European Central Bank (ECB)
Payments end-users bemoan lack of Sepa dialogue
Payment Systems End User Committee (EUC) labels consultation on the Single Euro Payments Area insufficient
External consumption habits impact monetary policy
European Central Bank considers implications of consumption on monetary policy
Pay cuts in Luxembourg rare
European Central Bank assesses the degree of wage flexibility in Luxembourg
Frankfurt forces Rome gold backtrack
Government changes plans for a new tax on central bank gold sales
Italy to amend tax on gold on ECB opinion
Rome set to cut tax on gold after European Central Bank challenges levy
European Central Bank – July Monthly Bulletin
ECB calls on euro-area governments to prepare fiscal exit strategies
Trichet says toxic clean-up needed
European Central Bank’s Jean-Claude Trichet says dealing with toxic assets is key to credit availability
Forged euro notes surge by 17%
Counterfeit banknotes seized in first half of this year have face value of €19.3m
Foreign demand for euro banknotes on the rise
European Central Bank shows that 2008 saw a strong increase in the demand for euro-cash outside the euro area
Eurozone banks pay heed to ECB’s debit card calls
Euro-area banks proposing system to rival MasterCard and Visa
German finance minister warns ECB on liquidity overhang
Peer Steinbrück joins Angela Merkel in warning of potential inflationary impact of central bank’s extraordinary measures
ECB's Tumpel-Gugerell confident of adding sterling to T2S
Tumpel-Gugerell believes Bank of England can be convinced to participate in pan-European securities-settlement platform
Banks benefit more in bank-firm relationships
European Central Bank analyses the effects of bank-firm governance links on the global syndicated loan market
Central concerns
José Manuel González-Páramo, a member of the ECB’s executive board, talks to Risk about the role of the central bank and the need for greater oversight and transparency in the derivatives market
Weaker CBs must work harder in face of shock
Central banks with less credibility must work harder to combat a cost shock
Eurozone inflation negative for the first time
Euro-area inflation has headed below zero
ECB board member speaks on financial crisis role
José Manuel González-Páramo gives a keynote speech at RiskEurope on the role of central banks in a financial crisis.
OECD calls on ECB to cut rates
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has urged the European Central Bank (ECB) to cut rates further.
Gonzalez-Paramo on the future of central banking
In this speech, Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo, a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank, argues that the crisis "will bring about a new environment for policy-making in a number of areas related to central banking."
EU central bankers to pick stability board head
The head of the European Central Bank (ECB) will no longer automatically become the head of the proposed European Systemic Risk Board following objections from the United Kingdom, and several central and eastern European countries.