EURO AREA MFI INTEREST RATE STATISTICS: MARCH 2010 In March 2010 the average MFI interest rates on new deposits showed mixed developments. Most of the average MFI interest rates on new loans declined. Basically all average MFI interest rates on outstanding amounts of deposits and loans also declined. … Read more »

EURO AREA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS BY INSTITUTIONAL SECTOR: FOURTH QUARTER 2009 In the fourth quarter of 2009, the annual growth rate1 of net disposable income in the euro area equalled -0.8%, compared with -3.4% in the third quarter of 2009. Final consumption in the euro area increased in the fourth quarter (0.8% annually, after a decrease, -0.3%, in the previous quarter). The annual growth rate of gross fixed capital formation was -8.6% in the fourth … Read more »

The annual rate of change of M3 increased to -0.1% in March 2010, from -0.3% in February 2010.1 The three-month average of the annual rates of change of M3 over the period January 2010 – March 2010 stood at -0.1%, compared with -0.2% in the period December 2009 – February 2010. … Read more »

THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND ROMANIA SIGN THE AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AMONG CREDIT REGISTERS Česká národní banka and Banca Naţională a României have signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the exchange of information among national central credit registers for the purpose of passing it on to reporting institutions. In addition, the new and the existing parties to the MoU have agreed to enhance the way in which information is exchanged by increasing the … Read more »