Minutes Item 1 – Introduction The Chair opened the meeting, thanking members for sending across their wildlife nominations. The Chair provided an overview of the previous meeting including reiterating the Bank’s objectives for secure banknote design and reminding members about the suggested guidance discussed at the previous meeting. The Panel discussed the response to the…
We thank Neil Shah and Tarun Pathak from Counterpoint Research for sharing the cell phone data and providing important insights about the market. We thank Jeronimo Callejas for sharing the GSMA Intelligence data. We thank the participants in numerous seminars and conferences for their valuable comments. The authors declare that they have no additional relevant…
11 August 2026 Free open-air concert in Frankfurt celebrates Europe’s diversity Performances by Frankfurt Radio Big Band and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Ten shortlisted euro banknote designs on display at ECB stand On Thursday, 20 August 2026 the European Central Bank (ECB) and the broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) will once again host the Europa Open Air…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average trades near 52,200, up around 250 points, after a session that handed it the month’s cleanest bullish catalyst and then took most of it back. The peace bid carried the index to just short of 52,600 before a semiconductor sell-off with Chinese fingerprints dragged it back to the 52,000 handle,…