This Tuesday 11th July 2023, the Governor of the Banque de France spoke about inflation in France, announcing that the institution has “the beginnings of good news. On the increase in the future rate of the livret A, which should be announced Thursday 13th July 2023, François Villeroy de Galhau remained cautious. Bruno Le Maire, […]
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Monetary sovereignty, privacy, cash replacement, the European Central Bank’s digital euro project raises many questions. The legal framework for the future digital euro, also known as the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is a dematerialised version of the single currency, was unveiled on Wednesday 28th June 2023 by the European Commission. The project is not yet precise […]
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This Tuesday 28th May, 2019, the 19 members of the euro zone welcome new 100 euro and 200 euro banknotes, smaller and more secure. You certainly have very little in your portfolio, but new notes are landing in the 19 countries of the euro zone. The European Central Bank has just put into circulation, Tuesday 28th May, […]
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The course of the virtual currency flies to the point that economists predict a next burst this bubble. At the European Central Bank it is considering how to regulate Bitcoin. One member of the Board of Governors of the European Central Bank , the Austrian Ewald Nowotny has spoken in favor of regulation of Bitcoin, “purely speculative object posing a […]
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ECONOMY: Solid growth, falling unemployment rate … the economic recovery takes hold in the euro zone and exceeds own forecasts The euro zone continues to show economic recovery surprisingly robust despite the Brexit , the Catalan crisis or uncertainties that have posed in recent months several decisive national elections. According to a first estimate published on Tuesday by the European Statistical Office Eurostat, economic […]
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Economic: The recovery in energy prices contributed to the increase in inflation in the euro zone in December 2016. Good news for the ECB according to experts. Inflation in the euro area continued to accelerate in December to 1.1%, against 0.6% in November, driven by a rise in energy prices, according to preliminary estimates released […]
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The European Central Bank (ECB) to decide on Wednesday the fate of the 500 euro note … The probable disappearance of this big banknote, raises the ire of some countries, including Germany. Purple colour and slightly larger than its little brother, the 500 euro will be on the menu at a meeting in the afternoon […]
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The judgment of the distribution of € 500 banknotes in ATMs and bank branches could come as early 2018. Is this finally the end of the 500 euro note? Not officially. According to “banking sources”, the press agency Reuters, relayed by the Tribune shows that printing these large denominations could stop early as 2018. But […]
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The Governor of the Bank of France, François Villeroy de Galhau … The Governor of the Bank of France, François Villeroy de Galhau, claiming the appointment of a European finance minister for policy in his essential work of the European Central Bank (ECB), in an interview Saturday with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. “The monetary […]
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The European Central Bank (ECB) was more optimistic … The European Central Bank (ECB) was more optimistic about its inflation forecast for 2015 in the euro zone but has slightly lowered the growth for 2017, announced by the banks president yesterday, Wednesday. The monetary institution has slightly lowered its forecast for growth in gross domestic […]
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