European Central Bank Definition
The European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main is the central bank of the eurozone, in charge of monetary policy for the 12 countries that use the new euro currency.
The ECB is known by different initials in different languages:
- EZB:
- Europische Zentralbank (German)
- BCE:
- Banque Centrale Europenne (French)
- Banca Centrale Europea (Italian)
- Banco Central Europeu (Portuguese)
- Banco Central Europeo (Spanish)
- ECB:
- Europiske Centralbank (Danish)
- Europese Centrale Bank (Dutch)
- European Central Bank (English)
- Europeiska Centralbanken (Swedish)
- ΕΚΤ:
- Ευρωπαικη Κεντρικη Τραπεζα (Greek)
- EKP:
- Euroopan Keskuspankki (Finnish)