Nout Wellink: On the euro and exports, speculation and global trade Speech by Dr Nout Wellink, President of the Netherlands Bank and President of the Bank for International Settlements, on the occasion of a luncheon conference of the Limburgse Werkgevers Vereniging, Herten-Roermond, 26 January 2005.
*  *  *  I shall speak to you about the euro and the consequences of its rising rate for the exports sector. But I shall also dwell on the global causes as well as the macro-economic effects of the strong euro.