National Bank of Belgium
Interview: Peter Praet
Fortis’s collapse all too well illustrated the difficulties in saving cross-border European banks. But the ideal solution, a European crisis resolution authority, remains a distant dream. However, there is an existing, yet perhaps unusual, candidate from…
NBB’s Praet backs DG Competition for EU resolution authority
National Bank of Belgium’s Peter Praet says Directorate General for Competition could play credible role in resolving failed banks
Banks should not rely on CDS spreads for credit risk
National Bank of Belgium study highlights a number of shortfalls in policymakers’ use of CDS spreads as an indicator for bank risk
NBB: Macroeconomics not to blame for financial turmoil
Belgian central bank paper looks at the consequences the financial crisis on macroeconomics with a study of Keynes and Lucas.
NBB: research department’s role in central banks vital to policy
Belgium National Bank looks at role of research departments in the bridging gap between policymakers and academics
ECB appoints new directors general
The ECB names new heads for information systems and human resources
Lamfalussy godfather of BIS’s macroprudence
National Bank of Belgium paper shows Alexandre Lamfalussy as the originator of the macroprudential approach to stability
Belgium and euro area will not face deflation
Policymakers’ swift adoption of expansionary policies will prevent Belgian and Euro area economies from spiralling deep into deflation, argues the National Bank of Belgium
A fifth of prices change each month in Belgium
National Bank of Belgium examines how frequently prices change in Belgium
Basel Committee's Praet on the crisis
Justin Keay spoke with the executive director of the National Bank of Belgium (responsible for international cooperation and stability) about the regulatory implications of the current financial crisis
Lamfalussy: the college years
The National Bank of Belgium has published a working paper analysing the work of the young Alexandre Lamfalussy.
Sacking preferable to lower pay for firms
Firms prefer to sack workers rather than cut their pay, a new paper from the National Bank of Belgium reveals.
National Bank of Belgium - Annual Report 2007
The changing environment in which the National Bank of Belgium is evolving has greatly altered its personnel needs, says the central bank in its latest Annual Report.
Markets obey laws of nature not math: NBB's Praet
The "once in a century" credit crisis demands a fundamental re-think in the way we view, and regulate, financial systems, Peter Praet, an executive director at the National Bank of Belgium and a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, has…
National Bank of Belgium revamps website
The National Bank of Belgium re-launched its website on Monday in a bid to enhance access to its services and better publicise its work.
Where New-Keynesian models fall short
New-Keynesian monetary models' assumptions do not fully reflect the complexity of price behaviour, a paper published by the National Bank of Belgium states.
Quaden on the Financial Stability Committee
In a speech on the 'Installation of the Financial Stability Committee' given on 30 July Guy Quaden of the National Bank of Belgium said that this new Committee and the far more historic institutions from which it emanates are firmly resolved that they…
National Bank of Belgium - Annual Report 2002
The National Bank of Belgium has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2002.
A spring-cleaning for the Eurosystem
As the Eurosystem prepares for the arrival of new members, it has first to attend to some housekeeping. A report by Nick Carver
Speech by Governor of the National Bank of Belgium
SPEECH - Speech by Guy Quaden, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium in Ottawa, 30 November. In the speech titled 'The Monetary Policy of the European Central Bank and the Economic outlook in the Euro Area' Guy Quaden said that the introduction of…
Speech by Governor of the National Bank of Belgium
SPEECH - Speech by Guy Quaden, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium at the 23rd SUERF Colloquium Brussels, 27 October.
Litas banknotes well protected - experts
LITHUANIA - The Lithuanian national currency banknotes have more security features than the new E.U. currency, the euro, the central Bank of Lithuania said following visit by experts from the National Bank of Belgium.
Survey on the Introduction of the Euro
RESEARCH - The National Bank of Belgium is conducting a new survey among enterprises concerning the introduction of the euro. The object of this survey is to assess their degree of preparedness for the changeover to the single currency and to evaluate…
US, Europe need not follow same policies-Issing
EUROPE - European Central Bank board member Otmar Issing said on Apr 23 globalization did not mean the United States and Europe needed to follow the same policies.