France
Another month of agony for ECB hopeful Trichet
FRANCE - Bank of France chief Jean-Claude Trichet will have to wait until the end of April to know whether French state prosecutors want him tried over a bank scandal that has hurt his hopes of becoming European Central Bank president reports Reuters.
ECB's Noyer questions strong dlr after US tariffs
FRANCE - European Central Bank Vice President Christian Noyer on Wednesday said the U.S. dollar was over valued against the euro and suggested new U.S. steel tariffs were the latest evidence of this.
ECB Issing says eurozone econ hit bottom in '01
FRANCE - Europe's economic slowdown hit bottom at the end of last year and growth should be back above 2% by the end of 2002, European Central Bank Chief Economist Otmar Issing says in an interview with Les Echos Tuesday.
Labour mismatches plague euro zone
GERMANY - Austria has too many construction workers and too few hairdressers. France suffers from an abundance of woodworkers but a shortage of nurses. These are some of the findings of an ECB report published today.
Eurogroup's Rato supports Trichet as ECB head
FRANCE - Rodrigo Rato, chairman of the group of EU finance ministers, on Thursday said the next president of the European Central Bank should be French and signalled his support to put Bank of France Governor Jean-Claude Trichet in the top job.
Spain sees ECB Noyer's succession settled in March
FRANCE - A successor to European Central Bank Vice President Christian Noyer will be chosen at a European Union summit in Barcelona in mid-March, Spanish Economy Minister Rogdrigo Rato said in an interview published on Thursday.
Speech by J.C. Trichet of Banque de France, 12 Feb
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'The Euro and the Monetary Union' Bank of France Governor Jean-Claude Trichet said there were signs that the European and United States economies were bottoming out after their recent slump. "As regards the present situation…
France bids tearless farewell to franc
FEATURE - After 650 years of history, the franc disappears this weekend with about as much ceremony as the muttered address at the funeral of a forgotten relative.
New ECB chief 'must be French'
EUROPE - The German government has said it is up to France to choose the successor to Wim Duisenberg as president of the European Central Bank (ECB).
Eighteen months of agony for ECB hopeful Trichet
FEATURE - As Wim Duisenberg announces the date when he will step down Bank of France Governor Jean-Claude Trichet has 18 months to fulfil France's dream that he will take Duisenberg's seat as president of the European Central Bank, the most powerful…
EU heads of state to decide next no. 2 at ECB
FRANCE - French finance minister Laurent Fabius said Sunday that the issue of who replaces European Central Bank Vice President Christian Noyer at the end of May is a matter for European Union heads of state to decide.
Court backs probe that hurts ECB hopeful Trichet
FRANCE - A French court refused on Thursday to scrap a banking scandal inquiry that is hurting Paris's hopes of making Bank of France Governor Jean-Claude Trichet president of the European Central Bank, a lawcourts official said.
How to find a president for the ECB
FRANCE - A short question and answer session about the European Central Bank presidency published in the London edition of the Financial Times, 24 January.
SocGen halt processing of checks from Israel banks
FRANCE - French bank Societe Generale SA (F.SGF) said Wednesday it has stopped accepting checks from its correspondent banks in Israel for a temporary period of two months amid the furore over an alleged money-laundering ring.
Bankers quizzed over money laundering
FRANCE - Daniel Bouton, chairman of Societe Generale, the French bank, has became the latest in a long line of prominent French businesspeople to fall foul of the country's investigating magistrates.
Speech by Dr Wellink of the Nederlandsche Bank
SPEECH - Speech by Dr. A.H.E.M. Wellink on the occasion of a symposium of the Banque de France on ' New Technologies and Monetary Policy, 30 November 2001.
Trichet says ECB leadership succession not an issu
FRANCE - Bank of France Governor Jean-Claude Trichet, also a member of the governing council of the European Central Bank, said on Wednesday the leadership succession of the ECB was not an issue.
Speech by Jean Claude Trichet of Banque de France
SPEECH - Speech by Jean Claude Trichet, Governor of the Banque de France, at the NIKKEI Euro Symposium, London, 5 November.
Bank of France euro workers go on 24 hour strike
FRANCE - Bank of France workers responsible for distributing euro notes went on strike for 24 hours on Tuesday, the latest in a series of labour disputes to disrupt the introduction of the single currency in France.
French strike threat to euro launch
FRANCE - A leading trade union from the French banking sector is planning to call a strike from 2 January.
€ Euro - French police break up euro strike
FRANCE - French riot police have forced their way into the only mint in the country producing euro coins, after a 10-day strike by workers over pay and conditions.
ECB's Trichet gives little away on rates
EUROPE - European Central Bank Governing Council member and Bank of France Governor Jean-Claude Trichet gave little indication in a German newspaper interview Saturday of when the ECB might cut interest rates again.
Trichet sees 0.3% growth in France in 4th quarter
FRANCE - Bank of France Governor Jean-Claude Trichet expects French economic growth at 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2001, following estimated 0.3% growth in the third quarter, according to an interview Monday in French daily newspaper La Croix.
OECD forecasts recovery
The OECD's forecasts, while acknowledging that the world may already be in recession, suggest that the recession may not be prolonged and it still expects a sharp recovery next year. "I don't see this as a severe global recession," Chief Economist…