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Marginal lending facility	1.00 %
Main refinancing operations (fixed rate)	0.50 %
Deposit facility	0.00 %
Effective from 8 May 2013

"Europa": The second series of euro banknotes

As of 2013 the second series of euro banknotes, the Europa series, will be introduced across the euro area. The new €5 banknote started to circulate on 2 May 2013.

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22/05/2013 - Speech: Peter Praet: Monetary policy in the context of balance sheet adjustments, en
17/05/2013 - Speech: Benoît Cœuré: Monetary policy in the crisis – Confronting short-run challenges while anchoring long-run expectations, en . fr
17/05/2013 - Press release: Schedules for the meetings of the Governing Council and the General Council of the ECB in 2014 and 2015, bg . cs . da . de . el . en . es . et . fi . fr . hu . it . lt . lv . mt . nl . pl . pt . ro . sk . sl . sv
17/05/2013 - Other decisions: Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates), bg . cs . da . de . el . en . es . et . fi . fr . hu . it . lt . lv . mt . nl . pl . pt . ro . sk . sl . sv
17/05/2013 - Speech: Yves Mersch: “Built to Last”: The New Euro Area Framework, en
16/05/2013 - Speech: Peter Praet: Adjustment and growth in the euro area, en

23/05/2013 - Statistical press release: Euro area financial vehicle corporations statistics, 90 kB, en
22/05/2013 - Statistical press release: Euro area balance of payments in March 2013, en
22/05/2013 - Statistical press release: Euro area investment fund statistics, 101 kB, en

22/05/2013 - Working paper no. 1550: Forecasting fiscal time series using mixed frequency data , by Stylianos Asimakopoulos, Joan Paredes and Thomas Warmedinger, 978 kb, en

15/05/2013 - ECB Law: Guideline of the ECB of 15 May 2013 amending Guideline ECB/2006/4 on the Eurosystem’s provision of reserve management services in euro to central banks and countries located outside the euro area and to international organisations (ECB/2013/14)
15.5.2013, 31 kb, en

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