European Central Bank (ECB)
Speech by Wim Duisenberg, President of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech by Dr. Willem F. Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank. In the speech titled 'Current fiscal and monetary policy issues in the euro area' Wim Duisenberg repeated that exerting political pressure on the central bank would…
ECB Monthly Bulletin, December 2001
REPORT - The European Central Bank has published its Monthly Report for December 2001, released 12 December. The report said euro zone growth was likely to stay weak early next year but that an upturn was expected over the course of 2002.
ECB Noyer - Wise for China to boost euro forex
CHINA - European central bank Vice President Christian Noyer said Tuesday it was "a very wise decision" for Chinese authorities to choose to boost the amount of euros in the country's foreign exchange holdings.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - European Central Bank Decisions on the issue of euro banknotes and on the allocation of monetary income, 6 December 2001.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Monetary policy decisions, 6 December 2001.
ECB Press Conference
PRESS CONFERENCE - Introductory statement by Willem F. Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank and Christian Noyer, Vice-President of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt, 6 December.
ECB holds rates steady
EUROPE - The European Central Bank (ECB) has left its key interest rate unchanged at 3.25% on Thursday at its last meeting before the introduction of euro notes and coins in January.
ECB Noyer - Little M3 impact from euro changeover
GERMANY - European Central Bank Vice President Christian Noyer said Thursday that the bank doesn't expect the changeover to euro notes and coins next year to have a significant impact on M3 money supply growth.
Duisenberg - Current ECB rates appropriate
GERMANY - European Central Bank President Wim Duisenberg Thursday justified the central bank's decision to leave interest rates unchanged by saying recent data confirmed the ECB's view that there are no immediate dangers for price stability in the euro…
Germany's CEI - Further ECB rate cuts unnecessary
GERMANY - There's no need for the European Central Bank to cut interest rates any further in coming weeks, the head of Germany's Center for European Integration Studies said.
European Central Bank Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - New ECB Regulation in the field of money and banking statistics, 22 November.
ECB gold reserves unchanged 30 November
EUROPE - The Eurosystem's net reserves in gold and gold receivables was unchanged at EUR128.23 billion for the week ended 30 November, the European Central Bank said Tuesday.
ECB post findings on how rate moves affect economy
GERMANY - Ordinary Europeans may quickly get used to the new euro notes and coins that begin circulating in a few weeks, but it may be years before the European Central Bank fully understands the functioning of the new economy created by the common…
Speech by Eugenio Domingo Solans of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech delivered by Prof. Eugenio Domingo Solans, member of the Governing Council and of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), at the Chapelle des Brigittines, Brussels, 19 November.
Speech by Eugenio Domingo Solans of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech delivered by Prof. Eugenio Domingo Solans, member of the Governing Council and of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) at the CEPR/ECB Workshop on Issues in the Measurement of Price Indices,Frankfurt, 16 November.
Speech by Otmar Issing of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech by Professor Otmar Issing, member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank at the CEPR/ECB Workshop on issues in the measurement of price indices, Frankfurt, 16 November.
ECB may see rotating scheme with new members
GERMANY - The European Central Bank's policy making council might opt for a system similar to that of the U.S. Federal Reserve once the single currency area expands, ECB President Wim Duisenberg said on Friday 23 November.
Speech by Wim Duisenberg, President of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech by Dr. Willem F. Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank, at the Frankfurt European Banking Congress, at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, 23 November.
Austrian c bank - ECB not relaxing stability pact
AUSTRIA - Austrian central bank Governor Klaus Liebscher Friday said the European Central Bank's stance on the euro-zone's Stability and Growth Pact won't be relaxed.
ECB's Trichet gives little away on rates
EUROPE - European Central Bank Governing Council member and Bank of France Governor Jean-Claude Trichet gave little indication in a German newspaper interview Saturday of when the ECB might cut interest rates again.
ECB Duisenberg - EU enlargement no threat to euro
GERMANY - The planned enlargement of the European Union by a number of accession countries poses no threat to the euro currency, European Central Bank President Wim Duisenberg said Friday.
ECB Issing - Euro undervalued deficit targets stay
SPAIN - European Central Bank Chief Economist Otmar Issing said Friday that the euro is undervalued and that he remains confident that the currency's value will rise in the future.
Speech by Wim Duisenberg, President of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech delivered by Dr. Willem F. Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank at the plenary session of European Union Committee of the Regions, Brussels, 14 November.
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.