Duisenberg Not so dim really

Wim Duisenberg was an unpopular central banker. Investors called the first president of the European Central Bank «Dim Wim», first because he wouldn’t increase rates enough to support the euro against the dollar and then because he wouldn’t cut them enough to support the stumbling eurozone economy. He was accused of being no more than «Mister 15 minutes», a snide reference to his main responsibility at his previous job heading the Dutch central bank – that of following German interest rate decis...