European Central Bank (ECB)
ECB Monthly Bulletin, May 2002
REPORT - The European Central Bank published its April 2002 Monthly Bulletin on 9 May.
Noyer - euro upside not just due to dollar value
GERMANY - European Central Bank vice president Christian Noyer said the overvaluation of the US dollar on the currency markets is not the only reason why he is confident about the euro's upside potential.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Annual report of the Anti-Fraud Committee and the reply of the European Central Bank to the report, 3 May.
Duisenberg - ECB wants supervision structure role
GERMANY - European Central Bank president Wim Duisenberg said the ECB wants to play a key role in any move to increase cooperation between central banks and other financial sector supervisory authorities in the euro zone. He also spoke on Le Pen's threat…
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Monetary Policy Decisions, 2 May.
Eurozone interest rates left unchanged
EUROPE - Interest rates in the 12-nation eurozone have been kept on hold as expected at a regular ECB meeting held Thursday.
Flag protest
NETHERLANDS - The wife of the President of the European Central Bank hung a Palestinian flag from a second-floor balcony of their home here in protest against Israel's actions in the West Bank. Wim Duisenberg refused to comment on the stance taken by…
Transcript of interview with Ernst Welteke
FEATURE - The FT spoke to Ernst Welteke, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, on his visit to London on Monday 28 April. The interview was published on Wednesday and here we reproduce it in its entirety. He was sceptical about plans to publish the…
European Central Bank Working Paper
RESEARCH - On currency crises and contagion ECB Working Paper No. 139, by Marcel Fratzscher, April 2002.
Speech by the Governor, Bank of Greece, 22 Apr
SPEECH - In an introductory statement to the European Parliament Papademos conceded that an anonymous publication of the policymaking body's members' positions could enhance the transparency of ECB monetary policy and thereby provide financial markets…
European Central Bank Working Paper
RESEARCH - ECB Working Paper by Francesco Paolo Mongelli, "New" views on the optimum currency area theory: what is EMU telling us?, April 2002.
ECB gold reserves declined to 26 April
GERMANY - The European Central Bank said Tuesday that the Eurosystem's net reserves in gold and gold receivables declined by EUR306 million to EUR139.5 billion in the week ended 26 April.
Speech by Wim Duisenberg, ECB President, 24 Apr
SPEECH - Duisenberg, echoing comments from other ECB members, said in a speech on Wednesday that the bank's supervisory committee should play a key role in improving EU banking supervision.
Speech by Wim Duisenberg, ECB President, 19 Apr
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Some remarks on the euro in a US context' Duisenberg said the success of the European Central Bank's monetary policy must be judged over a "sufficiently extended period" of time.
European Central Bank - Annual Report 2001
ANNUAL REPORT - The European Central Bank has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2001.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - The European Central Bank's Annual Report 2001, 23 April 2002.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - New ECB Regulation in the field of minimum reserves, 23 April.
Speech by Christian Noyer of the ECB, 23 Apr
SPEECH - European Central Bank Vice President Christian Noyer repeated Tuesday that an economic recovery is in place for the euro zone this year, although uncertainty remains about the strength of the rebound. He was giving the introductory statement at…
European Parliament Press Release, 23 April
PRESS RELEASE - All clear for new ECB Vice-President.
ECB's Noyer sees gold's role as reserve declining
GERMANY - Outgoing European Central Bank Vice President Christian Noyer said on Tuesday that the role of gold in central bank reserves was declining but was still part of central bank credibility.
ECB report says conditions right for recovery
GERMANY - European Central Bank chief Wim Duisenberg said on Tuesday conditions were right for a euro zone economic recovery although there was still uncertainty about its strength.
No need for more transparency at ECB says Noyer
BELGIUM - European Central Bank Vice President Christian Noyer said on Tuesday there was no reason for the time being to increase the banks transparency by publishing minutes of the ECB's closed-door meetings, but did not rule it at some point in the…
G7 didn't discuss exchange rates says Duisenberg
US - Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven leading industrial nations didn't discuss foreign exchange during their meeting Saturday, "apart from the usual statements," European Central Bank President Wim Duisenberg said.
Opinion of the Governing Council of the ECB
REPORT - Opinion of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank of 18 April 2002 on a recommendation from the Council of the European Union on the appointment of the Vice-President of the European Central Bank.
