National Bank of Belgium
Financial crisis leaves questions over future of banking: Luc Coene
Belgian governor says with huge reforms beginning to take effect, it is impossible to accurately predict the future state of the banking sector in Belgium
National Bank of Belgium – Consumer Survey (April 2011)
National Bank of Belgium April 2011 Consumer Survey shows pick-up in consumer confidence in April
Belgium unveils financial health indicator
National Bank of Belgium designs financial health indicator to monitor risk of company failures; says probability of bankruptcy higher than 25% for least financially sound
Belgium modernises central bank statute
National Bank of Belgium calls extraordinary general meeting to discuss changes to statute governing central bank; attempts to avoid repeat of historic legal battle debacle over ancient wording
Belgium’s Quaden quits
National Bank of Belgium governor Guy Quaden to leave in March; continued lack of unity in government raises concerns over central bank’s leadership
Belgium’s Praet to be nominated to ECB executive board
Eurozone finance ministers recommend National Bank of Belgium executive director Peter Praet to European Central Bank executive board
Belgium’s Praet, ex-Slovak deputy Kohútiková up for ECB board
National Bank of Belgium executive director Peter Praet and former National Bank of Slovakia deputy governor Elena Kohútiková nominated for ECB executive board seat to be vacated by Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell
Belgium’s Quaden defends IMF
National Bank of Belgium governor Guy Quaden says political independence of Fund makes its surveillance meaningful
National Bank of Belgium - Financial Stability Review (2010)
National Bank of Belgium's financial stability review outlines shortcomings of government law passed on banking recovery measures
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.