European Central Bank (ECB)
Speech by Sirkka Hamalainen of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech delivered by Dr. Sirkka Hamalainen, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, 12th Wirtschaftssymposium, "Global Business - Redefining the Challenge", European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, 5 October.
Rates and price goals in harmony - Hamalainen
GERMANY - European Central Bank executive board member Sirkka Hamalainen said Friday 5 October in a speech that the ECB continues to pursue a "steady-hand" monetary policy, rather than an activist one following the 11 September terrorist attacks in the U…
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Euro banknotes to be produced until 31 December 2001.
Speech by Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa of the ECB
SPEECH - Keynote address of Mr. Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at the EU Commission conference, Payments in euro in the Internal Market, Brussels, 24 September.
Speech by Prof. Eugenio Domingo Solans of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech by Prof. Eugenio Domingo Solans, Member of the Governing Council and the Executive Board of the European Central Bank. Delivered at the Euro 2002 Information Campaign conference, hosted by Banca d'Italia. Rome, 18 September.
Speech by Ms Sirkka Hamalainen ECB Board Member
SPEECH - Speech delivered by Ms Sirkka Hamalainen, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, Old Age, New Economy and Central Banking Conference, organised by CEPR/ESI and Suomen Pankki, 14 September, Helsinki.
ECB probes fishy tale of Dutch euro bank note
GERMANY - The European Central Bank was investigating an embarrassing breach of security on Monday after a man used a five-euro note to buy fish food from a Dutch shop three months before the single currency becomes legal tender.
Speech by Wim Duisenberg President of the ECB
SPEECH - Speech delivered by Dr. Willem F. Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank at the inauguration ceremony of the Second Swedish National Pension Fund, Gothenburg, 26 September.
ECB Press Release - Monetary policy decisions
ECB PRESS RELEASE - At today's meeting the Governing Council of the ECB decided that the minimum bid rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 3.75%,…
Euro zone rates kept on hold
EUROPE - The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept eurozone interest rates on hold.
ECB puts yen under pressure
EUROPE - The European Central Bank (ECB) has intervened in the foreign exchange markets, buying euros and selling yen, in an attempt to weaken the Japanese currency.
ECB Monthly Bulletin - September 2001
REPORT - The European Central Bank published its regular Monthly Bulletin on 20 September.
Europe's bank confident of quick recovery
EUROPE - The European Central Bank expressed confidence yesterday that the eurozone would recover quickly from an economic slowdown made worse by last week's terrorist attacks in the US.
US and ECB slash rates 0.5% to stabilise markets
INTEREST RATES - Monday 17 September saw both the ECB and US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5 percent. The Us move failed to stop substantial falls on the US stock market.
ECB Press release - Interest rate decision
NEWS RELEASE - Monetary policy decisions, 17 September.
Euro 2002 Information Campaign the EURO. OUR money
SPEECH - Speech delivered by Dr. Willem F. Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank at the conference hosted by Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) on 17 September 2001 in Helsinkiat the Marina Congress Centre.
ECB Duisenberg: Comment on the Fed rate cut
FINLAND - European Central Bank President Wim Duisenberg said Monday 17 September that he had been informed of the U.S. Federal Reserve decision to cut interest rates by 50 basis points, but declined to comment on the ECB's own plans.
Central banks boost anti-crisis moves
WORLD - Central banks around the world have stepped up their efforts to minimise the economic and financial-market fallout from the US attacks.
ECB stresses resilience of US system
EUROPE - The European Central Bank sought yesterday to bolster confidence in world financial markets by saying that Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the US would not damage the US economic system.
ECB Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - ECB expresses its grief and holds interest rates steady for now.
Wim Duisenberg testimony to European Parliament
SPEECH - Testimony before the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament with the President of the European Central Bank, in accordance with Article 113(3) of the Treaty on European Union.
ECB confirms council meeting Thursday as planned
GERMANY - The European Central Bank confirmed on Wednesday 12 Sep that its policymaking Governing Council will meet as planned here on Thursday for its regular fortnightly policy review.
Clearing and settlement of securities: in Europe
SPEECH - Speech by Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at the Symposium of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Payment and Securities Settlement Systems in Germany against the Background of European and International…
The stability-oriented monetary policy of the ECB
SPEECH - Luncheon speech by Christian Noyer, Vice-President of the European Central Bank, at the conference organised by HSBC CCF Securities, Paris, 6 September.