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11 Jul
Chapter News

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2025 Consultation with Euro Area

Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2025 discussions on common euro area policies with member countries. This year, the consultation also included a discussion of the findings of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) exercise for the euro area. Growth in the euro area is likely to stay moderate over 2025-27. Trade tensions and elevated uncertainty are expected to weigh on activity, despite some boost from higher defense and infrastructure spending. In addition, the geopolitical...

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10 Jul
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ECB | Shifting payment landscape: what a digital euro will bring

Speech by Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at Banka Slovenije It is a pleasure to speak to you today. The ongoing shift in the way we pay is affecting the fundamental fabric of our economies. Whether we are consumers browsing digital marketplaces, entrepreneurs pursuing digital innovation, or decision-makers facing the digital transition, we are all involved in reshaping payments. Payments are more than a means of settling transactions, they are the lifeblood of a modern economy. And...

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10 Jul
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OECD job markets remain resilient but population ageing will cause significant labour shortages and fiscal pressures

Job markets remain resilient, with labour force participation reaching record highs in many OECD countries and unemployment at historically low levels. However, there are signs of a slowdown as geopolitical and trade policy uncertainties dampen economic activity, according to a new OECD report. The OECD Employment Outlook 2025 reports that OECD-wide employment, which reached 668 million in May 2025 – up by about 26% since 2001 – is expected to grow by around 1.1% in 2025 and 0.7% in 2026. Having been...

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10 Jul
Chapter News, New York Related News

NY Fed | Short-Term Inflation Expectations Tick Down, Household Financial Expectations Improve

NEW YORK—The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today released the June 2025 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that households’ inflation expectations ticked down at the short-term horizon and remained unchanged at the medium- and longer-term horizons. Unemployment and job loss expectations improved. Spending growth expectations slightly declined, while household income growth expectations increased. Households were more optimistic about their year-ahead financial situations and credit access. The survey was fielded from June 2 through June...

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08 Jul
Chapter News, TRIA News

TRIA | Transatlantic Efforts to Close the Investment Gap in Middle- and Low-income Countries (2nd Operational Meeting)

The 2nd operational meeting of the Transatlantic Resilient Infrastructure Alliance (TRIA) was held in Seville, Spain on July 1st, 2025. It took place in the context of the International Business Forum at the UN's 4th Financing for Development Conference. TRIA is a joint initiative between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European American Chamber of Commerce New York (EACCNY), that aims to unite key actors to support the financing of infrastructure investments in low- and middle-income countries. With only...

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08 Jul
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European Commission | Remarks by Commissioner Dombrovskis at the Eurogroup press conference

Thank you, Paschal. Good evening, everyone. First of all, I would like to congratulate Paschal on his re-election as President of the Eurogroup. Today's outcome shows the strong confidence that euro area finance ministers place in your leadership. I look forward to continuing our close collaboration to address the challenges and seize the opportunities that lie ahead for the euro area. Moving on to other important topics that we discussed today. I would like to thank President Lagarde for presenting the European Central Bank's...

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08 Jul
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European Commission | Questions and Answers on Bulgaria’s changeover to the euro

What decision did the Council take today?  The European Commission published its 2025 Convergence Report on 4 June 2025. The report confirmed that Bulgaria has met the criteria to adopt the euro on 1 January 2026. As a result of that assessment, the Commission adopted proposals for a Council Decision on Bulgaria adopting the euro and a Council Regulation to include Bulgaria in the list of countries that have adopted the euro as their national currency. At the end of...

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03 Jul
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European Commission | EU invests €2.8 billion in 94 transport projects to boost sustainable and connected mobility across Europe

The European Commission selected 94 transport projects to receive nearly €2.8 billion in EU grants under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). By modernising railways, inland waterways and maritime routes across the trans-European transport network (TEN-T), the projects will not only help better connect European regions and cities – north to south, east to west, but also make the EU's internal market more competitive, and more resilient. Europe's green transition runs on rail Rail transport will receive the largest share of the funding - 77% of the...

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03 Jul
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ECB | Making banks’ data reporting more efficient

By José Manuel Campa and Isabel Schnabel European and national authorities have joined forces with banks to integrate reporting requirements across Europe. This will reduce costs for banks and improve data quality. In this blog post we describe the European integrated reporting initiative and present some initial results. Collecting data from banks is essential for authorities to conduct monetary policy, supervision and resolution. But banks in Europe are facing more and more regulatory reporting requirements from various European and national authorities....

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03 Jul
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OECD | Deepening structural reforms and reprioritising public spending can boost growth in the European Union

Geopolitical and trade tensions continue to be a challenge for the EU economy. Deepening structural reforms and reprioritising public spending are needed to boost growth, according to a new OECD report. The latest OECD Economic Survey of the European Union and Euro Area projects that GDP growth in the euro area will strengthen to 1.0% in 2025 and 1.2% in 2026, up from 0.8% in 2024. Inflation in the euro area is easing, projected at 2.2% in 2025 and 2.0% in 2026,...

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