Spain
Papademos has strong support for ECB job - Rato
SPAIN - Many euro zone finance ministers back Bank of Greece Governor Lucas Papademos to replace European Central Bank Vice President Christian Noyer, Spanish Economy Minister Rodrigo Rato said on Friday.
Ecofin's Rato sees deal on ECB's Noyer in Oviedo
SPAIN - Spanish Economy Minister Rodrigo Rato said on Friday he expected European finance ministers to agree next week on a replacement for the vice president of the European Central Bank, Christian Noyer.
Spain's Rato sees two candidates to replace Noyer
SPAIN - Spanish Economy Minister Rodrigo Rato said on Thursday that there were only two candidates to replace European Central Bank vice-president Christian Noyer, and it seemed unlikely more would come forward.
ECB job decision seen moving into April
SPAIN - The next vice president of the European Central Bank is likely to be picked in mid-April with still only two candidates in the race at the end of the first day of a European Union summit in Barcelona.
Greek has "good chance" of landing ECB job
SPAIN - Greece's candidate for the vice presidency of the European Central Bank appears to be gaining support, although European Union finance ministers still have about a month to make a final pick.
ECB Duisenberg says europe needs structural reform
SPAIN - Wim Duisenberg, chairman of the European Central Bank, said Europe needs to speed up structural economic reforms to stimulate growth.
Domingo Solans says ECB monetary policy credible
SPAIN - The credibility of the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policy is demonstrated by the euro zone's low inflation, ECB executive board member Eugenio Domingo Solans said on Saturday.
ECB's Issing points to signs of recovery
SPAIN - Otmar Issing, the chief economist of the European Central Bank, said in an interview "the first signs of recovery are now appearing, but we still have to see what will be its scale. And we cannot rule out that it will end up being stronger than…
Rojo: Keynesian policies are no longer an option
SPAIN - Perhaps the most influential economist in Spain in recent times, Luis Angel Rojo has devoting most of his professional career to servicing the Spanish economy in the country's central bank, the Bank of Spain. In an interview with El Pais…
Spain to greet euro with video projection, TV show
SPAIN - Spain will welcome euro notes and coins 31 December 2001 with a television show and coordinated video projections in major squares across the country.
Bank of Spain to open 1 Jan for euro changeover
SPAIN - The Bank of Spain will open its 50 branches for a few hours on 1 January, a public holiday, so that people can change pesetas to euros, it has said.
€ Euro - Spaniards await manana
SPAIN - Only 42 per cent of businesses in Spain say they are ready for the euro, according to a survey by the Spanish chambers of commerce published yesterday.
ECB Issing - Euro undervalued deficit targets stay
SPAIN - European Central Bank Chief Economist Otmar Issing said Friday that the euro is undervalued and that he remains confident that the currency's value will rise in the future.
Bank of Spain criticised by anti-corruption office
SPAIN - The Spanish anti-corruption prosecution office has criticised the Bank of Spain for not helping it in the case affecting the private bank operation BBVA Privanza in the tax haven of Jersey.
ECB: Monetary conditions not hindering growth
SPAIN - Current monetary conditions in the euro zone aren't hindering growth, European Central Bank executive board member Eugenio Domingo Solans said Wednesday, echoing similar remarks made recently by other ECB Governing Council members.
Bank of Spain maintains confidence in the economy
SPAIN - Director of the Bank of Spain's research department, Jose Luis Malo de Molina said on 25 September that the US economy was sufficiently strong to resist the effect of the attacks and that any downturn would only be temporary.
ECB board members defend interest rate cut
SPAIN - European central bankers on 31 August said the ECB's decision to cut interest rates was based on receding inflationary pressures and rejected criticism the bank had waited too long to stimulate the Continent's flagging economy.
New notes pose problems for cash machines
SPAIN - Spain's Azkoyen, one of the world's leading cigarette and vending machine producers, is already cashing in on next January's launch of euro notes and coins.
World Bank cancels Barcelona conference
SPAIN - The World Bank has decided to suspend its Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) in Europe, due to be held in Barcelona on June 25-27, to avoid protests from anti-capitalist groups that had stated their intention to disrupt the…
Caruana warns savings banks over shareholdings
SPAIN - the Bank of Spain governor Jaime Caruana on Apr 18 warned the annual assembly of savings banks that being stable shareholders in industrial companies, with influence on the management, could conflict with their status and objectives.
Spain's Caruana-eurozone inflationary risks remain
SPAIN - Bank of Spain Governor Jaime Caruana said Apr 4, 2001 that inflationary risks in the euro zone are easing but continue to exist.
Bank of Spain says economy slowed in Q4
Spanish economic growth, among the fastest in the euro zone, slowed to an estimated 3.9 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2000 from 4.1 percent in the third quarter, the Bank of Spain said on Feb. 2, 2001. Gross domestic prorduct (GDP) growth…
Spanish inflation sticks at 5-yr high in November
Spanish inflation rose to 4.1% annually in November, stuck around a near five-year high amid fears of a price-wage spiral and a civil sector protest over loss of purchasing power.
Bank of Spain's disclosure for settlement systems
The Spanish central bank has now published a revised version of the responses to the disclosure framework for the Spanish CADE (CENTRAL DE ANOTACIONES, formerly SACDE), November 2000.