G7 Finance Ministers, Governors meet in Washington
Central Bank Governors Mark Carney (Canada), Christian Noyer (France), Axel Weber (Germany), US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, Mario Draghi (Italy), Masaaki Shirakawa (Japan), Mervyn King (UK), European Central Bank Governor Jean-Claude Trichet and IMF Managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L to R) stand on the steps of the Treasury Department as they are photographed in Washington on October 10, 2008. The ministers are in town for the semi-annual World Bank and International Monetary Fund meeting occurring this weekend. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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FRANKFURT, Germany, July 6 (UPI) -- European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said he was "very clear" in his support of the U.S. dollar as the primary central bank reserve currency.
FRANKFURT, Germany, July 2 (UPI) -- The European Central Bank left its key lending rate unchanged at 1 percent Thursday, a move anticipated by many economists.
FRANKFURT, Germany, June 4 (UPI) -- The Governing Council of the European Central Bank on Thursday opted to continue with a bank-to-bank lending rate of 1 percent.
BASEL, Switzerland, May 12 (UPI) -- European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said there were definitive signs of improvement in the European economy.
FRANKFURT, Germany, April 2 (UPI) -- The European Central Bank said Thursday it would lower its key lending rate a quarter of a percentage point to 1.25 percent, effective April 8.
FRANKFURT, Germany, March 5 (UPI) -- The European Central Bank said Thursday it would lower its key lending rate 50 basis points to 1.5 percent.
FRANKFURT, Germany, March 2 (UPI) -- Eurostat said unemployment reached 8.2 percent in the Eurozone in January, after it lost 250,000 jobs.
