Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy, determining what’s needed to return inflation to our 2% goal in a timely manner. 

Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. 

The statement also covers:
-	how the economy is performing 
-	how we expect prices to develop
-	the risks to the economic outlook 
-	the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions

Published and recorded during our press conference on 26 October 2023 in Athens, Greece.

Additional material:

Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 26 October 2023 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/visual-mps/2023/html/mopo_statement_explained_october.en.html

Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 26 October 2023 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/2023/html/ecb.is231026~c23b4eb5f0.en.html

Monetary policy decisions, 26 October 2023 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2023/html/ecb.mp231026~6028cea576.en.html

Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 26 October 2023 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/shared/pdf/ecb.ds231026~3af2df9818.en.pdf

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President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 26 October 2023

Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy, determining what’s needed to return inflation to our 2% goal in a timely manner.
 
Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers:

- how the economy is performing 
- how we expect prices to develop
- the risks to the economic outlook 
- the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions

Published and recorded during our press conference on 14 December 2023.


Additional material

Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 14 December 2023 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/visual-mps/2023/html/mopo_statement_explained_december.en.html
Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 14 December 2023 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/2023/html/ecb.is231214~df8627de60.en.html
Monetary policy decisions, 14 December 2023 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2023/html/ecb.mp231214~9846e62f62.en.html
Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 14 December 2023 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/shared/pdf/ecb.ds231214~cbcff0882a.en.pdf
Macroeconomic projections, 14 December 2023 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/projections/html/index.en.html

European Central Bank 
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html

You can also listen to The ECB Podcast on SoundCloud, Spotify, Deezer, Stitcher, YouTube, Amazon Music and many more pod.link/ecbpodcast

President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 14 December 2023

Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy, determining what’s needed to return inflation to our 2% target in a timely manner. 
Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers:

-	how the economy is performing 
-	how we expect prices to develop
-	the risks to the economic outlook 
-	the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions

Recorded and published on 7 March 2024

Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 7 March 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/visual-mps/2024/html/mopo_statement_explained_march.en.html 
Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 7 March 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/2024/html/ecb.is240307~314650bd5c.en.html
Monetary policy decisions, 7 March 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2024/html/ecb.mp240307~a5fa52b82b.en.html
Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 7 March 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/shared/pdf/ecb.ds240307~8e06c79bf2.en.pdf?e86e578f1a99fdaa095a37dc4f1f6355

European Central Bank 
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President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions –  7 March 2024

Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy, determining what’s needed to return inflation to our 2% goal in a timely manner. 

Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers:
-	how the economy is performing 
-	how we expect prices to develop
-	the risks to the economic outlook 
-	the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions

Published and recorded during our press conference on 11 April 2024

Additional material

Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 11 April 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2024/html/mopo_statement_explained_april.en.html

Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 11 April 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2024/html/ecb.is240411~9974984b58.en.html

Monetary policy decisions, 11 April 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2024/html/ecb.mp240411~1345644915.en.html

Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 11 April 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds240411~58dd9ec73d.en.pdf?566c397f0364d717913bf7770e67bf17

European Central Bank 
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html


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President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 11 April 2024

Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy, determining what’s needed to return inflation to our 2% goal. 

Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers:

-	how the economy is performing 
-	how we expect prices to develop
-	the risks to the economic outlook 
-	the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions

Published and recorded during our press conference on 6 June 2024


Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 6 June 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2024/html/mopo_statement_explained_june.en.html

Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 6 June 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2024/html/ecb.is240606~d32cd6cc8a.en.html

Monetary policy decisions, 6 June 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2024/html/ecb.mp240606~2148ecdb3c.en.html

Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 6 June 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds240606~f4d2c4833d.en.pdf?3d009dc9ec7917c832fe9a5a41e12fcd

European Central Bank https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html

You can also listen to The ECB Podcast on SoundCloud, Spotify, Deezer, Stitcher, YouTube, Amazon Music and many more pod.link/ecbpodcast

President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 6 June 2024

Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy, determining what’s needed to return inflation to our 2% goal in a timely manner.  

Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers: 

•	how the economy is performing  
•	how we expect prices to develop 
•	the risks to the economic outlook  
•	the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions 

Published and recorded during our press conference on 12 September 2024.

Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 12 September 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2024/html/mopo_statement_explained_september.en.html

Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 12 September 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2024/html/ecb.is240912~4f7b17040c.en.html

Monetary policy decisions, 12 September 2024 
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2024/html/ecb.mp240912~67cb23badb.en.html

Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 12 September 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds240912~b6348e49f9.en.pdf

Macroeconomic projections, 12 September 2024 
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/projections/html/index.en.html

European Central Bank  
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html

You can also listen on all major podcast platforms.

President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 12 September 2024

Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy, determining what’s needed to return inflation to our 2% goal in a timely manner.  
 
Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers: 
•       how the economy is performing  
•       how we expect prices to develop 
•       the risks to the economic outlook  
•       the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions 
 
Published and recorded during our press conference on 30 January 2025

Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 30 January 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2025/html/mopo_statement_explained_january.en.html
 
Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 30 January 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2025/html/ecb.is250130~1f418aa0f4.en.html
 
Monetary policy decisions, 30 January 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.mp250130~530b29e622.en.html
 
Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 30 January 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds250130~1ac86112bf.en.pdf?b9377ca85fd3aef4fb5af6f3189be827
 
European Central Bank  
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html
 
You can also listen on all major podcast platforms.

President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 30 January 2025

Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy, determining what’s needed to return inflation to our 2% goal in a timely manner. 
 
Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers: 
•	how the economy is performing  
•	how we expect prices to develop 
•	the risks to the economic outlook  
•	the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions 

Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 6 March 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2025/html/mopo_statement_explained_march.en.html

Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 6 March 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2025/html/ecb.is250306~4307bd0941.en.html

Monetary policy decisions, 6 March 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.mp250306~d4340800b3.en.html

Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 6 March 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds250306~ca4269dcc8.en.pdf

Macroeconomic projections, 6 March 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/projections/html/ecb.projections202503_ecbstaff~106050a4fa.en.html

European Central Bank  
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html

You can also listen on all major podcast platforms.

Published and recorded during our press conference on 6 March 2025.

President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 6 March 2025

Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy.

Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers: 

•	how the economy is performing  
•	how we expect prices to develop 
•	the risks to the economic outlook  
•	the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions 

Published and recorded during our press conference on 11 September 2025.

Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 11 September 2025
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2025/html/mopo_statement_explained_september.en.html

Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 11 September 2025 
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2025/html/ecb.is250911~a13675b834.en.html

Monetary policy decisions, 11 September 2025 
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.mp250911~6afb7a9490.en.html

Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 11 September 2025 
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds250911~df624f06ba.en.pdf

Macroeconomic projections, 11 September 2025
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/projections/html/ecb.projections202509_ecbstaff~c0da697d54.en.html

European Central Bank  
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html

President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 11 September 2025

Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy.
 
Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers: 
•	how the economy is performing  
•	how we expect prices to develop 
•	the risks to the economic outlook  
•	the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions 

Published and recorded during our press conference on 30 October 2025.

Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 30 October 2025 
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2025/html/mopo_statement_explained_october.en.html
 
Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 30 October 2025 
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2025/html/ecb.is251030~4f74dde15e.en.html
 
Monetary policy decisions, 30 October 2025 
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.mp251030~cf0540b5c0.en.html
 
Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 30 October 2025 
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds251030~25d99d5b1c.en.pdf
 
European Central Bank  
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html

President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 30 October 2025

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