Wim Duisenberg Growth Quotations

The Danish people have chosen to deprive themselves of benefits in the form of an increase in the rate of growth and the welfare of the economy that would have otherwise taken place, and that is already taking place within the euro area.

The trend in the growth of loans to the private sector also seems to point in this direction.

So we do expect to maintain a growth rate in the euro area of at least 3 percent per year for the next two years.

A reassessment may be appropriate if money and credit growth increase further.

All available evidence is that a period of robust economic growth -- albeit at a somewhat slower pace than we have seen in recent months -- still lies ahead of us as far as we can see for the foreseeable future,

Economic activity in the euro area is determined mainly by domestic factors, ... Growth is very likely to continue at a reasonably robust pace.

At the end of the year, economic growth should reach a level close to potential growth,

In the past 25 years the average growth rate of euro area gross domestic product has been between 2 and 2-1/2 percent, ... We are now in for a period this year and next year when growth will be in excess, I would even say considerably in excess, of 3 percent a year.