Netherlands
Dutch Government poised to revamp supervision
NETHERLANDS - Gerrit Zalm, the Dutch finance minister, is considering transforming the financial sector's three existing supervisory bodies into two watchdogs, according to well-informed sources. The reorganisation could mean that the central bank DNB…
Solbes rebuffs O'Neill over interest rate cuts
EUROPE - European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pedro Solbes on Apr 23 raised the heat ahead of a meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers by rejecting U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill's prescription for the euro zone.
Dutch cbank and Euronext offer real time DvP
The Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch central bank, and Euronext Amsterdam are to offer real-time DvP from Mar 19, 2001, the central bank has announced.
Currency crisis in emerging markets - predictable?
RESEARCH PAPER - Brazil and Argentina are among the countries most vulnerable to a currency crisis, according to a new model developed by a Dutch central bank economist which had been flashing warning signals about Turkey back in December 2000.
Efficient payments in the euro area-Wellink speech
Opening address by Dr A.H.E.M. Wellink, President of De Nederlandsche Bank NV, on the occasion of the "5th conference on pan-European cash & treasury management", held in Amsterdam on Mar 6 2001.
Dutch cbank scores high in research
The 12 central banks which make up the European central banking system should compete more among themselves. And improvement of each bank's research team will increase the influence of the president of the relevant bank, according to Sylvester Eijffinger…
Dutch ctrl bk sees 2001 CPI 4.2%, a 17-year high
Dutch consumer prices are set to grow 4.2% in 2001, the highest growth level since 1983, the Dutch Central Bank said Wednesday in its quarterly report.
Dutch inflation harms competitive position-Wellink
The Netherlands' competitive position is deteriorating due to inflation above the European average and higher wage demands, Dutch central bank president Nout Wellink said in an interview with a Dutch newspaper.
Netherlands: Discord over bourse policing
Supervisors of financial institutions in the Netherlands disagree over the division of tasks over the control of share trading. The conflict centres on the role of the Dutch securities board with regard to institutions which fall under one of the other…