(Bloomberg) -- The European Central Bank is changing the publication time of its monetary policy decisions and the timing of the subsequent press conferences as of July.

  • Monetary policy decisions will be published at 2:15 p.m. Frankfurt time (instead of 1:45 p.m.)
  • Press conferences will begin at 2:45 p.m. (instead of 2:30 p.m.)
  • Publication of related documents also will shift
  • ECB statement doesn’t elaborate on reasons behind change
    • “It’s a minor technical adjustment, the format of the press release, press conference and associated documents remain unaffected,” an ECB spokesperson said
  • For full statement, click here
  • NOTE: Many US economic data releases are typically published at 2:30 p.m. Frankfurt time

(Updates with ECB comment in fourth bullet point)

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