ANNUAL REPORT 2008 - Polymer Bank Notes of the World

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Number 2 Originator SubjectCON/2008/59 Sweden Stabilising measures for the financial systemCON/2008/60 Spain Operations of the fund for the acquisition of financial assetsCON/2008/61 Belgium Protection of deposits and certain life insurance productsCON/2008/62 Sweden Provision of state guarantees to banks and credit marketcompaniesCON/2008/64 Belgium Management of information about issuers in the contextof the dematerialisation of their securitiesCON/2008/65 Italy Implementation of the measures to guarantee the stabilityof the banking systemCON/2008/66 Lithuania Amendments to the minimum reserve requirementsCON/2008/67 Spain Requirements for granting state guaranteesCON/2008/68 Finland Financial stability measures related to the governmentguarantee fundCON/2008/69 Ireland Extension of the scope of the Deposit Guarantee SchemeCON/2008/71 Bulgaria Establishment of a register of financial institutions managedby Българска народна банка (Bulgarian National Bank)CON/2008/72 Romania Use of foreign reserves for tourismCON/2008/73 Bulgaria Amendments to the statutes of Българска народнабанка (Bulgarian National Bank) in preparation for theintroduction of the euroCON/2008/74 Belgium State guarantee aimed at avoiding liquidity outflowsCON/2008/75 Finland State capital investment in deposit banksCON/2008/76 Slovenia State guarantees and other measures to maintain thestability of the financial systemCON/2008/78 Bulgaria Role of Българска народна банка (Bulgarian NationalBank) relating to payment institutions and payment systemoperators, and oversight of payment and settlement systemsECBAnnual Report2008253
Number 2 Originator SubjectCON/2008/79 Greece Measures to enhance liquidity in the economyCON/2008/80 Poland Provision of state Treasury support to financialinstitutionsCON/2008/81 Hungary Measures to strengthen the financial intermediary systemin order to maintain financial stabilityCON/2008/82 Spain Payment of the Banco de España’s profits to the TreasuryCON/2008/83 Hungary Aligning the Magyar Nemzeti Bank’s statutes withCommunity lawCON/2008/85 France Modernisation of the legal framework for financialinstrumentsCON/2008/86 Slovakia Cash currency circulationCON/2008/87 Spain Amendments to the Law on payment and securitiessettlement systemsCON/2008/88 Slovenia Criteria and conditions for granting a state guaranteeCON/2008/89 Latvia Monetary policy instrumentsCON/2008/90 Hungary Processing and distribution of banknotes and coins andtechnical measures to prevent counterfeitingCON/2008/91 Belgium Application to the Nationale Bank van België/BanqueNationale de Belgique of the limitations related toseverance payments of executive directors of listedcompaniesCON/2008/92 Slovenia Criteria and conditions for granting state loansCON/2009/2 Latvia State guarantees for bank loansCON/2009/3 Slovenia Conditions for state capital investments and debt toequity swaps under the Law on public financeCON/2009/4 Belgium Amendments to the rules governing the distribution ofthe income of the Nationale Bank van België/BanqueNationale de Belgique and the allocation of its profits tothe Belgian state254 ECBAnnual Report2008
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EN2008EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK ANNUAL
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© European Central Bank, 2009Addre
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CHAPTER 4FINANCIAL STABILITY AND IN
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7 Statistical accounting consequenc
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ABBREVIATIONSCOUNTRIESOTHERSBE Belg
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in the course of the year, in line
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currencies, T2S will be a major ste
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CHAPTER 1ECONOMICDEVELOPMENTS ANDMO
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Chart 1 ECB interest rates and mone
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Despite moderating, the annual grow
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substantial downward revisions in r
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in July, annual inflation in the OE
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As regards the Chinese economy, rea
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generally tighter financing conditi
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were recorded in December, but thes
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was driven mainly by developments i
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market tensions, particularly for l
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anking and financial system. At the
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cash flows to compensate for a redu
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quarter of 2008 and -0.1% in Decemb
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whereby investors’ uncertainty su
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September onwards, amid the great u
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Chart C Trading volumes for governm
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sponsored rescue plans were initiat
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The annual growth rate of consumer
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end of 2007. By December 2008 this
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calculated as the balance between g
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commodity prices (see Box 4). Conve
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Chart D Longer-term inflation expec
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apidly to 1.7% in December, mainly
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productivity slowed to 0.2% in the
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Table 3 Composition of real GDP gro
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Corporate investment, which had exp
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Box 5LABOUR MARKET DEVELOPMENTS IN
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Chart C Breakdown of employment gro
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Box 6DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ISSUANCE A
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Chart B Government bond yield sprea
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Box 7STATISTICAL ACCOUNTING CONSEQU
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warranted because of the need to co
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sharp depreciation of the euro was
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prices in the first eight months of
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focused more on the production rath
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segments and, in turn, affected eur
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and Bulgaria registered robust grow
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In the remaining non-euro area EU c
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Estonian kroon and the Lithuanian l
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Table 10 Official monetary policy s
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the Bank of England and Sveriges Ri
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CHAPTER 2CENTRAL BANKOPERATIONSAND
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Box 10MONETARY POLICY OPERATIONS DU
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Chart A Liquidity supply through op
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franc funding needs of banks with n
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MINIMUM RESERVE SYSTEMCredit instit
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with the ample allotments in the fi
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2008. By contrast, the average shar
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and SDR holdings increased by aroun
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and the ECB). As a result of carefu
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cross-CSD settlement. T2S will thus
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ELIGIBLE LINKS BETWEEN NATIONAL SEC
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Chart 48 Number of euro banknotes i
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3.3 BANKNOTE PRODUCTION AND ISSUANC
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4 STATISTICSThe ECB, assisted by th
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iii) payments statistics and iv) de
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5 ECONOMIC RESEARCHThe main functio
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were organised to disseminate resea
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the Financial Collateral Directive,
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on the Banque centrale du Luxembour
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standards by individual Eurosystem
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CHAPTER 3ENTRY OF SLOVAKIAINTO THE
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Table 13 Main economic indicators f
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As of January 2009 Slovakia is thus
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3 OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE INTEGR
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4 THE CASH CHANGEOVER IN SLOVAKIATH
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Willem F. Duisenberg accepting the
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1 FINANCIAL STABILITYThe Eurosystem
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With regard to merger and acquisiti
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with the principles set out in Octo
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2.2 BANKINGCAPITAL REQUIREMENTS DIR
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3 FINANCIAL INTEGRATIONThe Eurosyst
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The market for short-term paper in
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de France and the Banca d’Italia.
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and the Eurosystem’s business con
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4.2 RETAIL PAYMENT SYSTEMS ANDINSTR
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for Clearing and Settlement, and th
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Willem F. Duisenberg at his farewel
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1 EUROPEAN ISSUESIn 2008 the ECB co
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for financial institutions, to faci
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1.3 DEVELOPMENTS IN AND RELATIONS W
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On a number of occasions in 2008, t
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countries have voiced support for t
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Former Italian President Carlo Azeg
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1 ACCOUNTABILITY VIS-À-VIS THE GEN
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implementation of the steps foresee
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CHAPTER 7EXTERNALCOMMUNICATION
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2 COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIESThe ECB a
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Panel at the Fifth ECB Central Bank
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1 DECISION-MAKING BODIES AND CORPOR
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Council decided on the main aspects
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1.3 THE EXECUTIVE BOARDThe Executiv
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Page 248 and 249: Number Title OJ referenceECB/2008/1
Page 250 and 251: Number Title OJ referenceECB/2009/1
Page 252 and 253: Number 2 Originator SubjectCON/2008
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Page 258 and 259: Number 4 Originator Subject OJ refe
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Page 266 and 267: OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS BY CURRENCYE
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Page 270 and 271: DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED BY THEEUROPEAN
Page 272 and 273: 95 “Financial stability challenge
Page 274 and 275: 1012 “Petrodollars and imports of
Page 276 and 277: GLOSSARYThis glossary contains sele
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Page 280 and 281: Financial stability: condition in w
Page 282 and 283: MFIs (monetary financial institutio
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