Martin Vander Weyer Martin Vander Weyer

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How times change: the ECB has become the very model of a modern central bank

issue 14 June 2008

How times change: the ECB has become the very model of a modern central bank

I don’t suppose many of my readers took part in the European Central Bank’s tenth birthday celebrations last week — but if I’m wrong about Jean-Claude Trichet’s taste in columnists, then bon anniversaire, monsieur le président, though I can’t quite bring myself to add beaucoup des retours heureux.

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