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  "title": "Burkhard Balz: European Finance at the Fault Lines of Transatlantic Relations",
  "country": "DE",
  "indicator": "Interest Rate",
  "ticker": "ECONOMICS:DEINTR",
  "category": "mny",
  "source": "Bank for International Settlements (BIS) / Deutsche Bundesbank",
  "source_url": "https://www.bis.org/review/r260303b.htm",
  "speech_date": "2026-02-25",
  "publication_date": "2026-03-05",
  "date_retrieved": "2026-03-17",
  "speaker": "Burkhard Balz",
  "speaker_title": "Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank",
  "venue": "London Regional Chapter of the Atlantik-Brücke e.V., London",
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  "key_topics": [
    "Digital Euro",
    "Monetary Sovereignty",
    "Wholesale CBDC",
    "Pontes Initiative",
    "Appia Initiative",
    "Stablecoins",
    "European Financial System",
    "Central Bank Money",
    "Strategic Autonomy"
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  "content_summary": "Keynote speech on Europe's financial system at a crossroads, centered on digital innovation and monetary sovereignty. Covers the digital euro (target first issuance 2029), two Eurosystem initiatives (Pontes for DLT bridges, Appia for unified ledgers), and risks of dollar-dominated stablecoins. Emphasizes that central bank money must remain core to settlement to preserve financial stability and European strategic independence.",
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  "notes": "Speech delivered 25 Feb 2026 in London, published by BIS on 5 Mar 2026. Content extracted from HTML on BIS website. PDF downloaded for archival. Speech discusses interest rate policy context through lens of digital currency and monetary sovereignty rather than traditional MPC decision data."
}