European Central Bank (ECB)
Speech by Wim Duisenberg, ECB President, 9 May
SPEECH - The European Central Bank president was in Aachen, Germany, today to receive the annual international Charlemagne prize. But Duisenberg's aides rush to make clear that Aachen's city fathers have not actually chosen an individual this year but a…
Speech by Sirkka Hamalainen of the ECB, 30 Apr
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Consolidation in the European securities infrastructure - what is needed?' Hamalainen said that "By eliminating currency segmentation, the introduction of the euro has naturally been a major factor in the integration of…
The single monetary policy in the euro area
REPORT - ECB publication, General documentation on Eurosystem monetary policy instruments and procedures, 26 April, (update of the November 2000 edition).
ECB Padoa-Schioppa - 'excessive' talk on inflation
ITALY - European Central Bank board member Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa said the central bank has to monitor with attention the current level of euro-zone consumer prices which remain above 2.0 pct year-on-year, but believes it is "excessive" to describe the…
Speech by T Padoa-Schioppa of the ECB, 29 Apr
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Competition, co-operation, public action: Three necessary drivers for European financial integration' Padoa-Schioppa expressed the benefits of the euro when saying "Market segmentation - the opposite of integration - is…
Speech by Otmar Issing of the ECB, 29 Apr
SPEECH - In a speech titled 'Monetary Policy in an Environment of Global Financial Markets' Issing said "Understanding global financial linkages is important, not least from the perspective of a central banker. Further integration of European financial…
Papademos underlines importance of M3
GERMANY - ECB vice-president designate Lucas Papademos said he supports the first pillar of the ECB's monetary policy strategy and that analysis of M3 money supply growth should continue.
Eurosystem reserves down 0.1 bln eur to 10 May
GERMANY - The European Central Bank said eurosystem net foreign currency reserves fell 0.1 bln eur to 258.2 bln in the week ending 10 May on account of customer and portfolio transactions.
Eurozone economy to grow 2.5% at year-end
SPAIN - The rate of economic recovery in the eurozone is unclear but the economy should probably be growing at about 2.5 per cent at the end of this year, European Central Bank (ECB) vice-president Christian Noyer said on Sunday.
Speech by Wim Duisenberg, ECB President, 8 May
SPEECH - In a speech titled 'What are the political consequences of the euro?' Duisenberg said that money is one of the most powerful symbols of a common identity and it is now shared by the 12 European countries of the eurozone.
ECB Monthly Bulletin, May 2002
REPORT - The European Central Bank published its April 2002 Monthly Bulletin on 9 May.
Noyer - euro upside not just due to dollar value
GERMANY - European Central Bank vice president Christian Noyer said the overvaluation of the US dollar on the currency markets is not the only reason why he is confident about the euro's upside potential.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Annual report of the Anti-Fraud Committee and the reply of the European Central Bank to the report, 3 May.
Duisenberg - ECB wants supervision structure role
GERMANY - European Central Bank president Wim Duisenberg said the ECB wants to play a key role in any move to increase cooperation between central banks and other financial sector supervisory authorities in the euro zone. He also spoke on Le Pen's threat…
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Monetary Policy Decisions, 2 May.
Eurozone interest rates left unchanged
EUROPE - Interest rates in the 12-nation eurozone have been kept on hold as expected at a regular ECB meeting held Thursday.
Flag protest
NETHERLANDS - The wife of the President of the European Central Bank hung a Palestinian flag from a second-floor balcony of their home here in protest against Israel's actions in the West Bank. Wim Duisenberg refused to comment on the stance taken by…
Transcript of interview with Ernst Welteke
FEATURE - The FT spoke to Ernst Welteke, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, on his visit to London on Monday 28 April. The interview was published on Wednesday and here we reproduce it in its entirety. He was sceptical about plans to publish the…
European Central Bank Working Paper
RESEARCH - On currency crises and contagion ECB Working Paper No. 139, by Marcel Fratzscher, April 2002.
Speech by the Governor, Bank of Greece, 22 Apr
SPEECH - In an introductory statement to the European Parliament Papademos conceded that an anonymous publication of the policymaking body's members' positions could enhance the transparency of ECB monetary policy and thereby provide financial markets…
European Central Bank Working Paper
RESEARCH - ECB Working Paper by Francesco Paolo Mongelli, "New" views on the optimum currency area theory: what is EMU telling us?, April 2002.
ECB gold reserves declined to 26 April
GERMANY - The European Central Bank said Tuesday that the Eurosystem's net reserves in gold and gold receivables declined by EUR306 million to EUR139.5 billion in the week ended 26 April.
Speech by Wim Duisenberg, ECB President, 24 Apr
SPEECH - Duisenberg, echoing comments from other ECB members, said in a speech on Wednesday that the bank's supervisory committee should play a key role in improving EU banking supervision.
Speech by Wim Duisenberg, ECB President, 19 Apr
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'Some remarks on the euro in a US context' Duisenberg said the success of the European Central Bank's monetary policy must be judged over a "sufficiently extended period" of time.