National Bank of Austria
Wolfgang Schmitz: an innovator of exchange rate policies
In this obituary, Karl Socher recalls the contribution of the former governor of the Austrian central bank to the development the post-Bretton Woods system
Why central banks should look at liquidity risk
Recent legal and market developments have alerted public authorities and industry bodies to the perils of liquidity risk risk, write Stefan W. Schmitz and Andreas Ittner
Austrian mint ready to recycle notes and coins
AUSTRIA - Austrian federal mint Muenze Oesterreich, a subsidiary of central bank Oesterreichische Nationalbank (ONB), is preparing to begin melting down schilling coins following the introduction of the euro on 1 January.
Austrian central bank warns of forged euro notes
AUSTRIA - Wolfgang Duchatczek, a director of central bank Oesterreichische Nationalbank (ONB), has warned Austrian consumers to be on the look-out for forged euro banknotes following the launch of the new European single currency on 1 January 2002.
Speech by Bank of England Governor
SPEECH - The Governor of the Bank of England, Edward George, has spoken at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank Economics Conference in Vienna.
ECB's Liebscher calls for c.bank supervisory role
SPEECH - ECB council member Klaus Liebscher called for Europe's national central banks to continue to play a key role in banking supervision, saying their close contact with commercial banks helped to prevent crises.
Current role of national central banks in the ESCB
This paper by Eduard Hochreiter describes in some detail the tasks currently performed by the national central banks of the Eurosystem, using the Oesterreichische Nationalbank as an example. it does so against the background of the regime shift to the…
M&A Bank attracts attention of Austrian regulator
Unconfirmed reports suggest that the Austrian finance supervisory authority has decided to bring forward a routine inspection of M&A Bank, a Vienna-based institution specialising in managing the assets of wealthy private customers. M&A Bank has attracted…
Austrian central bank expects record 2000 profit
Austrian central bank expects to post a record profit in the region of Sch 22bn in 2000. Of this figure, around Sch 18bn will be transferred to the federal government in the form of a dividend. This compares with a profit of Sch 18bn in 1999.
EDS, Orga win Austrian gov't smartcard contract
The Austrian government yesterday provisionally awarded a much delayed smart card contract to US-based Electronic Data Systems Corp and German chipcard manufacturer Orga Kartensysteme. The smart cards will be issued to the approximately eight million…
The euro - a stable anchor for Europe: Liebscher
Dr Klaus Liebscher, governor of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, gives a speech at a conference in Budapest entitled "Hungarian capital markets: On the verge of convergence".
Liebscher on globalisation of financial markets
On the occasion of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank's conference "Financial Crisis - A Never-Ending Story ?", governor Klaus Liebscher highlighted the roles of public policy and central banks in a highly dynamic and complex transformation process of our…
Tumpel-Gugerell: The eternal financial crisis?
Financial crises may hit anywhere, may affect any market, any country, any region, and may erupt all of a sudden, underlined OeNB vice governor Tumpel-Gugerell in her address on the occasion of the opening of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank's 1999 East…