Your questions answered: whether it’s about careers at the ECB, how our work affects people and businesses, or how we plan to tackle global challenges, we tackle listeners’ questions in this #AskECB episode of The ECB Podcast.

Join our host Stefania Secola as she talks to colleagues Eglantine Devaux and Gabriel Glöckler.

The views expressed are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of the European Central Bank.

Published on 25 February 2025 and recorded on 20 February 2025.

In this episode:

00:36 Your questions answered

You, our listeners, sent us your burning questions on social media. What did you want to know? And who do we have onboard to answer your questions?

01:54 Working at the European Central Bank

What does it take to join the team? How do we nurture and grow talent? And what are the advantages of working in such a diverse environment?

08:34 Small businesses and consumers

How do our monetary policy decisions affect small businesses and consumers? How does this relate to our mission? We tackle these questions by looking at the example of a garden centre.

08:54 Stable, predictable changes in prices

How do we keep prices stable? What tools do we have available? And how does our price stability objective help motivate us?

14:47 Facing global economic challenges

What challenges lie ahead? How can we respond to uncertainty, geopolitical tensions and a changing climate?

16:19 The challenge posed by tariffs

How will tariffs impact our economies, and what about inflation?

18:27 Europe’s potential

What opportunities can we harness as Europeans? And what could they mean for our economy?

22:43 Communication among central banks worldwide

How do we work together? Are there particular structures in place? And what topics do we discuss?

27:49 Our guests’ hot tips

Eglantine and Gabriel share their hot tips with our listeners.

Further readings:

ECB vacancies

https://talent.ecb.europa.eu/careers

Graduate programme

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/what-we-offer/graduate/html/index.en.html

Traineeship

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/what-we-offer/traineeship/html/index.en.html

What we offer

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/what-we-offer/benefits/html/index.en.html

IMF - Ask an Economist https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmYAE4wV1YQzDbnDZlNJoqMhIDUQpEPTZ

IMF - Back to Basics https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmYAE4wV1YQyRb6H1_XJWY73HJVdR6oBX

IMF- Analyze This! https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmYAE4wV1YQz_LzOLaKTpDWyH93SNuF7x

IMF - Charts in Motion https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmYAE4wV1YQz6xXWx5eB7uT9zE-4KcmAZ

ECB - Espresso Economics

https://www.youtube.com/@Espresso_Economics

ECB Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/europeancentralbank/

European Central Bank

www.ecb.europa.eu

ECB Banking Supervision

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