Suddenly, it has become easy to see how the euro -- that grand, flawed experiment in monetary union without political union -- could come apart at the seams. We're not talking about a distant prospect, either. Things could fall apart with stunning speed, in a matter of months, not years. And the costs -- both economic and, arguably even more...
BRUSSELS -- Mounting problems for Spain and its banks, and a broad stock market decline Thursday in Europe, were the latest signs of the deepening gloom in the euro zone. And if remarks Wednesday by Chancellor Angela Merkel could be construed as a potential softening of Germany's fiscal hard line toward Athens, a defiant response Thursday from...
MADRID -- A week after Spain seized control of Bankia, the government was forced to deny Thursday that clients were scrambling to withdraw funds from Spain's largest property lender. Spain's banking problems, coupled with the turmoil in Greece and concerns over its implications for Spain and other struggling euro economies, also helped keep Spain's...
Den Europæiske Centralbank (ECB) er Eurozonens ansvarlige centralbank. Banken, der er en af verdens mest betydningsfulde centralbanker, har ansvar for ØMU'en og euroen.
Den Europæiske Centralbank danner sammen med de nationale centralbanker Det Europæiske System af Centralbanker (ESCB).
ECB er en overnational institution, der blev stiftet 1. juni 1998 og har hovedsæde i Frankfurt am Main, i Tyskland. Nuværende præsident i banken er Mario Draghi (født 3. september 1947). Han afløste i 2011 franske Jean-Claude Trichet, der i 2003 afløste hollandske Wim Duisenberg.
Blandt de økonomiske mål prioriteres bekæmpelse af inflation højest.ECB: Tasks
ECB er strukturet efter den tyske Bundesbank. ECB er ledet af en samling direktører, af en præsident, og en samling guvernører bestående af medlemmer fra det Europæiske System af Centralbanker, (ESCB). Fold ud