Financial stability

The Eurosystem contributes in various ways to the proper functioning of the policies adopted by the relevant national authorities on matters of prudential supervision of credit institutions and the stability of the financial system. In particular:

• It monitors and assesses the stability of the financial system as a whole in the Eurozone.
• It provides advice on issues relating to regulation and financial supervision that are under discussion in international forums and in the European Union (EU)
• It promotes crisis management mechanisms both in the Eurozone and, more generally, in the EU.
• It promotes co-operation between the central banks and the EU's supervisory authorities.