# President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 30 January 2025

An episode of [Euro Matters – the European Central Bank Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1481819425), 29 Jan 2025, 14 min.

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Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy, determining what’s needed to return inflation to our 2% goal in a timely manner. Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers: • how the economy is performing • how we expect prices to develop • the risks to the economic outlook • the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions Published and recorded during our press conference on 30 January 2025 Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 30 January 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2025/html/mopo_statement_explained_january.en.html Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 30 January 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2025/html/ecb.is250130~1f418aa0f4.en.html Monetary policy decisions, 30 January 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.mp250130~530b29e622.en.html Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 30 January 2025 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds250130~1ac86112bf.en.pdf?b9377ca85fd3aef4fb5af6f3189be827 European Central Bank https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html You can also listen on all major podcast platforms.

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