European Central Bank

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Publication Date 2018
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The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the 19 European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Its main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purchasing power of the single currency.

The ECB is an official EU institution at the heart of the Eurosystem as well as the Single Supervisory Mechanism for banking supervision.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html
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Wikipedia: European Central Bank http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Central_Bank
EP: EPRS: Fact Sheets on the European Union: European Central Bank [2017, and periodically updated) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/fiches_techniques/2013/010311/04A_FT(2013)010311_EN.pdf
ESO: Find further information in ESO on the European Central Bank http://www.europeansources.info/advSearchLink?keyword=European%20central%20Bank%20&searchTerm
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