Jean-Claude Trichet
European Central Bank's profit rose in 2012
Feb 21, 2013 10:52 EST
The European Central Bank said Thursday that its net profit rose strongly last year, not least as a result of interest earned on its portfolio of sovereign bonds from crisis-ridden countries.
France names ex-Areva boss to EADS board
Jan 27, 2013 18:25 EST
France on Sunday named the former boss of nuclear group Areva, Anne Lauvergeon, to represent it on the board of European aerospace giant EADS.
French back ex-Areva boss to head EADS: report
Jan 27, 2013 11:52 EST
The French and German governments are said to favour the former boss of nuclear group Areva, Anne Lauvergeon, for the job of chairman at European aerospace giant EADS, French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) reported Sunday.
Trichet could become new EADS chairman: report
Dec 07, 2012 17:52 EST
The chairman of European aerospace giant EADS may stand down in March with former European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet as a possible replacement, Britain's Financial Times reported on Friday.
A year on and Draghi remains ECB's 'Super Mario'
Nov 04, 2012 00:17 EDT
Mario Draghi certainly seems to have hit the ground running when he took over as head of the European Central Bank 12 months ago.
Germans slam ECB bond-buying programme
Aug 28, 2012 09:30 EDT
As financial markets take bets on what the European Central Bank's new set of anti-crisis measures will look like, leading German figures expressed concern Tuesday that the ECB could be overstepping its mandate.
Germans take aim at ECB bond-buying programme
Aug 28, 2012 09:07 EDT
As financial markets take bets on what the European Central Bank's new set of anti-crisis measures will look like, leading German figures expressed concern Tuesday that the ECB could be overstepping its mandate.
Trichet, in US, defends euro's success
May 17, 2012 21:39 EDT
Former European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet defended what he called the success of the eurozone since adopting a single currency in 1999.
Weidmann gains traction with policy pushback
Mar 04, 2012 19:14 EST
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German-led faction at the European Central Bank is leading a riposte against the bank's unprecedented loosening of lending policy and may be pushing at an open door this time after a string of setbacks that left the ECB deeply divided last year.
ECB to sit tight on rates this week: analysts
Mar 03, 2012 22:56 EST
No changes in eurozone interest rates are expected this week as the European Central Bank assesses the impact of recent moves to flood the banks with cash to avert a credit crunch, analysts say.
ECB split on how to handle any Greek bond losses: sources
Jan 25, 2012 15:01 EST
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank has ruled out taking voluntary losses on its Greek bond holdings but is now debating how it would handle any forced losses and whether to explore legal options to avoid such a hit, central bank sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
ECB cool on more bond buying, lending to IMF
Dec 08, 2011 11:36 EST
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank doused hopes on Thursday it will ramp up its bond-buying program to fight the bloc's debt crisis, unnerving markets hours before a high-stakes EU summit they had hoped would produce a 'grand bargain' to end the turmoil.
ECB cool on more bond buying, lending to IMF
Dec 08, 2011 09:26 EST
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank doused on Thursday hopes it will aggressively ramp up its bond-buying program and allow the euro zone to lend money to IMF so it can help fight the euro zone debt crisis.
ECB cuts rates to 1 percent as debt crisis rages
Dec 08, 2011 07:51 EST
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank cut its main interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.0 percent on Thursday as the euro zone's worsening debt crisis outweighed the concern over persistently high inflation.
ECB cuts rates to 1.0 percent as debt crisis rages
Dec 08, 2011 07:50 EST
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank cut its main interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.0 percent on Thursday as the euro zone's worsening debt crisis outweighed the concern over persistently high inflation.
France, Germany 'spar over top ECB job'
Nov 29, 2011 06:52 EST
France and Germany are battling for a key post at the European Central Bank amid deepening differences over the role the bank should take in the eurozone debt crisis, sources revealed on Tuesday.
France nominates Coeure for ECB executive
Nov 24, 2011 15:42 EST
PARIS (Reuters) - France has nominated Treasury Chief Economist Benoit Coeure as a candidate for the executive board of the European Central Bank, to replace outgoing board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday.
ECB's Orphanides says Greek haircut harms euro zone
Nov 13, 2011 03:03 EST
NICOSIA (Reuters) - A haircut of Greek debt is damaging to Greece and the euro area, and has stoked wider concern about possible impairment of bonds in other euro zone members, ECB Governing Council member Athanasios Orphanides said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.
Talks on Greek coalition drag into third day
Nov 09, 2011 03:06 EST
Talks on the creation of a unity government to pull Greece out of a debt quagmire dragged into a third day Wednesday after hitting a hurdle over EU demands on a desperately needed rescue package.
Greek unity government held up as opposition spars with EU
Nov 08, 2011 15:01 EST
Announcement of a Greek unity government was held up on Tuesday after as the conservatives in the power-sharing coalition tried to dodge a written pledge on an EU rescue demanded by Brussels.
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| Jean-Claude Trichet | |
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| Assumed office 1 November 2003 | |
| Vice President | Lucas Papademos |
| Preceded by | Wim Duisenberg |
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| Born | 20 December 1942 Lyon, France |
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