The management report is an integral part of the ECB's Annual Accounts and is designed to provide readers with contextual information related to the financial statements. Given that the ECB's activities and operations are undertaken in support of its policy objectives, its financial position and...

On 21 September 2017 the European Central Bank (ECB) announced that it would develop a euro unsecured overnight interest rate based on data already available to the Eurosystem. The interest rate, which would be produced before 2020, would complement existing benchmark rates produced by the...

This biennial data quality report is a contribution to the European Central Bank (ECB) Statistics Quality Framework (SQF). It relates to statistics produced by the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and focuses on the collection, compilation and dissemination of monetary and financial...

This European Central Bank (ECB) publication - Stress Test Analytics for Macroprudential Purposes in the euro area (STAMP€) - offers a suite of analytical tools for those interested in stress-testing frameworks and has been developed by ECB staff over the past few years.

The ECB is part of the Eurosystem, the primary objective of which is to maintain price stability. The ECB's main tasks, as described in the Statute of the ESCB, comprise the implementation of the monetary policy of the European Union, the conduct of foreign exchange operations, the management of...

The purpose of this framework is to describe the role of the Eurosystem in the field of oversight. It updates and replaces the earlier Eurosystem oversight policy framework of July 2011 in view of significant regulatory and institutional changes and market developments that have affected the...

This management report is an integral part of the ECB's annual financial reporting. It provides readers with contextual information on the business of the ECB, its operational framework and the impact of the ECB's operations on its financial statements. This report provides information on the...