ECB: European Central Bank home page

Key figures at a glance
Marginal lending facility	1.75 %
Main refinancing operations (fixed rate)	1.00 %
Deposit facility	0.25 %
Effective from 14 December 2011

Online and in real time: ECB press conference, from its premises in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

At 2.30 p.m. CET the ECB President and Vice-President explain the Governing Council's monetary policy decisions and answer journalists' questions.

28/02/2012 - Press release: Statement by the European Commission, ECB, and IMF on the third review mission to Portugal, en
28/02/2012 - Press release: Eligibility of Greek bonds used as collateral in Eurosystem monetary policy operations, en
27/02/2012 - Speech: Peter Praet: Sound money, sound finances, a competitive economy – principles of a european culture of stability, en
24/02/2012 - Other decisions: Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates), bg . cs . da . de . el . en . es . et . fi . fr . hu . it . lt . lv . mt . nl . pl . pt . ro . sk . sl . sv
24/02/2012 - Interview: Mario Draghi: Interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, de . en
24/02/2012 - Interview: Mario Draghi: Interview with The Wall Street Journal, en

02/03/2012 - Statistical press release: MFI interest rate statistics, 155 kB, en
27/02/2012 - Statistical press release: Monetary developments in the euro area, 70 kB, en

23/02/2012 - Publication: Letter from the ECB President to Mr Tremosa-i-Balcells, Member of the European Parliament, 21 kb, en
23/02/2012 - Publication: Letter from the ECB President to Mr Rivellini and Mr Salatto, Members of the European Parliament, 17 kb, en . it
23/02/2012 - Publication: Letter from the ECB President to Mr Wagner, Member of the European Parliament, 23 kb, en . es
23/02/2012 - Publication: Letter from the ECB President to Mr Giegold, Member of the European Parliament, 27 kb, de . en

01/03/2012 - ECB Law: Decision of the ECB of 27 February 2012 repealing Decision ECB/2010/3 on temporary measures relating to the eligibility of marketable debt instruments issued or guaranteed by the Greek Government (ECB/2012/2)
OJ L 59, 1.3.2012, p. 36, 814 kb, bg . cs . da . de . el . en . es . et . fi . fr . hu . it . lt . lv . mt . nl . pl . pt . ro . sk . sl . sv
29/02/2012 - ECB Law: Opinion on minimum reserve requirements (CON/2012/16)
Latvia, 29.2.2012, 23 kb, en . lv
29/02/2012 - ECB Law: Opinion on the protection of the euro against counterfeiting and on the authentication of euro coins (CON/2012/15)
Greece, 29.2.2012, 130 kb, el . en
28/02/2012 - ECB Law: Opinion on the recapitalisation and resolution of credit institutions in Greece (CON/2012/14)
Greece, 28.2.2012, 147 kb, el . en