European Central Bank (ECB)

ECB Working Paper Series

RESEARCH - Performance of monetary policy with internal central bank forecasting, by Seppo Honkapohja and Kaushik Mitra, February 2002, ECB Working Paper No. 127.

Speech by Christian Noyer of the ECB

SPEECH - Noyer called the speech 'Success factors of the euro and the ECB' and said the euro is undervalued against the dollar, but added it was "very difficult" to tell when the euro would rebound, 13 February.

Speech by Eugenio Domingo Solans of the ECB

SPEECH - Eugenio Domingo Solans, Miembro del Consejo de Gobierno y del Comite Ejecutivo del Banco Central Europeo, Intervencion en el Foro Financiero 2002 de ABC, Madrid, 11 de febrero del 2002. This speech is only in Spanish, 11 February.

Greek c banker Papademos may replace Noyer

GREECE - Greek central bank governor Lucas Papademos is emerging as a frontrunner to become the European Central Bank's next vice president, European Commission and Greek government sources said Thursday.

Wim Duisenberg's legacy

FEATURE - Wim Duisenberg, the Dutchman who has headed the European Central Bank (ECB) since its inception, is standing down in July next year.

ECB Press Release

PRESS RELEASE - ECB recognises partners' valuable contribution to the smooth introduction of the euro banknotes and coins 5 February.

EU heads of state to decide next no. 2 at ECB

FRANCE - French finance minister Laurent Fabius said Sunday that the issue of who replaces European Central Bank Vice President Christian Noyer at the end of May is a matter for European Union heads of state to decide.

Welteke sees no need for rate cuts now - report

PORTUGAL - Current European Central Bank interest rates are appropriate and there is no need for a cut at this time, Bundesbank President and ECB governing council member Ernst Welteke said in a newspaper interview published Friday.

ECB on collision course over plan to regulate EU

EUROPE - The European Central Bank has put itself on a collision course with European financial regulators, including Britain's Financial Services Authority, over the ECB's ambitions to play a role in banking supervision.

Wellink - Euro may add 0.25% to Dutch inflation

NETHERLANDS - Dutch Central Bank President and European Central Bank governing council board member Nout Wellink said Monday he expected the introduction of the euro to add around a quarter of a percentage point to inflation in the Netherlands.

Decision on Noyer successor possible in March

GERMANY - A decision on the successor to European Central Bank Vice President Christian Noyer is possible at the forthcoming EU summit in March, the Boersen-Zeitung reports, citing EU currency affairs commissioner Pedro Solbes.

ECB head predicts harmonisation call

EUROPE - Wim Duisenberg, European Central Bank president, yesterday forecast the introduction of euro notes and coins would lead to public demand for more harmonisation in the European Union, with particular focus on taxes.

Testimony of Wim Duisenberg, ECB President

SPEECH - In his testimony to the European Parliament Duisenberg said that "the psychological impact of the cash changeover has given a great boost to the feeling of fraternisation" among Europeans, he said. "The public will start to exert pressure on…

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