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The European Central Bank is working on a plan to keep struggling Irish banks afloat in the medium term, a euro-zone central-banking official said.

World Watch 2011

The European Central Bank is working on a plan to keep struggling Irish banks afloat in the medium term, a euro-zone central-banking official said Sunday.

ECB Seeks New Liquidity Plan for Irish Banks Geoffrey T. Smith 2011

They know that the Federal Reserve System – indeed, any central-banking scheme that circulates instruments of debt as “currency” – is inherently unstable, and will eventually self-destruct.

Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010

Several other ECB board members viewed Mr. Weber's public attacks on their collective decisions as a breach of central-banking etiquette that raised questions about whether he would be suited to leading the consensus-based institution.

German Shuns Top Euro Bank Job Brian Blackstone 2011

Clearly, there is no easy way out of this central-banking quandary.

The Price of Secrecy for Central Banks Carrick Mollenkamp 2011

German backing makes Mr. Draghi's elevation to Europe's top central-banking job a virtual certainty because the Italian, who now heads Italy's central bank, already enjoys the support of other key euro-zone countries, including France.

Germany to Back Italian as Central Bank Chief Marcus Walker 2011

Even Germans might eventually prefer central-banking money printing to a massive economic crash, observers say.

European Bank Chief Pushes Back Brian Blackstone 2011

Speaking at a central-banking conference in Paris last week, Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi and Bundesbank President Axel Weber both said global imbalances were "here to stay."

Trichet Says Central Banks Eyeing Inflation Nina Koeppen 2011

Deflation is a dirty word in central-banking circles.

A Different Kind of Raw Deal for Detroit Liam Denning 2011

Mr. Weber, who said publicly last year that he would rather speak his mind than be diplomatic, appears to have concluded that even if European governments' agreed to give him the job, he wouldn't enjoy the full support of Europe's central-banking fraternity as ECB head.

German Shuns Top Euro Bank Job Brian Blackstone 2011