President of the European Central Bank French Jean Claude Trichet (L) confers with commisisioner responsable of Economy and Monetary Affairs Joaquim Almunia as they attend the second working session of the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 2, 2009. European countries met to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

President of the European Central Bank French Jean Claude Trichet (L) confers with commisisioner responsable of Economy and Monetary Affairs Joaquim Almunia as they attend the second working session of the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 2, 2009. European countries met to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits.

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  1. European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet (L) talks with Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti on November 10,2009 during an Ecofin meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
  2. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  3. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  4. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  5. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  6. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  7. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  8. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  9. President of European Central Bank (ECB) Jean Claude Trichet (R) and Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi arrive at a news conference at the ECB Governing Council meeting in Venice, October 8, 2009.
  10. Bank of Italia governor Mario Draghi (L) an Bank of Austria governor Ewald Nowotny chat during a break of a meeting of the Europen Central Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. European Central Bank policymakers meeting in Venice were set to keep the ECB's key interest rate anchored at an all-time low point of 1.0 percent, a bank official and analysts signalled.
  11. Bottom row (left to right) National Bank of Belgium Governor Guy Quaden, Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Governor Patrick Honohan, Bank of Portugal Governor Victor Manuel Ribeiro Constancio, Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank Jean Claude Trichet, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Gertrude Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia, Vice-President of the ECB Lucas Papademos, from middle row (left to right) Bank of the Netherlands economic counsellor Lex Hoogduin, Bank of Slovenia Governor Ivan Sramko, Austrian Governor Aide Wolfgang Duchatczek, Austrian National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny, Deutsche Bundesbank President Axel Weber, Bank of Slovenia Governor Marko Kranjec, Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer, Central Bank of Luxembourg Yves Mersch, back row from left, Bank of Finland Governor Erkki Liikanen, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Central Bank of Cyprus Governor Athanosios Orphanides, Bank of Spain Governor Miguel Fernandez Ordonez, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Jose' Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo and Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Jurgen Stark pose for a family photo during the governing Council meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Venice October 8, 2009.
  12. President of European Central Bank (EBC) Jean Claude Trichet (L) and Mario Draghi, governor of Bank of Italy, arrive for the European Central Bank meeting in Venice October 8, 2009.
  13. President of European Central Bank (EBC) Jean Claude Trichet (R), Mario Draghi (L), governor of Bank of Italy, and Axel Weber, president of Deutsche Bundesbank, pose for a family photo at the European Central Bank meeting in Venice October 8, 2009.
  14. President of European Central Bank (EBC) Jean Claude Trichet (R), Mario Draghi (L), governor of Bank of Italy, and Axel Weber, president of Deutsche Bundesbank, pose during a photo family at the European Central Bank meeting in Venice October 8, 2009.
  15. G-7 Finance Ministers and their Bank Governors pose for a family picture as they hold a meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center on October 3, 2009. (FromL, Bottom Row) International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, EU Commissioner Joaquin Almunia of Spain, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, Italy's Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti, Japan's Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii, German Deputy Finance Minister Joerg Asmussen, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, Russian Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin and World Bank President Robert Zoellick. (FromL, Top Row) OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria of Mexico, Chairman of the euro zone finance ministers' group Jean-Claude Junker, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer, Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi, Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, German Bundesbank President Axel Weber, Russian Central Bank Governor Sergey Ignatiev, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and Egypt�s Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali.
  16. European Central Bank governing council member and Cyprus Central Bank Governor Athanasios Orphanides addresses parliament in Nicosia, November 27, 2009. Orphanides said the Euro zone member was likely to show a contraction in growth of 1.0 percent this year, and forecast deficits which would be double the Euro zone's threshold in 2010 and 2011.

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