In this paper, we highlight the role of global value chains in the synchronization of economic activity between countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the euro area. We start off by demonstrating that the degree of synchronization of the business cycles of CEE countries and their main...

The management report is an integral part of the ECB's Annual Accounts and is designed to provide readers with contextual information related to the financial statements. Given that the ECB's activities and operations are undertaken in support of its policy objectives, its financial position and...

TARGET2-Securities (T2S) is a pan-European platform for securities settlement, developed and operated by the Eurosystem. By September 2017, 22 central securities depositories (CSDs), covering 20 European markets had joined the platform, and now settle euro securities transactions in T2S. The...

The ECB's annual report on financial integration in Europe contributes to the advancement of the European financial integration process by analysing its development and the related policies. For the ECB, the market for a given set of financial instruments and/or services is fully integrated if...

On 21 September 2017 the European Central Bank (ECB) announced that it would develop a euro unsecured overnight interest rate based on data already available to the Eurosystem. The interest rate, which would be produced before 2020, would complement existing benchmark rates produced by the...

This biennial data quality report is a contribution to the European Central Bank (ECB) Statistics Quality Framework (SQF). It relates to statistics produced by the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and focuses on the collection, compilation and dissemination of monetary and financial...

This European Central Bank (ECB) publication - Stress Test Analytics for Macroprudential Purposes in the euro area (STAMP€) - offers a suite of analytical tools for those interested in stress-testing frameworks and has been developed by ECB staff over the past few years.