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This briefing paper was prepared ahead of the Monetary Dialogue between the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and the European Central Bank (ECB) President. It provides a summary of key monetary policy developments and decisions taken by the ECB’s Governing Council.

This briefing paper provides an overview of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), its main features, mandate and accountability arrangements towards the European Parliament. It also includes a section on the role of macroprudential policy in preserving financial stability, main findings of the review of ESRB’s regulation and review of EU macroprudential framework for the banking sector. The paper is an update of the previous version published in 2019.

This briefing paper is prepared in view of a regular public hearing with the Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), Christine Lagarde, which will take place on 4 December 2024. We cover the ESRB’s report on bank deposits following US banking turmoil in March 2023, recent conclusions of the ESRB’s General Board meeting, the risk outlook for the financial sector and Eurosystem’s response to the European Commisison’s consultation on macroprudential policies for non-banks. Annexes include ...

Commissioner Dombrovskis has been invited to an Economic Dialogue on the fiscal part of the 2025 European Semester autumn package adopted by the Commission in November 2024. This is the first Economic Dialogue with the Commission under the 10th parliamentary term and under the new provisions of the reformed EU economic governance framework.

This briefing has been prepared for the public hearing with the Chair of the Single Resolution Board (SRB), Dominique Laboureix on 4 December 2024.

The Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) convene finance ministers and central bank governors to participate in the highest-level decision-making bodies of the two institutions, as well as in various committees and groups that drive the agenda on issues related to the international monetary system and development policy. The 2024 Annual Meetings took place in Washington, D.C. from 21 to 26 October 2024. This paper summarises the main developments and ...

This paper argues that the debt sustainability methodology in the EU new economic governance framework, while analytically sound, faces major implementation challenges. Primary among these is the reliance on a non-observable variable (the volatility of future debt-to-GDP ratios) that must be estimated based on ad hoc procedures that may affect significantly the required decline in the debt ratio after the end of the adjustment period and, hence, the primary surplus that a Member State needs to achieve ...

This paper studies the implications for the European Central Bank (ECB) of the new EU fiscal framework, focusing on five aspects where monetary and fiscal policies intersect: (1) fiscal dominance over monetary policy; (2) fiscal drag created by the new framework; (3) moral hazard created by very low interest rates; (4) the effectiveness of the ECB’s Transmission Protection Instrument (TPI), and (5) the impact of the new framework on green public investment. This document was provided by the Economic ...

Mihály Varga, Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister, of Hungary is participating in the ECON Committee in his capacity of President of the ECOFIN Council during the Hungarian Presidency (July - December 2024). In accordance with the Treaty of the Union, “Member States shall regard their economic policies as a matter of common concern and shall coordinate them within the Council”. This document provides an overview of the Hungarian Presidency priorities in ECON matters, including the Council ...

This briefing has been prepared for the public hearing with the Chair of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), Claudia Buch, scheduled for 18 November 2024 in the ECON Committee. The previous hearing took place on 2 September 2024.