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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10524

5 January 2012
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) ecb
Peter Praet appointed Chief Economist

Brussels, 04/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 3 January, the European Central Bank's Executive Board shuffled its cabinet, so to speak, by appointing Belgium's Peter Praet as Chief Economist, a compromise decision because both France and Germany were after the job. Along with economic issues, Praet, who was formerly the director of the Belgian Central Bank, will be responsible for human
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