President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 18 December 2025
From Euro Matters – the European Central Bank Podcast by European Central Bank
December 18, 2025 · 15 min
About this episode
President Christine Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions made by the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy. Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers: • how the economy is performing • how we expect prices to develop • the risks to the economic outlook • the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions Published and recorded during our press conference on 18 December 2025. Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 18 December 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2025/html/mopo_statement_explained_december.en.html Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 18 December 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2025/html/ecb.is251218~3a10402adb.en.html Monetary policy decisions, 18 December 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.mp251218~58b0e415a6.en.html Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 18 December 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds251218~f264376788.en.pdf Macroeconomic projections, 18 December 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/projections/html/index.en.html European Central Bank…
People in this episode
Host: Christine Lagarde
Topics covered
- monetary policy
- economic outlook
- financial conditions
- price development
- risks to economy
Keywords
- monetary policy
- economic performance
- price development
- financial conditions
- economic risks
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: European Central Bank
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