Maastricht treaty or no Maastricht treaty, loss of public support for the ECB will diminish its independence.

The Naked ECB

Though the ECB has absolutely nothing in common with the old Deutsche Bundesbank, the German public has not recognized this.

The ECB Grows Up

Expect more ECB bashing.

European Central Bank (ECB)

Is the ECB Doing Enough?

The ECB and Its Critics

Ecb Is Now Europe s Anchor

Germany s Case Against the ECB

Together, the ECB and the EFSF could do what the ECB cannot do on its own.

The ECB is not the old Bundesbank, which had such public support and trust in Germany that it could get away with almost anything.

Helping the ECB Cross the Rubicon

Why the ECB Should Buy American

Out of Step at the ECB

The ECB Picks Up The Pace

Occupy Frankfurt in front of ECB.

According to a knowledgeable ECB source, however, Europe s finance ministers regularly meet in secret with the ECB leadership for a mutual and frank exchange of views on monetary policy and other issues. The dialogue already exists though the public does not know it.

According to a knowledgeable ECB source, however, Europe s finance ministers regularly meet in secret with the ECB leadership for a mutual and frank exchange of views on monetary policy and other issues. The dialogue already exists though the public does not know it.

Only the ECB can provide this insurance.

A Wake Up Call for the ECB

That points towards reliance on the ECB.

But the ECB is not going to cut rates even though, for public relations reasons of keeping the political wolves at bay, it deceptively hints it might.

That is exactly what the ECB is doing.

The voting structure in the ECB is flawed.

The ECB is different, for some good reasons.

The ECB and the international community particularly the International Monetary Fund have tried to deal with the crisis by replacing the dearth of private capital with public credit.

The member states have transferred their seignorage rights to the ECB, and the ECB is currently earning about 25 billion ( 32.7 billion) annually.

ECB President Mario Draghi has said much the same.

It might even force the ECB to abandon OMT.

Europe s finance ministers portray the ECB as closed to dialogue.

In that sense, the ECB may have been too trusting.

The ECB was not given overall supervisory and regulatory powers.

The BoE and the ECB have since adopted similar measures.

Politically, the path is clear for the ECB to act.

But the European Central Bank (ECB) will be more worried.

The ECB, however, has not been equipped with this mandate.

Signs against the Rome Berlin axis, the ECB and Merkel.

Ecommerce and Development Report 2003, UNCTAD SIDTE ECB 2003 1.

Europe s finance ministers have played a clever game with the ECB.

There will also be potentially dangerous consequences for the ECB itself.

The ECB has the same option, but refuses to use it.

ECB president Jean Claude Trichet and the Governing Council strongly disagree.

They are pressuring the ECB to raise rates sooner than later.

Whether the ECB will ease policy more aggressively is also uncertain.