Resilience of the euro area economy – weathering one shock, preparing for the next
Official
Despite a sharp rise in energy prices in early 2026, the euro area economy has proved resilient.
Latest desk notes
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Piero Cipollone: Pontes and Appia: unlocking opportunities for banks
Official
Philip R. Lane: Euro liquidity lines and the international monetary system
Official
The provision of liquidity is a basic task for a central bank.
Learning about earnings: Can we rely on labour market slack to mitigate the latest supply shock? − speech by Megan Greene
Official
Has food inflation lost its bite?
Official
By Elena Bobeica, Gerrit Koester, Friderike Kuik and Christiane Nickel [1] Has food inflation lost its bite?
Frank Elderson: Interview with Die Presse
Official
A Nobel Prize for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation
Official
From Keynes’s famous “digging holes” example to modern stabilisation policy, Economics has come a long way in understanding how governments can respond to crises.
Frank Elderson: From climate and nature risks to economic resilience and competitiveness
Official
Christine Lagarde: IMFC Statement
Official
The global economy has proven surprisingly resilient in the face of high uncertainty. The conflict in the Middle East continues to expose energy markets to sharp swings.
Financial innovation, dollar dominance and their UK monetary policy implications
Official
Presented at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium: Financial Innovation — Implications for Payments and Policy in Jackson, Wyoming. 28th August 2026
Banknote imagery advisory group minutes – 15 July 2026
Official
Meeting held 15 July 2026
David Roberts CV and questionnaire for the Treasury Select Committee
Official
Published for the Treasury Select Committee
Minutes of the SONIA Stakeholder Advisory Group - 25 September 2026
Official
The SONIA Stakeholder Advisory Group supports the Bank’s administration of SONIA by providing advice and technical input to the Bank and the SONIA Oversight Committee
Regulatory reporting on profit and loss: institutions will have option to report under IAS 1 or IFRS 18
Official
The importance of public engagement in maintaining trust in banknotes - Speech by Victoria Cleland
Official
Speech at the Intergraf Currency & Identity Conference, Denmark Trust is essential to everything the Bank of England (the Bank) does.
Victoria Cleland: Speech at the Intergraf Currency & Identity Conference, Demark (to be published at 8.50am)
Official
Text to be published on Thursday 15 October at 8.50am Trust is essential to everything the Bank of England (the Bank) does.
Bowman, Supervisory Modernization After Silicon Valley Bank
Fed speak
Speech At the Bangkok Economic Festival, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee, Bangkok, Thailand Thank you for the invitation to join you today.
Frank Elderson: Ensuring resilience in the face of uncertainty
Official
It is a pleasure to open this joint ECB-Bank of England conference.
Frank Elderson: Ensuring resilience in the face of uncertainty
Official
Perspectives on the Economy and the Banking Landscape
Fed speak
Collins highlighted the economy’s resilience, the risks of persistently elevated inflation, and the recent Federal Open Market Committee decision to raise the federal funds rate.
Philip R. Lane: The AI opportunity for Europe
Official
AI is a general purpose technology that can improve global living standards and the global knowledge frontier by expanding access to information and raising productivity.
Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on August 17, September 9, and September 16, 2026
Official
The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes from its recent meetings to review and determine the discount rates provided to depository institutio
Minutes of the Money Market Committee meeting – September 2026
Official
The Money Markets Committee is a forum for market participants and authorities to discuss the UK unsecured deposits and funding market and securities lending and repo markets.
Trimming the Sails: Communicating My Reaction Function
Fed speak
We serve the American people as part of the US central bank.
Remarks at the Conference in Memory of John Leahy
Fed speak
Drawing on their decades-long professional relationship, Collins reflected on Leahy’s generosity as a colleague and mentor, as well as his influential research.
Federal Reserve Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families
Official
The Federal Reserve Board on Friday released the results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insi
CMORG holds sector-wide cloud outage simulation exercise
Official
Speeches and Q&A Moderated Q&A at Bloomberg Event
Fed speak
Tools and resources to find and use economic data worldwide. View banking market concentrations and perform HHI analysis.
Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity related to money laundering
Official
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced an enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm
Financial resilience in an age of repeated shocks - speech by Andrew Bailey
Official
Meeting of 9-10 September 2026
Official
Why should the ECB care about the unequal effects of climate change?
Official
Climate change and the transition to a carbon-neutral economy do not affect everyone equally.
Waller, The Signaling Value of the Summary of Economic Projections
Fed speak
Speech At the Istanbul Economic Forum, Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye, Istanbul, Türkiye Thank you to the Central Bank of Türkiye for the opportunity to speak to you.
Piero Cipollone: Interview with Corriere della Sera
Official
Some argue that the digital euro will end up replacing cash… Not at all. Perhaps some people initially feared that the aim of the digital euro was to replace cash.
Bank of England announces the four animals that will feature on our next series of banknotes
Official
The Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee and European hedgehog will represent UK wildlife and feature as the central images on our next series of banknotes.
Minutes of the London FXJSC Legal Sub Committee Meeting – 16 June 2026
Official
The Bank of England provides the Secretariat to the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) Legal Sub-Committee.
Minutes of the London FXJSC Operations Sub-Committee Meeting – 16 June 2026
Official
The Bank of England chairs the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) Operations and Legal Sub-Committees.
Minutes of the London FXJSC Main Committee Meeting – 24 June 2026
Official
The Bank of England chairs the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC), which is a forum for discussion of the wholesale foreign exchange market.
Regulatory thresholds set to shift to automatic increases
Official
Proportionality is set to be improved for firms as over 100 regulatory thresholds could be automatically increased periodically.
Results of the September 2026 survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and OTC derivatives markets (SESFOD)
Official
The September 2026 SESFOD survey covered a period of uncertainty linked to the conflict in the Middle East and volatile energy prices.
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