President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 12 December 2024

Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy, determining what’s needed to return inflation to our 2% goal in a timely manner. 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 12 December 2024 Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 12 December 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2024/html/mopo_statement_explained_december.en.html Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 12 December 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2024/html/ecb.is241212~ce143b3bc8.en.html Monetary policy decisions, 12 December 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2024/html/ecb.mp241212~2acab6e51e.en.html Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 12 December 2024 chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds241212~154574b25f.en.pdf Macroeconomic projections, 12 December 2024 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/projections/html/ecb.projections202412_eurosystemstaff~71a06224a5.en.html European Central Bank https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html You can also listen on all major podcast platforms. #MonetaryPolicy #EuropeanCentralBank #ChristineLagarde #Finance #FinancialConditions #Inflation #EconomicActivity #EconomicOutlook #PressConference #Banking #CentralBanking #Podcast #Economics #EU #Europe #ECB