Wim Duisenberg
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.
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.
French drop hope of replacing Duisenberg
GERMANY - France is apparently abandoning its hopes of replacing Dutch European Central Bank President Wim Duisenberg with a French president in 2002, when half of his eight-year term will be up, reports Der Spiegel.
The Information Campaign - Euro 2002
SPEECH - Wim Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank gave a speech titled 'The Information Campaign - Euro 2002' in Paris on 10 July. The speech is in French.
Presentation of the ECB's Annual Report 2000
SPEECH - Introductory statement delivered by Dr. Willem F. Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank to the European Parliament, Strasbourg, 3 July 2001.
ECB President on the success of European EMU
SPEECH - President of the European Central Bank, Dr. Willem F. Duisenberg, on the occasion of the annual conference of the Ifo Institute in Munich on 26 June 2001.
Hong Kong Financial Secretary meets ECB President
GERMANY - Hong Kong's Financial Secretary, Mr Antony Leung, held talks on 27 June with the President of the European Central Bank, Mr Willem Duisenberg.
Euro 2002 Information Campaign
SPEECH - Wim Duisenberg, has delivered a speech at a conference hosted by the Central Bank of Ireland, in Dublin on 20 June at the Bank of Ireland's Arts Centre.
Eichel supports ECB's Duisenberg
GERMANY - German Finance Minister Hans Eichel has lent his support to the European Central Bank's oft-criticized president, Wim Duisenberg, German business newspaper reported on 21 June.
German and French central bankers back strong euro
EUROPE - French and German central bankers have reacted to sharp rises in inflation within the euro-zone by reaffirming their support for a stronger euro and expressing confidence about the longer-term inflation outlook.
Trichet says there are no divisions on ECB council
FRANCE - Bank of France governor Jean-Claude Trichet said on 12 June that the governing council of the European Central Bank spoke with one voice and had no real difference of opinion with eurozone finance ministers.
ECB keeps interest rates on hold
EUROPE - The European Central Bank has maintained the key interest rate for the 12 countries within the eurozone at 4.5%.
Duisenberg speech on central bank responsibilities
SPEECH - Wim Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank, gave a speech at the Central Bankers' Panel at the International Monetary Conference, Singapore on 4 June. The speech was titled What exactly is the responsibility of central banks of large…
Stable Europe important to growth - Duisenberg
SINGAPORE - European Central Bank (ECB) President Wim Duisenberg told delegates at the International Monetary Conference in Singapore on 4 June that economic stability in the euro zone was the best contribution Europe could make to world growth.
ECB chief predicts success for euro notes launch
EUROPE - Wim Duisenberg, president of the European Central Bank, has insisted that the changeover to euro notes and coins on January 1 2002 would be a success, rejecting pleas for small denomination euro notes to be distributed to the public in advance.
Rebuke for UK chancellors ECB reform calls
UK - Gordon Brown has come under criticism from Ernst Welteke, who was speaking yesterday (29 May), for urging the ECB to improve its openness after just three years of operation.
Possible successors to Duisenberg listed
FRANCE - French Finance Minister Laurent Fabius, BNP Paribas Chairman Michel Pebereau, European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy and European Central Bank board member Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa are possible successors to ECB President Wim Duisenberg…
Duisenberg doing very good job - ECB's Mersch
LUXEMBOURG - European Central Bank council member Yves Mersch said that ECB President Wim Duisenberg's performance at the bank's helm had been 'very good' and that talk of his retirement was premature.
Supereconomies face clashes
EUROPE - Central bank politics is assuming an intriguing role in attempted reversal of the slowdown of the US economy and spreading effects on other parts of the world.
US is wrong to browbeat the ECB into cutting rates
GERMANY - America is wrong to try to browbeat the European Central Bank into cutting interest rates "I hear but I do not listen," remains the response of Wim Duisenberg, president of the European Central Bank, to the clamour for lower interest rates.
Euro rates held steady
EUROPE - The European Central Bank has decided to leave interest rates unchanged after a scheduled board meeting in Frankfurt on Apr 26.
Calls grow for ECB to cut rates
EUROPE - A United Nations body yesterday, Apr 24, called for the ECB to follow the lead of the US and cut interest rates if it wants to avoid a slide into recession.
O'Neill mystified by Europe's complacency-FT
EUROPE - Paul O'Neill, U.S. Treasury secretary, said on Apr 19 that he was "mystified" by European leaders' claims that Europe would not be affected much by a U.S. downturn, the Apr 20 overseas edition of the Financial Times reported.