ECB Governing Council Calendar

Every European Central Bank Governing Council monetary-policy meeting and accounts (minutes-equivalent) release. Monetary-policy decisions are timed at 14:15 CET with the press conference at 14:45 CET. ECB staff macroeconomic projections are published alongside decisions in March, June, September, and December.

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  1. ECB Governing Council Monetary Policy Decision

    Thursday, July 23, 2026 · 2:15 PM GMT+2

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  2. Jul 23

    ECB Governing Council Press Conference

  3. Aug 20

    ECB Monetary Policy Accounts Release

Updated: May 27, 2026 · 25 events

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ECB Governing Council Calendar tracks the European Central Bank’s policy timetable, including Governing Council monetary-policy meetings, decision statements, press conferences, and related accounts-style communications from Frankfurt. The feed follows the ECB’s formal institutional cycle rather than market speculation, with monetary-policy decisions timed at 14:15 CET, the press conference at 14:45 CET, and staff macroeconomic projections attached to the quarter-ending policy rounds. Each entry corresponds to a defined ECB event in the euro-area policy process. The schedule can include meeting days, non-monetary policy gatherings, decision releases, press conferences, and projection rounds, which together show how the central bank communicates rate policy, inflation assessment, growth expectations, and balance-sheet guidance. The event sample also confirms the Frankfurt base of the institution and the presence of both ordinary Governing Council meetings and projection-linked policy sessions, making the calendar broader than a simple rate-decision reminder. That wider structure matters for bond markets, bank treasury teams, and economics desks because the sequencing of statement, projections, and press conference often shapes the interpretation of the decision itself. It also helps distinguish monetary-policy rounds from other ECB calendar events that may matter institutionally but not carry an immediate rates signal. The Smart Calendar Feed is free to subscribe and can be added to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook, allowing the ECB timetable to sit alongside national data releases, earnings, and other central-bank events without manual entry. For journalists, economists, and euro-area market participants, the format provides a clearer view of the policy cycle and its communication checkpoints inside a standard calendar app. The calendar updates regularly so postponements, special meetings, venue changes, and release adjustments appear automatically. As a result, it remains a practical reference for monitoring how the ECB structures its recurring policy calendar in Frankfurt and across the broader euro-area decision framework. That makes the feed useful not only on decision days, but also in the quieter intervals between projection rounds and accounts releases.
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