In 2010 gross savings as a fraction of households’  BIS central bankers’ speeches  3  disposable income stood at roughly 14 percent in the euro area, 8.6 percent in the US, and 5.4 percent in the UK. Trade within the euro area and the EU is flourishing as well as the exchange of goods and services with the rest of the world.
Joanne Kellermann: The challenge of diversity in central banks Speech by Ms A J Kellermann, Executive Director of the Netherlands Bank, at the European Central Bank (ECB) Diversity forum, Frankfurt am Main, 28 March 2011. *  *  *  Within De Nederlandsche Bank, role models are important for the emancipation of its female staff.