Europe Reg Desk

Thursday, 2026-08-27 · covering the last 24h

EU & ESMA

ECB account of the 22–23 July meeting shows rate-setters flagged a further hike as likely. Published 27 August at 13:30 CET, the account confirms the Governing Council held all three key rates at the July meeting (deposit facility 2.25%, main refinancing 2.40%, marginal lending 2.65%) after June's increase, framing the hold explicitly as a pause: “it was important not to suggest that the pause in rate hikes at the current meeting meant that the end of the tightening cycle had been reached.” Members were already weighing a further increase, possibly at the 9–10 September meeting, and reaffirmed a data-dependent, meeting-by-meeting approach. Account of the monetary policy meeting

No material ESMA or European Commission DG FISMA items in the last 24 hours. The call for evidence on European equity market structure remains open, with a feedback statement still expected in Q3 2026.

United Kingdom

No material FCA, Bank of England/MPC or PRA items in the last 24 hours. Next MPC decision remains 17 September; CP26/30 and CP26/31 stay open for comment through 16 October.

National & exchanges

No material items from BaFin/Deutsche Börse, AMF/Euronext, Consob/Borsa Italiana, CNMV/BME, AFM, SIX or Nasdaq Nordic in the last 24 hours. No SNB, Riksbank, Norges Bank or Danmarks Nationalbank meetings in this window.

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