
Your search for "Jean-Claude Trichet" produced 381 items.
| 1. Eurozone bail-out fund's credit rating downgraded | January 16, 2012 |
Move follows rating agency's decision to downgrade France and Austria; Mario Draghi warns of “very grave state of affairs” in eurozone. Standard and Poor's, the... |
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| 2. Peter Praet named as ECB chief economist | January 3, 2012 |
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Belgian economist beats German and French candidates to crucial position. The Belgian economist Peter Praet has today been named as chief economist of the European Central... | |
| 3. Coeuré appointed to ECB board | December 19, 2011 |
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Frenchman will serve an eight-year term on executive board. EU member states have formally approved the appointment of Benoît Coeuré to the executive board... | |
| 4. A premature prize? | December 15, 2011 |
Germany's finance minister honoured for his role stabilising monetary union. The judges for the 2012 Charlemagne Prize have exhibited an unfashionable degree of confidence in... |
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| 5. The poetry of the euro | December 8, 2011 |
Amid speculation about the eurozone's impending collapse, it is worth remembering the purpose of creating a single currency. The euro was meant to – and still should –... |
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| 6. ECB announces support for troubled banks | December 8, 2011 |
Lenders to get ECB help, but no such measures for stricken member states; interest rate cut to 1%. The European Central Bank today announced plans to support cash-strapped... |
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| 7. Political economist | December 1, 2011 |
One of Germany's most repected civil servants is off to the ECB. Two years ago, in an article entitled “Who really governs us”, the German news magazine |
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| 8. Who's the best banker? | December 1, 2011 |
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France and Germany both want their man to be the ECB's chief economist. Eurozone finance ministers this week approved France's nomination of Benoît Coeuré to the... | |
| 9. G20 Diary | November 10, 2011 |
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What happened in Cannes. | |
| 10. Taking charge of the crisis | November 10, 2011 |
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The emergence of the Frankfurt Group. A new eurozone inner core group emerged at the G20 in Cannes: the Frankfurt Group. It comprises Nicolas Sarkozy, France's... | |
| 11. A democratic foundation for the single currency | October 27, 2011 |
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The eurozone has to address its democratic deficit as well as its sovereign debt. Not since 1979, when the courageous Paul Volcker, then the chairman of the US Federal... | |
| 12. ECB braced to buy more debt as euro crisis goes to the wire | October 26, 2011 |
Mario Draghi calls on eurozone governments to 'activate immediately' existing agreements. Mario Draghi, the incoming president of the European Central Bank, has signalled his... |
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| 13. France drops bail-out fund proposal | October 23, 2011 |
Germany and France had been divided over how to strengthen European Financial Stability Facility. France has dropped its demand that the eurozone's bail-out fund should be... |
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| 14. EU leaders set deadline to resolve eurozone gridlock | October 13, 2011 |
Leaders aiming to finalise plans to recapitalise banks, strengthen bail-out fund and deal with crisis in Greece.
United front masks major disagreements
Greece to... |
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| 15. The IMF rides to Europe's rescue? | October 13, 2011 |
The ECB should not take the lead in tackling the sovereign-debt crisis; there is another option. The challenge is formidable. How do you keep up – in Italy's case, step up... |
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| 16. Trichet warns of 'systemic' debt crisis | October 11, 2011 |
ECB chief says Europe 'must rise to the challenge and act together swiftly'. Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank, today issued his most dire... |
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| 17. Trichet predicts slow eurozone growth | October 6, 2011 |
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ECB president makes final appearance before MEPs. Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), said on Tuesday (4 October) that he expects... | |
| 18. ECB keeps rates on hold | October 6, 2011 |
Trichet bows out with call to eurozone leaders to allow leverage of bail-out fund. The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept interest rates on hold despite fears over the... |
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| 19. Finance ministers back Asmussen for ECB role | October 4, 2011 |
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Germany's deputy finance minister tipped to replace Jürgen Stark on ECB executive board. The eurozone's 17 finance ministers have backed Jörg Asmussen to take up a... | |
| 20. Trichet predicts slow eurozone growth | October 4, 2011 |
European Central Bank chief makes his final appearance before MEPs. Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), today said that he... |
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