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TAXATION POLICY
- EU Commissioner Hoekstra outlines EU priorities on tax matters
- Introductory remarks by Commissioner Hoekstra at the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC)
ECB
- A middle path for ECB monetary policy – Speech by Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
- Reuters: Interview with Piero Cipollone, conducted by Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa
- Hospodářské noviny: Interview with Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, conducted by Mário Blaščák
- Further ECB documents
- ECB publishes consolidated banking data for end-September 2024
- Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 31 January 2025
- Euro area bank interest rate statistics: December 2024
- Natural rate estimates for the euro area: insights, uncertainties and shortcomings
- Carbon pricing, border adjustment and renewable energy investment: a network approach
- Banking networks and economic growth: from idiosyncratic shocks to aggregate fluctuations
- Non-homothetic housing demand and geographic worker sorting
SRB
- Crisis management makes the Banking Union more competitive – Keynote speech by SRB Chair Dominique Laboureix
QUANTUM THREATS
- Europol: Urgent plan needed to transition to post-quantum cryptography together
DIGITAL FINANCE
- Speech by Commissioner Albuquerque (by video message) for 9th Annual Fintech and Regulation Conference “Digital finance: The road ahead”
CAPITAL MARKETS
- EFAMA: European Stock Exchanges’ Over-Reliance on Equity Market Data Revenues: Stifling Growth and Innovation
FINANCIAL POLICY
- Keynote speech by Alexandra Jour-Schroeder on priorities and directions of travels in EU financial policy
SAVINGS & INVESTMENTS UNION
- Keynote speech by EU Commissioner Albuquerque at the ESMA Conference: Shaping a prosperous future for Europe: The Savings and Investments Union
- EU Commission seeks feedback on Savings and Investments Union
EIB
- EIB Working Paper 2025/03 – Access to finance and corporate emissions: A distributional perspective
- EIB Working Paper 2025/02 – How do macroprudential policies affect corporate investment? Insights from EIBIS data
AI
- EFAMA: Industry body helps asset managers integrate AI into their business models
EBA
- Reviewed supervisors overall applied the EBA’s recommendations on tax integrity and dividend arbitrage trading schemes, the EBA Report finds
- The EBA issues an Opinion in response to the European Commission’s proposed amendments to the EBA draft technical standards on conflicts of interests for issuers of asset-referenced tokens
- EBA publishes its draft final technical standards on reporting of data on charges for credit transfers and payments accounts, and shares of rejected transactions
- EBA reflects on the short/medium term objectives of its interest rate risk in the banking book Heatmap
- Reviewed supervisors overall applied the EBA’s recommendations on tax integrity and dividend arbitrage trading schemes, the EBA Report finds.
- Final EBA Q&A
- 2024_7256 Direct contributions to reserves from shareholders
EIOPA
- EIOPA opens consultation on revised Guidelines on the methods for determining the market shares for limited reporting requirements
- EIOPA informs policyholders about the liquidation of FWU Life Insurance Luxembourg
- Latest documents of the EIOPA Document Library
- Monthly update of the symmetric adjustment of the equity capital charge for Solvency II – end-January 2025
- EIOPA publishes monthly technical information for Solvency II Relevant Risk-Free Interest Rate Term Structures – end-January 2025
- EIOPA opens consultation on revised Guidelines on the methods for determining the market shares for limited reporting requirements
ESMA
- ESMA contributes to simplification and burden reduction
- ESMA consults on CCP Authorisations, Extensions and Validations
- ESMA’s conference “Shaping the future of EU capital markets” results
- ESMA publishes the results of the survey on legal entities identifiers
- Ongoing ESMA Consultations
- Consultation on the draft technical advice concerning MAR and MiFID II SME GM
- Consultation on the draft regulatory technical standards on open-ended loan-originating AIFs under the AIFMD
- Consultation on the draft RTS for the establishment of an EU code of conduct for issuer-sponsored research
- Consultation on the Guidelines on Internal Controls for Benchmark Administrators, Credit Rating Agencies and Market Transparency Infrastructures
- Further ESMA documents
- Market makers and authorised primary dealers who are using the exemption under the SSR – PDF
- Market makers and authorised primary dealers who are using the exemption under the SSR – XLS
- SMSG advice on the Consultation Paper on the conditions of the Active Account Requirement
- ESMA publishes the results of the survey on legal entities identifiers
EU PARLIAMENT REGISTER
- Briefing – Commission implementing decision on equivalence for UK CCPs – PE 769.638 – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- In-Depth Analysis – Recovery and Resilience Plans and the involvement of stakeholders – PE 764.344 – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- In-Depth Analysis – Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with the European Commission 10 February 2025 – PE 764.345 – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- DRAFT OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law – PE768.176v01-00
- Highlights – Recovery and Resilience Dialogue – 10.02.2025 – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Highlights – BUDG–ECON: debate with Elena Flores, InvestEU Steering Board Chair – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Subject files – Reports voted in ECON – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Newsletters – 2025 – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Draft agenda – Monday, 10 February 2025 – PE768.107v01-00 – Committee on Budgets , Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
- CM 1446 2025 INIT – COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (Economic and Financial Affairs)
- CM 1423 2025 INIT – Working Party on Tax Questions (Direct Taxation) – MORNING ONLY
- ST 5649 2025 INIT – List of working papers (WKs) distributed to the ‘Working Party of Financial Counsellors’ community during the Hungarian Presidency (1 July to 31 December 2024)
- CM 1555 2025 INIT – ATT. & EXP. Ad hoc Working Party on Reconstruction and Support for Ukraine
- CM 1533 2025 INIT – Meeting of the members of the Financial Services Committee
- CM 1149 2025 INIT – Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law – Request for written contributions
- CM 1424 2025 INIT – Working Party on Tax Questions (Direct Taxation)
- ST 16130 2024 INIT – Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 on the mechanisms to be put in place by Member States for the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Directive(EU) 2019/1937, and amending and repealing Directive (EU) 2015/849
- ST 5893 2025 INIT – Draft COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION on the economic policy of the euro area
- ST 5894 2025 INIT – COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION endorsing the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan of Hungary
- ST 5431 2025 INIT – Electronic VAT exemption certificate package: – Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards the electronic value added tax exemption certificate; – Council Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) nr. 282/2011 as regards the electronic value added tax exemption certificate; = Adoption
- ST 5711 2025 INIT – Alert Mechanism Report 2025 Draft Council conclusions
- ST 6064 2025 INIT – COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… of 3.2.2025 amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2059, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2060 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1577 as regards the technical details of back-testing and profit and loss attribution requirements, the criteria for assessing the modellability of risk factors, and the treatment of foreign-exchange risk and commodity risk in the non-trading book
- ST 5993 2025 INIT – COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… of 24.1.2025 supplementing Regulation (EU) 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards OTC derivatives identifying reference data to be used for the purposes of the transparency requirements laid down in Article 8a(2) and Articles 10 and 21
- ST 5993 2025 ADD 1 – ANNEX to the COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/…
- ST 5742 2025 INIT – OPINION of the European Parliament Proposal for a Council decision amending the Statute of the European Investment Bank
- ST 5889 2025 INIT – Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector and amending Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009, (EU) No 648/2012, (EU) No 600/2014, (EU) No 909/2014 and (EU) 2016/1011
- CM 1469 2025 INIT – Financial Counsellors Working Party Meeting
- ST 14436 2024 INIT – ANNEX to the COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION amending Implementing Decison of 29 October 2021 on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Romania
- ST 5683 2025 INIT – Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/3182 of 16 December 2024 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
- ST 5685 2025 INIT – Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3183 of 16 December 2024 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine
EU COMMISSION REGISTER
- COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2059, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2060 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1577 as regards the technical details of back-testing and profit and loss attribution requirements, the criteria for assessing the modellability of risk factors, and the treatment of foreign-exchange risk and commodity risk in the non-trading book
- COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMISSION – Communication from the Commissioner with responsibility for Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification to the Commission asking the College to endorse the extension of the deadlines of submission of national medium-term fiscal-structural plans under Regulation (EU) 2024/1263 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the effective coordination of economic policies and on multilateral budgetary surveillance.
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/… laying down technical information for the calculation of technical provisions and basic own funds for reporting with reference dates from 31 December 2024 until 30 March 2025 in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance
- Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 269/2014
- COMMISSION OPINION in accordance with Article 19 of the Statute of the European Investment Bank
- Commission Decision on a policy check under Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the InvestEU Programme
- Belgium – Prior guidance
- Addendum to the COMMUNICATION FROM COMMISSIONER DOMBROVSKIS TO THE COMMISSION IN AGREEMENT WITH EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT FITTO on the positive preliminary assessment of the third payment request of Estonia pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/241
BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS
- Governors and Heads of Supervision endorse work programme of Basel Committee
- Principles for the management of credit risk
- Monetary policy frameworks: lessons learned and challenges ahead
- Mutual funds and climate news
- Klaas Knot: From Frankfurt with love – 14 years on the European Central Bank’s Governing Council
- François Villeroy de Galhau: Short-term and long-term yields – a diverging perspective?
- Anita Angelovska Bezhoska: Technical and legal aspects of joining SEPA payment schemes
- Lessons learned and challenges ahead for central banks in the Americas
- Derville Rowland: Innovation and technology in financial crime
- Steven Maijoor: Cyber resilience in an age of geopolitical tensions
- Further BIS publications
- Parents, Patience, and Persistence: A Novel Theory of Intergenerational College Attainment
- The implications of CIP deviations for international capital flows
- Leverage actually: the impact on banks’ borrowing costs in euro area money markets
- The great supply shock and the euro area, viewed through a suite of supply indices
- Do Inflation Expectations Become More Anchored During a Disinflation Episode? Evidence for Euro Area Firms
- Explaining Stagnation in the College Wage Premium
IMF
- Belgium: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Mission
- Sweden: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Mission
- IMF staff concludes visit to Lithuania
- Further publications by the IMF
- Japan: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Mission
- Transcript of Press Briefing on Japan Article IV
- IMF Executive Board Concludes 2024 Article IV Consultation with Republic of Korea
- Working Paper No. 2025/037 : Climate News and Asset Valuations: Insights from Latin America
- Working Paper No. 2025/038 : Strengthening Fiscal Frameworks in the Presence of Rising Risk of Natural Disasters
- Working Paper No. 2025/036 : Government Debt and Growth: The Role of R&D
- Technical Assistance Report No. 2025/011 : Slovak Republic: Technical Assistance Report-Next Phase of Spending Reviews
- Technical Assistance Report No. 2025/012 : Bosnia and Herzegovina: Technical Assistance Report-Technical Assistance to Develop a Macroeconomic Framework at the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
FINANCIAL CRIME
- Global Government Fintech: EU financial crime intelligence-sharing platform upgrade goes live
- U.S. FinCEN Announces $37,000,000 Civil Money Penalty Against Brink’s Global Services USA, Inc. for Violations of the Bank Secrecy Act
GERMANY
- Publications by Deutsche Bundesbank
- Eröffnungsrede | 6. Bargeldsymposium der Deutschen Bundesbank
- Bundesbank-Symposium: Bargeld für die gesamte Gesellschaft von Bedeutung
- Balz: Wir brauchen mehr Europa im Zahlungsverkehr | Rede bei der Wirtschaftlichen Vereinigung Oldenburg, DER KLEINE KREIS e. V.
SPAIN
- Banco de España Working Papers
- Working Papers. Density forecast transformations
- Working Papers. Strike while the Iron is Hot: Optimal Monetary Policy with a Nonlinear Phillips Curve
- Occasional Papers. La ampliación de la Unión Europea hacia el este: situación e implicaciones para la economía española y la Unión Europea
ITALY
- Latest Publications by Banco d’Italia
- Newsletter on the economic research No. 77 – February 2025 [pdf, 544.8 KB]
- Conference on ‘Financing Growth and Innovation in Europe: Economic and Policy Challenges’
- Call for papers: “1st Banca d’Italia Annual Research Conference on Monetary Policy”, 12-13 June 2025
- BI-Comp: the netting of retail payments
- GEPA and the payments of Banca d’Italia and the Public Administration
- Warning: fraud attempts misusing the name and logo of Banca d’Italia
- Banca d’Italia publishes the Report on Fraudulent Payment Transactions in Italy
- New releases of Working Papers and Newsletter on the economic research of the Bank of Italy – 6 February 2025
- No. 1478 – Uncovering the inventory-business cycle nexus
- No. 1477 – Business loan characteristics and inflation shocks transmission in the euro area
- No. 1476 – Artificial intelligence and relationship lending
- New releases of Occasional Papers of Banca d’Italia – 3 February 2025
- No. 909 – Forecasting corporate default probabilities: a local logit approach for scenario analysis
- No. 908 – Going green: the recent development of renewable energy sources in Italy
- No. 907 – The cost differential between unit-linked policies and mutual funds
- No. 906 – Banks’ carbon pledges: amazing or a maze?
- No. 905 – Commercial real estate loans in Europe: does loan-to-lalue at origination predict default risk?
UNITED STATES
- Do Non-inflationary Economic Expansions Promote Shared Prosperity? Evidence from the U.S. Labor Market – Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson
- Bank Regulation in 2025 and Beyond – Governor Michelle W. Bowman
- U.S. Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy – Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson
- Federal Reserve Board releases the hypothetical scenarios for its annual stress test
- Further publications by the U.S. Federal Reserve
- Federal Reserve Board releases the hypothetical scenarios for its annual stress test
- Report to Congress containing discussions of the conduct of monetary policy and economic developments and prospects for the future
- Speech by Governor Kugler on entrepreneurship and aggregate productivity
- Federal Reserve Board announces termination of two enforcement actions with Wells Fargo
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