The ECB s Tone Deaf President

The president of the European Central Bank, as well as the International Monetary Fund, acknowledge the gravity of the problem.

Most recently, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed ECB President Mario Draghi, leaving Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann isolated.

ECB President Mario Draghi has said much the same.

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LONDON Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, has repeatedly claimed that the ECB will do everything necessary to save the euro.

The ECB and Its Critics

The ECB Grows Up

The Naked ECB

It was the first time that the president of the ECB has had to reveal that a decision was not unanimous.

That is why ECB President Mario Draghi rejected Hollande s suggestion almost instantly.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi s announcement last summer that the ECB would do whatever it takes to preserve the euro reassured financial markets.

Nor will ECB President Jean Claude Trichet be intimidated by French pressure to pursue a softer monetary policy.

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

LONDON When Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, publicly proclaimed that the ECB would do whatever it takes to ensure the future stability of the euro, the effect of his remarks was immediate and remarkable.

The ECB s Faulty Weapon

Europe s Central Bank at Sea

The ECB s Lethal Inhibition

And the undertaker was not ECB President Mario Draghi it was German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The ECB s Leap into the Unknown

Behind the ECB s Wall of Money

The European Central Bank also lost its credibility.

Out of Step at the ECB

The ECB Picks Up The Pace

The ECB s Honeymoon is Over

The ECB s Secret Bailout Strategy

Germany s Case Against the ECB

In July 2012, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi pledged that the ECB would do whatever it takes to preserve the euro.

Mario Draghi, head of the Bank of Italy and Trichet s anointed successor at the ECB, has called for binding limits not on just budgets but also on a host of other national economic policies.

Jean Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank, has called for stricter budgetary rules.

Helping the ECB Cross the Rubicon

Ecb Is Now Europe s Anchor

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

But the ECB holds firm against cutting indeed, after the Governing Council s December meeting, ECB President Jean Claude Trichet said that some members were in favor of raising rates.

The ECB President made it clear he will do his duty whatever the political pressure.

His attacks on ECB President Jean Claude Trichet were often vicious and quite personal.

Is the ECB Doing Enough?

The ECB s New Macroeconomic Realism

John Stewart Mill vs. the European Central Bank

That points towards reliance on the ECB.

The ECB s credibility is on the line.

The voting structure in the ECB is flawed.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi s promise to do whatever it takes has succeeded in providing a temporary calm.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi provided such a narrative to the financial markets last July.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi provided such a narrative to the financial markets last July. He said that the ECB would do everything necessary to prevent the disintegration of the euro, adding simply Believe me, it will be enough.