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Head to our website to learn more about the competition.
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Just a little €urosummer inspiration while you’re planning your next getaway ☀️✨
Price stability in challenging times
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
At this year’s ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal, President Christine Lagarde sat down with central bank heads from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. They discussed how they are fighting inflation, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
Recorded and published on 1 July 2026.
2026 ECB Forum on Central Banking
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ECB Forum on Central Banking 2026 – Day 2
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The ECB Forum on Central Banking – the Sintra Forum – is an annual event organised by the European Central Bank and is held in Sintra, Portugal.
It brings together central bank governors, academics, financial market representatives, journalists and others to exchange views on current policy issues and discuss the Forum’s key topic from a longer-term perspective.
Full programme can be found here: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20260629_ecb_forum_on_central_banking.en.html
– Welcome and introduction
– Session 3
"Migration: implications for productivity and growth in Europe"
Chair: Boris Vujčić, Vice-President, European Central Bank
Paper: "The immigration impact on population, labor productivity, investments and TFP in OECD countries"
Author: Giovanni Peri, Professor, University of California, Davis
(together with Gaetano Basso, Economist, Banca d’Italia, and Mitali R. Mathur, University of California, Davis)
Discussant: Hillel Rapoport, Professor, Paris School of Economics
– Session 4
"Tokenisation: challenges and opportunities when money, payments and financial transactions become digital"
Chair: Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Paper: "A unified ledger in practice: lessons from Project Hangang"
Author: Hyun Song Shin, Governor, Bank of Korea
(together with Jaemin Ryu, Joonyi Sung, and Sung Guan Yun, all Bank of Korea)
Discussant: Catherine Casamatta, Toulouse School of Economics
– Panel 2
"Europe’s role in the new global trade landscape"
Chair: Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Laura Alfaro Maykall, Chief Economist and Economic Counselor, Inter-American Development Bank
Marion Jansen, Director of the Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD
Ralph Ossa, Professor, University of Zurich
Denis Redonnet, Deputy Director-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
– Policy panel
Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England
Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank
Tiff Macklem, Governor, Bank of Canada
Kevin Warsh, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Moderator: Sara Eisen, Anchor, CNBC
– Award ceremony for the Young Economist Prize
– Closing remarks
Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank
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Ten finalists, one trophy 🏆
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ECB Forum on Central Banking 2026 – Day 1
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
The ECB Forum on Central Banking – the Sintra Forum – is an annual event organised by the European Central Bank and is held in Sintra, Portugal.
It brings together central bank governors, academics, financial market representatives, journalists and others to exchange views on current policy issues and discuss the Forum’s key topic from a longer-term perspective.
Full programme can be found here: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20260629_ecb_forum_on_central_banking.en.html
– Session 1
"Accelerating growth in Europe: innovation versus diffusion"
Chair: Boris Vujčić, Vice-President, European Central Bank
Paper: "Rewiring Europe’s productivity framework: aligning investment, innovation, and diffusion"
Author: Bart Van Ark, Professor, University of Manchester
Discussant: Monika Schnitzer, Professor, University of Munich
– Session 2
"Regulatory cycles, stability risks and growth opportunities"
Chair: Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank
Paper: "The stringency and complexity of post crisis bank regulation"
Author: Mariassunta Giannetti, Professor, Stockholm School of Economics
(together with Cameron Ellis, Associate Professor, University of Iowa, and Chotibhak Jotikasthira, Professor, Southern Methodist University)
Discussant: Enrico Perotti, Professor, University of Amsterdam
– Young Economist Prize
Introduction of the finalists – speed presentations on the stage
– Panel 1
"Artificial intelligence and financial stability"
Chair: Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund
Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, Bank of England
Itay Goldstein, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Torsten Slok, Chief Economist, Apollo Global Management
– A conversation about artificial intelligence
Aaron Chatterji, Chief Economist, OpenAI, and Professor, Duke University
Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
ECB Forum on Central Banking 2026 – Introductory speech by Christine Lagarde
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
Introductory speech by Christine Lagarde (President, European Central Bank) at the ECB Forum on Central Banking.
The ECB Forum on Central Banking – the Sintra Forum – is an annual event organised by the European Central Bank and is held in Sintra, Portugal.
It brings together central bank governors, academics, financial market representatives, journalists and others to exchange views on current policy issues and discuss the Forum’s key topic from a longer-term perspective.
Full programme can be found here: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20260629_ecb_forum_on_central_banking.en.html
Happy Statehood Day, #Slovenia! 🇸🇮
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To celebrate, we’re revisiting the initial steps of Slovenia’s membership of the euro area, set to the sound of a certified banger 💶💃
#Euro #Europe #ECB
Happy National Day, #Luxembourg! 🇱🇺
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
To celebrate, we’re looking back at Luxembourg’s euro area journey, with a banger on repeat 💶💃
#Euro #Europe #ECB
Live – High-level panel discussion on: The international role of the euro
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The international role of the euro
On Monday, 22 June 2026 at 17:00 at the House of the Euro (Brussels).
Strengthening the international role of the euro is a long-standing policy priority of the European Union. In view of recent geopolitical fragmentation, strategic competition and global economic relations that are being reshaped, there now is an opening to further enhance the international role of the euro.
Join us for this high-profile panel discussion exploring the benefits of a stronger international role of the euro against a backdrop of structural changes in the international monetary system and beyond.
Panel
Ms Christine Lagarde
President, European Central Bank
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis
Commissioner for Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification, European Commission
Mr Rasmus Andresen, Member of the European Parliament
The event will be moderated by Ms Maria Tadeo, Chief Europe Editor at Euronews.