Eurosystem

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The Eurosystem is the monetary authority of the euro area, comprising the European Central Bank and the national central banks of the EU countries that have adopted the euro, responsible for conducting the region’s monetary policy.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf central banking system
monetary authority
accountableTo European Parliament
appliesTo euro area
cooperatesWith Eurogroup
European Banking Authority
European Commission
currencyManaged euro
excludes national central banks of EU Member States that have not adopted the euro
formedFrom national central banks of EU Member States adopting the euro
governedBy Governing Council of the European Central Bank
hasPart European Central Bank
national central banks of euro area countries
headquartersCountry Germany
headquartersLocation Frankfurt am Main
independenceFrom European Union institutions and bodies
governments of the euro area Member States
languageOfOperation English
legalBasis Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
mainResponsibility conducting foreign exchange operations
holding and managing the official foreign reserves of the euro area countries
maintaining price stability in the euro area
monetary policy in the euro area
promoting the smooth operation of payment systems
memberOf European Union institutional framework
monetaryPolicyStrategy inflation targeting
objective contribute to financial stability
support the general economic policies in the Union
operatesPaymentSystem TARGET2
TARGET2-Securities
partOf European System of Central Banks
policyInstrument minimum reserve requirements
open market operations
standing facilities
priceStabilityDefinition 2% inflation over the medium term
publishes Annual Report
Macroeconomic projections for the euro area
monetary policy decisions
replaced national monetary policies of participating Member States
scope Member States that have adopted the euro
startDate 1999-01-01
supervisoryRole supports the Single Supervisory Mechanism
usesFramework operational framework for monetary policy implementation
usesPolicyRate deposit facility rate
main refinancing operations rate
marginal lending facility rate
website https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/system


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