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European Central Bank

central bank of the European Union and the eurozone
Organization central_bank Q8901
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Summary

European Central Bank is a central bank[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of central bank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,916 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Digital Preservation Coalition[3], International Statistical Institute[4], Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities[5], Network for Greening the Financial System[6]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Frankfurt[7]
  • Country: Germany[8]
  • Instance of: institutions of the European Union[9]
  • Named after: Europe[10]
  • Headquarters location: Frankfurt[11]
  • Child organization or unit: Governing Council of the European Central Bank[12], Executive Board of the European Central Bank[13], General Council of the European Central Bank[14]
  • Part of: European System of Central Banks[15]
  • Commons category: European Central Bank[16]
  • Industry: financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding[17]
  • Chairperson: Christine Lagarde[18]
  • Has part(s): Executive Board of the European Central Bank[19], Governing Council of the European Central Bank[20]
  • Inception: June 1, 1998[21], 1998[22]
  • Significant event: European Central Bank 2014 data breach[23]
  • Official website: https://www.ecb.europa.eu[24], https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.fr.html[25], https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.de.html[26], https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.it.html[27], https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.fi.html[28], https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.nl.html[29], https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.pt.html[30], https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.es.html[31], https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.el.html[32], https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.bg.html[33], https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.et.html[34], https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.ro.html[35], https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.pl.html[36], https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.cs.html[37]
  • Topic's main category: Category:European Central Bank[38]
  • Email address: mailto:info@ecb.europa.eu[39]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: eurozone[40], European Union[41]
  • Employees: 3500[42]
  • Replaces: European Monetary Institute[43]
  • Official blog URL: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/[44]
  • Short name: ECB[45], EZB[46], BCE[47]

Why It Matters

European Central Bank has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Related Entities

Bank of Latvia Christine Lagarde computer euro Germany Govdirectory Jean-Claude Trichet Mario Draghi Olli Rehn Wim Duisenberg

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . World Wide Web. ecb.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . ecb.europa.eu. ecb.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [17] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . dpconline.org. Retrieved . dpconline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [6] ↑ . ngfs.net. Retrieved . ngfs.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ecb.europa.eu. ecb.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . cityam.com. Retrieved . cityam.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . ecb.europa.eu. ecb.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . European Central Bank. ecb.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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