Top 25 Market Movers
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Jean-Claude Trichet
President, European Central Bank
Trichet fits the profile of success. After climbing the ranks of France's Ministry of Finance and working his way up the ladder at the Treasury Department, he became president of the European Central Bank in 2003.
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"Do we have a feeling there is a limit to the decrease in rates?
At this stage, certainly yes."
At this stage, certainly yes."
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Bio
Date of Birth: 12/20/1942
Hometown: Lyon, France
Education: M.S. in economics, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris; graduate of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration
Trivia
As governor of the Banque de France in the early '90s, Trichet was dubbed the "Ayatollah of the strong franc."