Annual Report 2014

The Annual Report describes the activities of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and reports on the Eurosystem's monetary policy of the previous year.

It was presented to the European Parliament in April 2015, as well as to the Council of the European Union, the European Commission and the European Council. A further debate took place on 1 February 2016 at the European Parliament regarding this report.

The Annual Report includes the Annual Accounts of the ECB.

• Primary Source

EU Bookshop: Some ECB publications can also be downloaded via the EU Bookshop website http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/european-central-bank-cbzZYKABstuhoAAAEjIokY4e5K/

ECB: Publications http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/html/index.en.html

ECB: Annual Reports, 1991- https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/annual/html/index.en.html

ECB: Press Release, 20.04.15: Presentation of the ECB Annual Report 2014 to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament. Introductory remarks by Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB, Brussels, 20 April 2015 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2015/html/sp150420.en.html

European Parliament: Newsroom: Press Release, 29.01.16: MEPs to discuss ECB actions with President Mario Draghi http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160129STO11908/

European Parliament: Newsroom: Press Release, 01.02.16: 'ECB will reconsider its monetary stance in March', Mario Draghi tells MEPs http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160129IPR11933/

ECB: Media: Speech, 01.02.16: European Parliament plenary debate on the ECB Annual Report for 2014 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2016/html/sp160201_1.en.html

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