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This box reviews the Eurosystem liquidity conditions and monetary policy operations in the third and fourth reserve maintenance periods of 2026. Together, these two maintenance periods ran from 6 May ...

We are doing this because the Middle East conflict keeps driving up prices. Inflation is likely to be above our 2% target for quite a while. Manufacturing is doing better, partly because governments ...

Brent crude oil price dynamics around geopolitical oil supply disruptions (percentage change relative to the quarter preceding the shock) Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and ECB ...

High energy prices are also putting the brakes on how fast the economy grows. Firms are cautious and building up stocks. Prices for energy, food and services are going up more slowly than before.

Energy prices are much higher, which is pushing up inflation. Uncertainty remains very high. The impact of the war will depend on how long it lasts and how else it affects the economy. Many people are ...

The effects of the recent increase in euro area HICP inflation significantly differ for low and high-income households. This box explores how recent high inflation levels are affecting low-income and ...

Substantial green and digital investments will be needed in the coming years to reach the targets set for 2030 and beyond under the Green Deal and the Digital Compass. [1] Reaching these targets would ...

Many prices show a seasonal pattern. For example, end-of-season sales often cause the HICP to fall systematically in spring and summer. In order to extract the “news” from these seasonal changes and ...

The Data Point Model (DPM) is a data-centric methodology that is recognised as an ISO standard. It was originally developed and used by the European Banking Authority (EBA) but was also adopted by the ...

NFCs’ debt-to-GDP ratio (consolidated measure) decreased to 66.1% in the second quarter of 2026, from 66.4% in the second ...

In the bank lending survey (BLS) for the third quarter of 2026, euro area banks reported a further net tightening of credit ...