Wim's wait

FEATURE - The European Central Bank is extending its "wait and see" policy from interest rates to the equally delicate matter of high-level appointments, reported Friday's FT in London.

It is five months since the bank last changed rates - and little that ECB president Wim Duisenberg said yesterday indicated an imminent move.

But he did have one surprise for his audience. He said he did not expect two important ECB personnel decisions to be dealt with until next year.

One concerns his own successor

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