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Central Banking Institution for the European Union & the Euro Currency
President
Jean-Claude TrichetNumber of Employees 1,261
NAICS Code Monetary Authorities-Central Bank: 521110
Recent Events
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Document Security Systems Announces Ruling in Patent Validity Hearing by Austrian Patent Office
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Euro Stocks Rally After US Economic Reports
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Europe shares hit 1-week closing high on U.S. data
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Document Security Systems Announces Ruling in Patent Validity Lawsuit by Belgium Court
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Document Security Systems Announces Ruling in Patent Validity Lawsuit by Belgium Court
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Yen cuts earlier gains as it slides vs Aussie
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Overnight deposits at ECB rise, bond tally ticks up
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UPDATE 1-Luxembourg proposes Mersch for ECB vice president
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MONEY MARKETS-Bank loan rates near lows as ECB, BOE hold
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Is Europe's Economy on the Mend Yet?
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Italy: Draghi's ECB candidacy 'hypothesis' for now
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Kranjec-ECB likely to spend more than 60 bln on bonds-BBG
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UPDATE: ECB, Others Extend Dollar,Swiss Franc Liquidity Operations
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Guided by past, Europe vows to keep rates low
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Europe Heeds Cautious Central Banks
News & Analysis
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Pressure on UK to find shelter in the euro
EC looks for coordinated action to tackle crisis Barroso warns states cannot face challenge alone The President of the European Commission has hinted again that the pound should now join the eurozone. Jose Manuel Barroso said that "even the biggest states can't face these challenges alone", and...
New bomb scare as EU steps up security after anarchists blamed for attacks
THE HAGUE AFP ? A fourth parcel bomb sent to a European Union institution from the Italian town of Bologna was discovered at the Eurojust headquarters in The Hague, a spokesman for the European crime fighting organisation said. It was the fourth explosive package sent from Italy to leading...
Euro zone in crisis as France, Germany stitch up deficit deal
BRUSSELS AFP ? The European Union was plunged into bitter recrimination after finance ministers let France and Germany off the hook for repeatedly breaking the euro zone's strict budget rules. The decision struck at all-night talks left the EU's Stability and Growth Pact -- the set of rules underpinning...
The euro and the monetary union
Introduction Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great pleasure and an honor to be with you today, on the occasion of the International Atlantic Economic Conference, and to present the Robert A. Mundell Address in front of such a distinguished audience. I have to say I am particularly honored...
Ring in the new - The euro; no flytitle.(The costs and benefits of the euro)
As euro notes and coins become legal tender in 12 European countries, what are the costs and benefits of this currency union? GOODBYE, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Vasco da Gama and Rene Magritte. Over the next few weeks the French, Portuguese and Belgian banknotes they...
Preparing for take-off; The euro; Getting ready for the euro.(Finance and Economics)(Brief Article)
AWKWARD times continue for the European Central Bank ECB . Although euro-area growth is slowing, inflation is rising and the euro has weakened again. Nobody was surprised when the ECB held interest rates at 4.5% on June 7th. But the ECB has more than monetary policy...
Salvation of the European kind
JAPAN, the world's second largest economy, is out of the count. With the triple whammy of stagnation, deflationary spiral and falling business investments and consumer spending, the Japanese economic tunnel just seems to get longer, deeper and darker. Nothing of the sort,...
Nice work, Wim - now for the long haul
EUROPE HAS closed for business for the summer holidays, and one of those most in need of a break is Wim Duisenberg, president of the European Central Bank ECB. Few will begrudge him his holiday in France. Less than a month ago the euro seemed destined to reach...
Countdown To The Euro: Blair voted the leading European
TONY BLAIR is the most important person in Europe, according to a survey by The Independent of some of the Continent's most powerful and influential people. Somewhat surprisingly, given his failure to lead from the front in Europe, the Prime Minister is considered more influential than either Wim...
A demanding agenda for the new Europe
Nothing has had a greater impact on the debate on Europe during the last few years than the introduction of the single European currency, the euro. Since last May, when it was decided which countries would be taking part in the Economic and Monetary Union EMU, and what the bilateral...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| Jean-Claude Trichet | President |
| Lucas Papademos | Vice President |
| Elisabeth Ardaillon Poirier | Director, Communications |
| Franco Modigliani | |
| Jean Rodriguez | Press Officer |
| Olivier Radelet | Press Officer |
| Regina K. Schuller | Head, Press |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Axel A. Weber | Board of Directors |
| Christian Noyer | Board of Directors |
| Erkki Liikanen | Board of Directors |
| Eugenio D. Papademos | Board of Directors |
| Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell | Board of Directors |
| Guy Quaden | Board of Directors |
| Jaime Caruana | Board of Directors |
| John Hurley | Board of Directors |
| Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo | Board of Directors |
| Klaus Liebscher | Board of Directors |
| Lorenzo Bini Smaghi | Board of Directors |
| Mario Draghi | Board of Directors |
| Nicholas C. Garganas | Board of Directors |
| Nout Wellink | Board of Directors |
| Otmar Issing | Board of Directors |
| Sirkka Hamalainen | Board of Directors |
| Vitor Manuel Ribeiro Constancio | Board of Directors |
| Yves Mersch | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | President | Current |
| Bank for International Settlements | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | Vice President | Current |
| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | Director, Communications | Current |
| European Central Bank | Director, Communications | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | Press Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | Press Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | Head, Press | Current |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| BANCA D'ITALIA | Governor, Directorate | Current |
| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
Dr. Wellink has been President of De Nederlandsche Bank since 1 July 1997. Since January 1999, Mr Wellink has sat on the Governing Council of the European Central Bank. Also, he has chaired the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision since July 2006. Since 1997, Dr. Wellink has sat on the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlement, which he chaired from 2002 until 2006. Mr Wellink is a member of the Group of Ten Governors, the committee of central bank governors of the G10 countries, and a Governor of the International Monetary Fund. Nout Wellink’s many secondary functions include the following. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Leiden University, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Treasurer of the Supervisory Board of the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis and member of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch Central Genealogy Bureau. He has been awarded a Knighthood in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. In 1982 Mr Wellink became an Executive Director of DNB. Between 1970 and 1982, he held several posts in the Ministry of Finance, starting on the economic staff, from 1975 as the Director General of Financial and Economic Policy and later as Treasurer General. From 1965 until 1970, Mr Wellink worked as an assistant, later staff member, in the economics department of Leiden University. After a study in Dutch law at the same university (1961–1968), Wellink obtained a doctor’s degree in economics at the Rotterdam Erasmus University. He completed his secondary education (science and grammar stream) in 1961. Born: 27 August 1943 at Bredevoort.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Bank of Finland | Chairman | Current |
| SanomaWSOY | Director | Current |
| Investor AB | Director | Current |
| KONE Corporation | Vice Chairman | Current |
| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Bank of Finland | Board Member | Current |
| Bank of Finland | Director | Former |
| Bank of Finland | Economist | Former |
| Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration | D.Sc. in Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| European Central Bank | Board of Directors | Current |
Executive News
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Ben Bernanke meets Ban Ki-moon
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Trichet Cautions on High Stakes
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Basel group sets out bank rules to avoid crises
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Growing pains persist
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Recession shows signs of waning: ECB
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BIS-New bank rules help avoid booms, busts-Trichet
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Global regulators flag sweeping new bank rules
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Global regulators flag new bank rules
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2nd UPDATE: BIS: Central Bankers Agree On Steps To Avoid Crisis
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UPDATE: BIS: Top Central Bankers Agree On Steps To Avoid Crisis
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Global regulators flag sweeping new bank rules
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UPDATE 1-Global regulators flag sweeping new bank rules
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GLOBAL ECONOMY WEEKAHEAD-Longer-term growth still an issue
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G20 to keep policies until recovery certain
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Re climbs to 48.90 against dollar
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Stocks Rally Ahead of Holiday Weekend
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Britain to Lag in Exiting Recession
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Mixed Message of Job Data Helps Stocks Rise
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Traders Seek a Bright Side After Jobs Data
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CURRENCIES: Dollar Mostly Lower Ahead Of U.S. Jobs Report
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