European Central Bank The central bank for the new euro currency Its executive was appointed in May 1998 and it formally comes into operation with the launch of the first main stage of the euro in January 1999 Link
Event Control Block An operating system control block used to represent the status of an event
A menu-driven system that allows users to perform functions such as the following: search a list of database variables by key words or variable names/labels; display percentages for each variable in the database; display question text for each variable in the database; select variables for analysis; generate SAS or SPSS program code/command statements for constructing a system file; and generate a codebook of the selected variables An ECB with NELS: 88 data is available on CD-ROM
European Central Bank - Taking over duties of the European Monetary Institute (EMI) from I July 1998 From 1 January 1999 the independent central bank of the EURO area Responsible for making and carrying out EU monetary policy, including the setting of short-term interest rates and having the sole right to issue EURO bank notes