European Central Bank

Loan demand continued to increase across all loan categories, while credit supply conditions remained unchanged for enterprises and improved for households The general low level of interest rates played an important role in contributing to demand for loans to enterprises … Read the full press release →

Findings of the GfK Consumer Climate Study for Germany for August 2016 NUREMBERG, 29-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Consumer sentiment in Germany developed positively on the whole in August, with consumers appearing to digest the shocking Brexit news very well. The … Read the full press release →

PARIS, 08-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On 29 July 2016 the European Banking Authority (EBA) published the results of the EU-wide Stress Test carried out jointly with the European Central Bank (ECB). This exercise covered the 51 most important banks of the … Read the full press release →

ROMA, 21-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The securities purchased under the Corporate Sector Purchase Programme (CSPP) announced by the European Central Bank on 21 April 2016 are now available for lending, with a view to preventing settlement failures and avoiding market distortions. … Read the full press release →

New €50 banknote will start circulating on 4 April 2017 €50 is the most widely used euro banknote New secure banknotes underline Eurosystem’s commitment to cash FRANKFURT AM MAIN, 06-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Central Bank (ECB) today unveiled the … Read the full press release →

BRUSSELS, 23-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) is delighted to announce that this year’s winners of the De la Vega Prize 2016 are Marlene D. Haas and Marius A. Zoican for their paper “Discrete or continuous trading? HFT competition … Read the full press release →

ECB has decided to discontinue production and issuance of €500 banknote Europa series of euro banknotes will not include the €500 €500 banknote remains legal tender and will always retain its value Frankfurt am Main, 05-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (4 … Read the full press release →

ECB participating in Luminale 2016 from 13 to 18 March ECB’s main building and the Eurotower will be illuminated from 20:00 to midnight The euro symbol will be projected onto the main building Frankfurt am Main, 04-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The … Read the full press release →

445,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in the second half of 2015. 83% of the counterfeits were €20 and €50 banknotes. All euro banknotes can be verified using the “feel, look and tilt” method. Euro banknotes continue to … Read the full press release →