Positive Money Europe

12/10/2026

The Nobel to Woodford confirms how much central banks matter. But stabilising the economy “on average” doesn’t tell us who pays, or what it means for people and the planet. Monetary policy should contribute to a greener, fairer, and more livable world!

US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize on Monday ​for decades of work developing ground-up models currently used by central banks and finance ministries across the world to stabilise economies.

10/09/2026

📢 The just raised interest rates again - meaning it's now more expensive to borrow money, for everything from mortgages to business loans.

It's obvious that increased energy prices are the root cause of the inflation we're facing. A bottleneck in gas transportation and supply, caused by the US-led conflict in Iran, has pushed energy prices up by 14.3% - the highest since the start of the war. And when energy gets more expensive, nearly everything else does too.

Raising interest rates won't fix a gas bottleneck. It just makes borrowing more expensive for households and businesses - while labour markets are weaker than during the ECB's big rate-hiking push in 2022. It also makes it harder to invest in renewables and clean tech, the very investments that would give us more stable energy prices in the long run.

We've seen this before. In 2021-22, a similar shock hit us because of Russian aggression in Ukraine. The ECB hiked rates then too, and it simply hasn't learned from it.

The truth is: it's the world's reliance on fossil fuels that keeps creating these shocks. 🌍

The ECB can and should use its mechanisms for a cleaner planet - and as a tool for real, long-term price stability. A good start would be offering favourable rates for strategic investments in the energy transition.

08/09/2026

🚨Final hours to apply! Our Finance and Operations Manager role closes on 9 September at midnight CET.

Don't let this one slip by - it's your chance to lead the financial and operational side of Positive Money Europe's work for a fairer economy.

📅 Apply before midnight: https://positivemoney.org/vacancy/finance-and-operations-manager-2026/

Shifting power from big banks to people. We collaborate with policymakers, the public and economists around the world so we can redesign our economic system for a better world and a healthy planet.

01/09/2026

💡Behind every report we publish on monetary reform, or every campaign for a better economic system, is a grant budget that had to balance. We're a Finance and Operations Manager to lead that work - for someone who's as passionate about numbers as they are about fixing the financial system.

📍 Brussels, hybrid
💰 Permanent contract, €3,819.36/month
🕓 Full or part-time
📅 Deadline: September 9th

Shifting power from big banks to people. We collaborate with policymakers, the public and economists around the world so we can redesign our economic system for a better world and a healthy planet.

26/08/2026

Still got some summer reading/watching/listening to do? 🌞

Check out our 2026 recommendations list - books, films, podcasts and more on money, energy and climate.

Positive Money Europe's 2026 summer list: books, films and podcasts on money, energy politics, and climate change.

19/08/2026

❓Know someone who's excellent with budgets and genuinely cares about economic justice?

We're a Finance and Operations Manager to lead our grant finances and operations - the work that makes the rest of our advocacy possible.
✨ Permanent contract, hybrid working, great benefits
✨ Small team, real impact
✨ Full-time or part-time from 50%

Tag them, or apply yourself 👇
https://positivemoney.org/vacancy/finance-and-operations-manager-2026/

Shifting power from big banks to people. We collaborate with policymakers, the public and economists around the world so we can redesign our economic system for a better world and a healthy planet.

14/08/2026

🚀 We're ! Finance and Operations Manager, in Brussels.

If you're great with numbers and want that skill to go toward something bigger than another company's bottom line - this is it. You'd lead the financial management of our grants and help keep Positive Money Europe's fight for a fairer economic system funded and running.

💶 Lead grant budgets and funder reporting
📊 Manage day-to-day finance admin
🗂️ Coordinate HR, payroll, procurement and Board logistics

✅ Permanent contract
✅ €3,819.36/month gross, full-time (part-time from 50% possible)
✅ Hybrid working, Brussels + home
✅ Strong benefits package (pension, health insurance, meal vouchers & more)

📅 Apply by September 9th: https://positivemoney.org/vacancy/finance-and-operations-manager-2026/

12/08/2026

FACTS:
🔥The bill from this summer’s across the hardest-hit Eurozone countries has already cost €3.1 billion.
💧Dried-up rivers (such as the Rhine and the Danube) are choking German logistics (petro-chemical, heavy industry) and forcing nuclear power plants to scale back operations.
📉According to the European Central Bank, the Middle East crisis and rising fuel prices have shattered consumer sentiment, dragging down demand.
🌾30% of global fertiliser trade normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz, directly threatening global food production.
🌡️According to Oxford Economics, will be a stronger upward driver of food prices next year than the war itself.

THE QUESTION:
Faced with these external shocks, how will the ECB react? Do central bankers honestly believe that raising interest rates according to the old playbook will make water flow back into the rivers, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, or extinguish the wildfires?

It is crystal clear that the we are experiencing, driven by climate change and supply shocks, has nothing to do with the excess demand traditional models assume. Economists and the public can already see this reality.

What are central bankers waiting for to act and adopt a truly green monetary policy?

24/07/2026

Have you heard that the will threaten your privacy, replace cash, or destabilise banks?

None of this is true - but the myths keep spreading, often pushed by industries that don't want a public alternative to their services.

As EU negotiations enter a crucial stage, we break down the 4 most common myths about the digital euro and explain what's really at stake for YOUR money. 🧵

Read it here:

As the digital euro enters trilogue talks, we debunk 4 persistent myths - from privacy fears to claims it will destabilise banks and replace cash.

20/07/2026

What's on our summer reading (and watching, and listening) list? 📖🎬🎧

Every year we round up the books, films and podcasts that have shaped how we think about money, power and the economy. This year: central banking, the politics of energy, climate displacement, and the hidden economics of women's empowerment.

Take a look - you might find your next favourite read, or movie, or podcast 👇

Positive Money Europe's 2026 summer list: books, films and podcasts on money, energy politics, and climate change.