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European Central Bank (ECB)
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the euro area and an EU institution located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Together with the euro area national central banks, it forms the Eurosystem, which conducts monetary policy in the euro area. Its primary objective is to maintain price stability, i.e. to safeguard the value of the euro. In addition, the ECB, in cooperation with the national supervisors, carries out banking supervision in the euro area and in other participating Member States within the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM).
SEE ALSO
- Economic and monetary union (EMU)
- European Stability Mechanism
- European System of Central Banks
- Eurosystem
- Summary on the European Central Bank
- Summary on the European Central Bank: economic and monetary data gathering
- Summary on Supervising banks' health: ECB accountability and transparency
- The European Central Bank's website
- Banking supervision on the European Central Bank's website