Meeting of the Governing Council opens in Slovenia

Today and tomorrow, 16 and 17 October, Banka Slovenije is hosting a meeting of the Governing Council of the ECB, which is being held in Brdo pri Kranju at the invitation of Banka Slovenije and Governor Boštjan Vasle. It is being attended by the central bank governors of the Eurosystem countries and the members of the ECB’s executive board.

The members of the Governing Council began their meeting today, and will close it tomorrow, with a press conference after the monetary policy meeting. The monetary policy decisions will be published at 14:15 CET followed by a press conference at 14:45 CET held by ECB President Christine Lagarde, Vice-President Luis de Guindos and Governor Boštjan Vasle.

Governing Council meetings are usually held in Frankfurt, but once a year they are hosted by one of the central banks of the euro area countries; this year it is Banka Slovenije.

All relevant information are published on a special section of the Banka Slovenije website.