EU: Wim mimics Alan, but ECB still far from fed

ARTICLE - European Central Bank president Wim Duisenberg is giving the impression he wants the same level of powerful influence over monetary policy as his counterpart at the Federal Reserve.

First published by Dow Jones

But U.S. strategists warn this doesn't mean the ECB is suddenly going to start acting more like the Fed, or Duisenberg like its chairman, Alan Greenspan.

Regarded by some critics as having poor communications skills and a lack of market savvy, Duisenberg surprised many of them

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