President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 30 April 2026

President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 30 April 2026

From Euro Matters – the European Central Bank Podcast by European Central Bank

April 30, 2026 · 16 min

About this episode

President Christine Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions made by the Governing Council on 30 April 2026.

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 30 April 2026. Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 30 April 2026 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2026/html/mopo_statement_explained_april.en.html Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 30 April 2026 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2026/html/ecb.is260430~f99cb123a8.en.html Monetary policy decisions, 30 April 2026 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.mp260430~81b7179e6f.en.html Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 30 April 2026 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds260430~1c397fa90c.en.pdf European Central Bank https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html

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

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Organizations: European Central Bank

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