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Listen to President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet discuss the need for structural reforms in Europe, particularly those that increase labor productivity growth, establish well-functioning product markets, and create a competitive, entrepreneurial-friendly economic environment.

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April 24, 2006

A Conversation with Jean-Claude Trichet [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.]

Speaker:	Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank
Presider:	William J. McDonough, Vice Chairman and Special Adviser to the Chairman, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.; Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, discusses the need for structural reforms in Euro area countries, particularly reforms which would increase labor productivity growth, establish well-functioning product markets and create a competitive, entrepreneurial-friendly economic environment.

See more in Europe/Russia, International Finance

Video

April 24, 2006

C. Peter McColough Roundtable Series in International Economics: A Conversation with Jean-Claude Trichet (video)

Speaker:	Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank
Presider:	William J. McDonough, Vice Chairman and Special Advisor to the Chairman, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Video

Watch President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet, discuss the need for structural reforms in Europe, particularly those that increase labor productivity growth, establish well-functioning product markets, and create a competitive, entrepreneurial-friendly economic environment.

See more in Europe/Russia, Economics

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