Cyber Risk and Bank Supervision: Lessons from the ECB Cyber Stress Test

SUERF Policy Brief Can supervisory scrutiny alone — without capital charges or public disclosure — shift bank behaviour on cybersecurity investment? This SUERF Policy Brief, based on an ECB Working Paper, examines whether the ECB’s 2024 Cyber Resilience Stress Test (CyRST) induced banks to increase cybersecurity investment. Cybersecurity has become a central financial stability concern: […]
World Economic Outlook – Global Economy: Tenuous Resilience amid Persistent Uncertainty

World Economic Outlook – Update July 2025 Global growth is projected at 3.0 percent for 2025 and 3.1 percent in 2026, an upward revision from the April 2025 World Economic Outlook. This reflects front-loading ahead of tariffs, lower effective tariff rates, better financial conditions, and fiscal expansion in some major jurisdictions. Global inflation is expected […]