Shorter update in connection with the next monetary policy decision
News As previously announced, the Executive Board will hold eight regular monetary policy meetings per year with effect from this year. After four of these meetings, a Monetary Policy Report with forecasts will be published. A shorter Monetary Policy Update will be published after the other four meetings.
The updates will not contain any new forecasts, but they will contain the Executive Board's assessment of how new information will affect economic prospects, inflation and monetary policy, as well as the Executive Board's deliberations when reaching their conclusion as to what is an appropriate monetary policy. The first Monetary Policy Update will be published in connection with the next monetary policy announcement, on 1 February.
To facilitate comparability between the different publications, the structure of the Monetary Policy Report is also being changed. We will return with further information on this.
As before, all monetary policy decisions will be followed by a press conference and around five working days after the meeting, the minutes will be published, in which the board members present their individual stances.