Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy, determining what’s needed to achieve stable prices in the euro area.

Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers:

- how the economy is performing

- how we expect prices to develop

- the risks to the economic outlook

- the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions

Published and recorded during our press conference on 14 April 2022.

Additional material:

Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 14 April 2022

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/visual-mps/2022/html/mopo_statement_explained_april.en.html

Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement (with Q&A), 14 April 2022

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/2022/html/ecb.is220414~fa5c8fe142.en.html

Monetary policy decisions, 14 April 2022

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2022/html/ecb.mp220414~d1b76520c6.en.html

Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 14 April 2022

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/shared/pdf/ecb.ds220414~2d6ffb3a83.en.pdf

European Central Bank

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html

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