Lorenzo Bini Smaghi: The internationalisation of currencies – a central banking perspective Speech by Mr Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at the joint conference “The euro at ten: the next global currency?”, sponsored by the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Bruegel, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington DC, 10 October 2008.
*  *  *  Introduction 1 Ladies and gentlemen, It is an honour to be here to celebrate the approaching tenth anniversary of the euro.