# Past and future of the ECB monetary policy

> ECB Vice-President Vítor Constâncio gave a speech at a Central Bank of Malta conference reviewing the evolution of euro-area monetary policy since 1999. The speech discusses the historical phases of ECB policy and lessons for economic thinking.

- Date: 2018-05-04 · published 2018-05-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65223-past-and-future-of-the-ecb-monetary-policy
- Commodities: [Euro (USD per EUR)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EURUSD.md)

## Why it matters

This is a historical policy review with no new policy decision, so it has little immediate effect on feed commodity prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EURUSD | 2017-11-17 | [Monetary policy and the outlook for the economy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68186-monetary-policy-and-the-outlook-for-the-economy.md) | +1.4% | +0.1% |
| EURUSD | 2017-11-13 | [Economic recovery and the new phase of monetary policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68191-economic-recovery-and-the-new-phase-of-monetary-policy.md) | +1.3% | +1.3% |
| EURUSD | 2019-11-25 | [The yield curve and monetary policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56285-the-yield-curve-and-monetary-policy.md) | +0.4% | +0.6% |
| EURUSD | 2019-05-23 | [Account of the monetary policy meeting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59290-account-of-the-monetary-policy-meeting.md) | -0.1% | +1.1% |
| EURUSD | 2019-11-21 | [Account of the monetary policy meeting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56279-account-of-the-monetary-policy-meeting.md) | -0.6% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- ecb.europa.eu: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2018/html/ecb.sp180504.en.html

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