence in the euro area
- Occasional Papers. Indicadores de desequilibrios de precios del mercado inmobiliario comercial
- Economic Bulletin. 2025/Q2 Article 04. Food commodity production and imports in Spain and the EU: how much external autonomy is there?
ITALY
- Publications by Banca d’Italia
- Banca d’Italia obtains ISO 29993:2017 and 29994:2021 certifications for learning services
- Banca d’Italia’s ‘intervention power’ concerning financial instruments, structured deposits and related financial activities/practices
- Product intervention power: regular assessment of risks to financial stability as at 31 December 2024 [pdf, 921.4 KB]
- Publication of the results of Meridian FX, a joint Eurosystem, BIS and Bank of England project.
- Project Meridian FX shows possibility of crossborder linkages for FX transactions between wholesale payment infrastructures [pdf, 116.2 KB]
- Statement by Fabio Panetta at the 111th Meeting of the Development Committee [pdf, 153.7 KB]
- Statement by Governor Fabio Panetta to the Development Committee in Washington, D.C. – 24 April 2025
- New releases of Working Papers, Occasional Papers and Newsletter of the economic research – 23 April 2025
- 935 – A novel multi-step prompt approach for LLM-based Q&As on banking supervisory regulations
- 934 – Between sanctions and subsidies: reshaping the semiconductor ecosystem
- 933 – Navigating regimes: does knowledge of current inflation matter for households?
- 932 – Fragmentation and the future of GVCs
- 1487 – Impact assessment of the tax credit for investments in Southern Italy in the period 2016-2020
- 1486 – Asset revaluations and credit conditions
GERMANY
- Bundesbank President Nagel: “We know what we’ve got with the IMF and the World Bank”
- Consistent commercial real estate market indicators: Methodology and an application to the German office market | Discussion paper 09/2025: Thomas A. Knetsch, Martin Micheli, Phil Kafke, Mario Schimmelpfennig
USA
- Federal Reserve Board announces the withdrawal of guidance for banks related to their crypto-asset and dollar token activities and related changes to its expectations for these activities
- Welcoming remarks by Governor Waller at a Fed Listens event hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Further publications by the U.S. Federal Reserve
- Financial Stability Report: Report summarizing the Federal Reserve Board’s framework for assessing the resilience of the U.S. financial system and presenting the Board’s current assessment
- Speech by Vice Chair Jefferson on economic mobility and the dual mandate
- Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District
- FinCEN Requests Comments on Renewal of the OMB Control Number for Regulations Requiring Additional Records to be Made and Retained by Casinos
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