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INTERVIEW european central bank : 'Were the US to go under, the world would turn to the Euro'

'Were the US to go under, the world would turn to the Euro'

The five-year-old Euro may be trading above the dollar, but a stronger currency can damage Europe

by jimerna gómez de la flor // 15/02/07

european central bank, algeria, alger, international trade, cuba, european union, globalisation

INTERVIEW european central bank : “The ECB cannot please everyone”

“The ECB cannot please everyone”

The European Central Bank (ECB) maintains low interest rates, boosting growth and property prices. For economist José García-Montalvo, national governments should tax home buyers to control speculation

by Mariona Vivar Mompel @ // 25/09/06

european central bank, politics, europe, lifestyle, lobby, society, internal market

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Dungeons and “Draghions”: the EU summit appoints the new President of the European Central Bank

by Joan Manuel Lanfranco Pari European Council meetings are like the dungeons of EU decision-making. Excluding physical violence, some parallelism can be drawn. There are important security measures, discussions take place behind closed doors, and some leaders are “punished” because of an erred or out-of-the-script socio-economic performance. Rarely a verbatim ...

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Financial stability dominates the agenda at the Council summit

By Alice Préat The end of the Belgian Presidency of the EU is approaching. This means that starting today 16 December and finishing tomorrow, 17 December the European Council is meeting for a late-presidency final summit in Brussels. After the traditional family photo Heads of States family photo, the 27 ...

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Blogging Action Day to celebrate cafebabel.com's 8 years: you design the new Euro notes!

What are those bridges and arches that Europeans carry in their pockets? Mostly they come in the pastel red or the pale blue variety and architecture students can tell you right away that the bridge on the 10 Euro note refers to Romanesque art, while the blue one on the ...

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The euro as failure or savior?

The global financial crisis is testing the eurozone. Tony Barber of the Financial Times writes about the ever-widening spread between the yields on German and Italian 10-year government bonds, implying that investors lack full confidence in Greek and Italian fiscal policies. While these problems are created by the policies of ...

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