Germany
Juncker takes hard line on ECB reform
GERMANY - Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker was quoted on 22 August as saying a future reform of the European Central Bank's Governing Council should retain the principle of the equality of euro zone countries.
Bundesbank Report
REPORT - The Deutsche Bundesbank has published its Monthly Report for July 2001.
German wise man says ECB need not follow Fed cut
GERMANY - Horst Siebert, a senior adviser to the German government, said on 21 August the European Central Bank did not need to follow the widely expected U.S. interest rate cut by trimming euro zone rates.
French/German growth difference not structural
GERMANY - France's economic growth has outpaced that of Germany for several years recently but the stronger growth was due to special, not structural factors and the gap should narrow in the future, the Bundesbank said on 16 August.
German banking fed cuts 2001 growth forecast
GERMANY - The German banking federation (BVB) said on 20 August it had cut its forecast for German growth for 2001 to 1.0 - 1.5 percent from an earlier 1.5 percent.
Macroeconomic risks of euro currency changeover
RESEARCH - A recent report, EMU Watch, from the Deutsche Bank looks at macroeconomic risks related to the final steps of the euro changeover 2001/02. The report looks at two main risks, macroeconomic demand and price risks, the other of dangers related…
German economy grinds to a halt
GERMANY - The German economy slowed to a halt in the second quarter of the year, according to new preliminary figures from the Bundesbank.
Ex-Buba chief Poehl slams ECB communication policy
GERMANY - Former Bundesbank President Karl Otto Poehl was quoted on 14 August as saying the communication policy of the European Central Bank was clumsy and inflexible.
EU candidates must join ERM on way to euro-Noyer
GERMANY - European Central Bank Vice President Christian Noyer said on 13 August countries seeking to join the single European currency must first keep their currencies loosely aligned with the euro for two years.
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.
E-day countdown - ECB ad campaign to roll 1 Sept
GERMANY - European Central Bank chiefs begin their annual break this week knowing that when they return from their holidays the push to make the euro a reality in the lives of millions of Europeans must begin in earnest.
Speech by the Bundesbank's Juergen Stark
SPEECH - Deputy Governor of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Dr. Jurgen Stark, spoke at the International Conference organised by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Brazilian Institute of Economics - Getulio Vargas Foundation "International financial…
Speech by the Bundesbank's Hermann Remsperger
SPEECH - Address at the Symposium, Hedonic Methods in Price Statistics, Wiesbaden, 21 June, by Professor Hermann Remsperger, Member of the Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank. The Evolution of Inflation Measurement: A Central Banker's View.
ECB estimates new reserve target at 127 bn euros
GERMANY - The European Central Bank said on 27 June its estimated reserve requirement for the current maintenance period was 127.0 billion euros.
Impact of euro cash set to be 'low'
GERMANY - Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest bank, has warned against overestimating the potential disruption generated by the change to euro cash at the start of next year. The bank said it was more likely to be a "big bang" with "little impact" on…
Deutsche Bundesbank - Annual Report 2000
ANNUAL REPORT - The Deutsche Bundesbank has published its Annual Report for the year ended 2000.
ECB leaves interest rates unchanged
GERMANY - The European Central Bank (ECB) left eurozone interest rates unchanged, despite evidence of an economic slowdown.
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.
Worries as German's remember 'wheelbarrow money'
GERMANY - A survey has revealed that more than half the population of Germany remain wary about the introduction of euro notes and coins fearing it will lead to price rises as retailers use the opportunity to round up prices following conversion into the…
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%.
Valery Giscard d'Estaing on the euro
EUROPE - One of the co-founders (with Helmut Schmidt of Germany) of the European Monetary System in 1978, former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing was in London yesterday to deliver the 21st Mais lecture at the City University.
"Wise man" calls for half-point ECB rate cut
GERMANY - One of Germany's senior economic advisers has said that the European Central Bank should cut interest rates by half a percentage point to help boost the economy.
Fabius backs ECB independence on monetary policy
FRANCE - The European Central Bank must and does set monetary policy independently, French Finance Minister Laurent Fabius said on 20 May, adding that he believed the bank was not indifferent to the downturn in global economic growth.
Inflation still main concern of ECB
GERMANY - European Central Bank council member Vitor Constancio said on 10 May that inflation still remained the bank's main concern.