Jean-Claude Trichet

March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Former European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet talks about Japan's economy and central bank policy, the situation in Cyprus and the euro region's sovereign-debt crisis. He speaks from the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong with Susan Li on Bloomberg Television's "On the Move." (Source: Bloomberg)Read Full Story

March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Former European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet talks about Japan's economy and central bank policy, the situation in Cyprus and the euro region's sovereign-debt crisis. He speaks from the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong with Susan Li on Bloomberg Television's "On the Move." (Source: Bloomberg)Read Full Story

CNews World Mario Draghi certainly seems to have hit the ground running when he took over as head of the European Central Bank 12 months ago.Just two days after taking the reins of the worlds second most important central bank on November 1, 2011, the Italian surprised everyone by reversing the interest rate hikes prescribed by predecessor Jean-Claude Trichet.Since then he has gone on to bring eurozone borrowing costs down even further to historic lows, pumped more than 1.0 trillion euros ($1...Read Full Story

The ECB, not Greece, should avoid repeating the mistakes of Argentina 22/05/2012 By David Lizoain A growing cacophony of voices is now urging Greece not to follow the example of Argentina. This gets everything backward. It is the ECB that should stop emulating the inflexibility of Argentine policymakers. Argentine orthodoxy ended with the social and economic catastrophe of the corralito. ECB orthodoxy is driving Europe down the same road. The people of Greece should not be blamed for...Read Full Story

International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L) talks with , European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet (C) and Italy's Governor Mario Draghi (R) prior to the start of their G-7 meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Rome, sept.26. stock investment .- Judging by the very favorable market reaction to Mario Draghi's announcement in  July 2012 that the ECB would do whatever it took to save the euro, one could be forgiven for...Read Full Story