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To celebrate, we’re revisiting the initial steps of Belgium’s membership of the euro area, set to the sound of a certified banger 💶💃
#Euro #Europe #ECB
Ask the ECB Forum: AI, money and euro adoption
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Why can’t we just print more money? What’s one thing everyone should know about finance? Can universities prepare us for an AI-driven future? And what makes countries want to adopt the euro?
These questions came from you, our listeners. So at the ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, we grabbed a mic and put the questions to the experts. Hear their answers in the latest What the Euro?! episode.
The views expressed are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of the European Central Bank.
Published on 21 July, and recorded on 30 June and 1 July 2026.
Further reading:
AI and your future – In Conversation with OpenAI’s Ronnie Chatterji
https://pod.link/ecbpodcast/episode/dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvMjM1MzgyMTM0NA
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Frankfurt pride parade 🌈 #pride
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Our euro, our pride! 🌈
This weekend we joined Frankfurt’s Pride parade to support LGBT+ rights 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Pride is a celebration of diversity, inclusion and the freedom to be yourself – values that are at the heart of Europe.
📸 by ECB
#pride
We’ve got a favourite for the #WorldCup final 🇪🇸
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
Our colleagues have chosen who they’re backing too, and now it’s over to the players to decide who takes home the trophy 🏆
May the best team win!
Happy Bastille Day, #France! 🇫🇷
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To celebrate, we’re looking back at France’s euro area journey, with a banger on repeat 💶💃
#Euro #Europe #ECB
AI and your future – In Conversation with OpenAI’s Ronnie Chatterji
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
What does AI mean for your job, our economy and Europe’s future?
In this episode of Euro Matters, Stefania Secola speaks to Ronnie Chatterji – Chief Economist at OpenAI – about AI adoption, productivity and inequality. They also discuss competition and whether the technology can become a force for broad-based prosperity.
The views expressed are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of the European Central Bank.
🤝 Meet Lennart, the winner of this year’s Young Economist Prize
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
Head to our website to learn more about the competition.
#ECBForum
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
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20260629_ecb_forum_on_central_banking.en.html
European Central Bank
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html
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https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html
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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