﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Speeches</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00.htm</link><description /><copyright>(c) </copyright><item><title>General Meeting 2012</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/120529_algvergad.htm</link><description>Introductory speech by Governor Luc Coene</description><pubDate>2012-05-29</pubDate></item><item><title>Report 2011</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/120216_report2011.htm</link><description>Presentation of Report 2011 by Governor Luc Coene</description><pubDate>2012-02-16</pubDate></item><item><title>The Belgian Banking Sector in 2020</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/111122_FIFO.htm</link><description>Speech by Governor Luc Coene at the colloquium "The Belgian Banking Sector in 2020" in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Belgian Financial Forum publications "Revue bancaire et financière/Bank- en Financiewezen" and "Droit bancaire et financier/Bank- en Financieel Recht."</description><pubDate>2011-11-22</pubDate></item><item><title>General Meeting 2011</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/110530_algvergad.htm</link><description>Introductory speech by Governor Luc Coene</description><pubDate>2011-05-31</pubDate></item><item><title>Challenges for euro area monetary policy going forward</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/110510_Suerf.htm</link><description>Keynote Speech by Governor Luc Coene at the 29th SUERF Colloquium in Brussels, May 10, 2011</description><pubDate>2011-05-10</pubDate></item><item><title>Discours d'adieu pour Guy Quaden prononcé au cours du déjeuner des Conseils de la Banque</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/110330_afscheidsspeech_Quaden.htm</link><description>par Luc Coene, 30 mars 2011</description><pubDate>2011-04-04</pubDate></item><item><title>Interest rates appropriate but risky to leave low too long</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/101027_marketnews.htm</link><description>Interview of Guy Quaden with the agency Market News International&lt;BR&gt;26 October 2010</description><pubDate>2010-10-27</pubDate></item><item><title>International Conference 2010 on "International Trade: Threats and Opportunities in a Globalised World"</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/10101415_brussels_colloq_concluding.htm</link><description>Closing speech to the Bank's 2010 Conference&lt;BR&gt;Brussels, 15 October 2010</description><pubDate>2010-10-18</pubDate></item><item><title>International Conference 2010 on "International Trade: Threats and Opportunities in a Globalised World"</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/10101415_brussels_colloq.htm</link><description>Introduction by Governor Guy Quaden&lt;BR&gt;Brussels, 14 October 2010</description><pubDate>2010-10-18</pubDate></item><item><title>Basel III and beyond</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/100928_basel3.htm</link><description>by Governor Guy Quaden, National Bank of Belgium&lt;BR&gt;Brussels, Sept. 28, 2010</description><pubDate>2010-09-28</pubDate></item><item><title>Modernizing IMF Surveillance</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/100924_Singapore.htm</link><description>Intervention by Governor Guy Quaden, National Bank of Belgium at the IMF - MAS  Conference&lt;BR&gt;"The IMF and the international financial system: The post crisis agenda"&lt;BR&gt;Singapore, September 24, 2010</description><pubDate>2010-09-24</pubDate></item><item><title>General Meeting 2010</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/100601_algvergad.htm</link><description>Presentation of the annual accounts 2009 by vice-Governor Luc Coene</description><pubDate>2010-06-01</pubDate></item><item><title>General Meeting 2010</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/100531_algvergad.htm</link><description>Introductory speech by Governor Guy Quaden</description><pubDate>2010-05-31</pubDate></item><item><title>La Belgique et le commerce mondial: pourquoi le recul? Comment y remédier?</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/100503_Belgiantrade.htm</link><description>Discours prononcé par Monsieur Guy Quaden, Gouverneur de la Banque nationale de Belgique, à l'occasion de l'assemblée générale de l'ICC Belgium du 3 mai 2010.</description><pubDate>2010-05-03</pubDate></item><item><title>La problématique des pensions dans le contexte du vieillissement et de la crise</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/100401_pension.htm</link><description>Exposé au Séminaire de l'Association belge des institutions de pension par Guy Quaden, Gouverneur</description><pubDate>2010-04-01</pubDate></item><item><title>Report 2009</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/100226_verslag2009.htm</link><description>Presentation by Guy Quaden, Governor</description><pubDate>2009-02-26</pubDate></item><item><title>Joint SUERF, CEPS and Belgian Financial Forum Conference on Crisis Management at Cross-Roads</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/091116_fifo_Conference.htm</link><description>Closing Speech by Governor Quaden</description><pubDate>2009-11-16</pubDate></item><item><title>The Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/091007_IMF_the_World_Bank.htm</link><description>Speech by Mr. Guy Quaden, Governor for Belgium&lt;BR&gt;At the Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank&lt;BR&gt;Istanbul, October 6, 2009</description><pubDate>2009-10-07</pubDate></item><item><title>Assemblée générale 2009</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/090330_algvergad.htm</link><description>Exposé introductif du gouverneur Guy Quaden</description><pubDate>2009-03-30</pubDate></item><item><title>Forum Construction 2009</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/090313_bouwforum.htm</link><description>Speech by Jan Smets, Director, 26 February 2009</description><pubDate>2009-03-13</pubDate></item><item><title>Report 2008</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/090220_verslag2008.htm</link><description>Presentation by Luc Coene, Vice Governor&lt;BR&gt;Leuven, 12 February 2009</description><pubDate>2009-02-20</pubDate></item><item><title>The integration of the euro government bond market: standstill or restart?</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/081024_bondmarket.htm</link><description>Third Annual European Government Bond summit&lt;BR&gt;Keynote address by Guy Quaden, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium&lt;BR&gt;Brussels, 24 october 2008</description><pubDate>2008-10-24</pubDate></item><item><title>Biennial NBB Conference "Towards an integrated macro-finance framework for monetary policy analysis"</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/081016_brussels_biennal.htm</link><description>Introduction by Governor Guy Quaden&lt;BR&gt;Brussels, 16 October 2008</description><pubDate>2008-10-16</pubDate></item><item><title>Assemblée générale 2008</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/080331_brussels.htm</link><description>Exposé introductif par le gouverneur Guy Quaden  &lt;BR&gt;Bruxelles, le 31 mars 2008</description><pubDate>2008-03-31</pubDate></item><item><title>Bond Market conference "IMF Helping Fill Global Securities Data Gap"</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/080326_Smets_IMF2.htm</link><description>Speech by Director Jan Smets</description><pubDate>2008-03-26</pubDate></item><item><title>Bond Market conference "Experts Establish Network to Strengthen Securities Statistics"</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/080326_Smets_IMF.htm</link><description>Speech by Director Jan Smets</description><pubDate>2008-03-26</pubDate></item><item><title>Audition du Gouverneur devant la Commission des Finances et du Budget</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/080319_Commissie_Financien_Begroting.htm</link><description>Audition du Gouverneur - 19 mars 2008 &lt;BR&gt;Devant la Commission des Finances et du Budget</description><pubDate>2008-03-19</pubDate></item><item><title>"Assessment of the Lamfalussy Architecture"</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/071126_brussels.htm</link><description>3L3 Meeting of the European Financial Regulators&lt;BR&gt;Welcome Address by Guy Quaden, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium</description><pubDate>2007-11-26</pubDate></item><item><title>Remarks on the outlook for the European economy, the turmoil in financial markets and the monetary policy.</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/071031_Dubai.htm</link><description>Remarks on the outlook for the European economy, the turmoil in financial markets and the monetary policy by Governor Guy Quaden</description><pubDate>2007-10-31</pubDate></item><item><title>Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/071023_ICMIF_conference.htm</link><description>Statement by the Hon. Guy Quaden, Governor of the Fund for Belgium, at the 2007 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund&lt;BR&gt;Washington, October 23</description><pubDate>2007-10-23</pubDate></item><item><title>Les banques centrales et la stabilité financière</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/070926_ICMIF_conference.htm</link><description>Séance d'ouverture de la Conférence de l'International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation par M. Guy Quaden</description><pubDate>2007-09-26</pubDate></item><item><title>Rapport 2007 du Conseil Supérieur de l' Emploi</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/070704_hoge_raad_werkgelegenheid.htm</link><description>Introduction de M. J. Smets, vice-président, à l'occasion de la présentation du 29 juin 2007</description><pubDate>2007-07-04</pubDate></item><item><title>2007 International Arab Banking Summit</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/070628_arab_banking.htm</link><description>Opening address by Guy Quaden, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium, Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank</description><pubDate>2007-06-28</pubDate></item><item><title>Présentation du Rapport du Comité d'Étude sur le Vieillissement</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/070627_Vieillissement.htm</link><description>par Guy Quaden, Gouverneur de la Banque nationale de Belgique &lt;BR&gt;Conférence de presse du 27 juin 2007</description><pubDate>2007-06-27</pubDate></item><item><title>Assemblée générale 2007</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/070326_brussels.htm</link><description>Exposé introductif par le gouverneur Guy Quaden  &lt;BR&gt;Bruxelles, le 26 mars 2007</description><pubDate>2007-03-26</pubDate></item><item><title>Remarks by governor Quaden on the occasion of signing the Cash Single Shared Platform contract between Bank of Finland and the central banks of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/070316_helsinki.htm</link><description>Exposé by Guy Quaden, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium &lt;BR&gt;Helsinki, 16 March 2007</description><pubDate>2007-03-16</pubDate></item><item><title>Regional economic integration and monetary cooperation (in Europe and Africa)</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/070201_paris.htm</link><description>Exposé by Guy Quaden, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium &lt;BR&gt;Paris, Banque de France, 1 February 2007</description><pubDate>2007-02-01</pubDate></item><item><title>Structural Reforms in Europe: Harmonisation or Decentralisation?</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/070112_luxemburg.htm</link><description>Exposé by Guy Quaden, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium &lt;BR&gt;Banque centrale du Luxembourg - 12 January 2007</description><pubDate>2007-01-12</pubDate></item><item><title>La politique monétaire et le rôle des banques centrales</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/061027_bankenfinanciewezen.htm</link><description>Discours de M. Guy Quaden, gouverneur de la Banque nationale de Belgique, à l'occasion du 70ème anniversaire de la "Revue bancaire et financière" et de "Droit bancaire et financier", Forum financier belge, le 26 octobre 2006</description><pubDate>2006-10-26</pubDate></item><item><title>Price and Wage Rigidities in an Open Economy</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/061013_Colloquium.htm</link><description>Opening address by Guy QUADEN, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium</description><pubDate>2006-10-13</pubDate></item><item><title>Quelle Europe économique et monétaire?</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/060531_Europe.htm</link><description>Intervention de Guy QUADEN, Gouverneur de la Banque nationale de Belgique</description><pubDate>2006-05-31</pubDate></item><item><title>Financial Forum Symposium on SEPA</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/060530_sepa.htm</link><description>Key-note speech by Guy Quaden, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium</description><pubDate>2006-05-30</pubDate></item><item><title>Ordinary general meeting, 27 March 2006</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/060327_jaarverslag2005.htm</link><description>Introductory speech by Guy Quaden, Governor</description><pubDate>2006-03-27</pubDate></item><item><title>The National Bank of Belgium: a century and a half of Belgian and European history</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/051123geschiedenisNBB.htm</link><description>Introductory statement by Governor Guy Quaden - Symposium of 22 November 2005</description><pubDate>2005-11-23</pubDate></item><item><title>General meeting of 29 March 2005</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/050329.htm</link><description>Introductory statement by Governor Guy Quaden</description><pubDate>2005-03-29</pubDate></item><item><title>Presentation of the 2004 Annual Report of the National Bank</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/050223+Voorstelling+jaarverslag.htm</link><description>by Governor Guy Quaden</description><pubDate>2005-02-23</pubDate></item><item><title>Prospects and Challenges of the European Economy</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/041027+Prospects+and+Challenges+of+the+European+Economy.htm</link><description>Guy Quaden, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium, &lt;BR&gt;Speech delivered at the Swiss Chamber of Commerce, Brussels, 27 October 2004</description><pubDate>2004-10-27</pubDate></item><item><title>La Banque nationale et l'évolution des moyens de paiement</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/040922+banksys.htm</link><description>Speech à l'occasion du Symposium organisé par Banksys sur l'avenir du paiement électronique</description><pubDate>2004-09-22</pubDate></item><item><title>Challenges for the European Economy</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/040527.htm</link><description>Speech delivered at the Foreign Bankers' Association in Amsterdam, the Netherlands</description><pubDate>2004-05-27</pubDate></item><item><title>Efficiency and Stability in an evolving Financial System</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/040517_18.htm</link><description>Opening address at the National Bank of Belgium - Conference by Guy Quaden, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium</description><pubDate>2004-05-17</pubDate></item><item><title>General meeting of 29 March 2004</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/040329.htm</link><description>Introductory statement by Governor Guy Quaden</description><pubDate>2004-03-29</pubDate></item><item><title>Presentation of the 2003  Annual Report of the National Bank</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/040216.htm</link><description>by Governor Guy Quaden</description><pubDate>2004-02-16</pubDate></item><item><title>Croissance, compétitivité et emploi</title><link>http://www.bnb.be/pub/01_00_00_00_00/01_09_00_00_00/01_09_01_00_00/040116.htm</link><description>Communication du gouverneur Guy Quaden à la réunion extraordinaire du Conseil des Ministres, Gembloux</description><pubDate>2004-01-16</pubDate></item></channel></rss>