Governor, National Bank Marko Kranjec of Slovenia

An economics professor, Kranjec was the first finance minister of the independent Slovenia in 1990-91 and was central bank vice- governor between 1991 and 1997.

Slovenia deficit no threat to stability -KranjecLJUBLJANA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The expected rise in Slovenia's budget deficit next year will not endanger the stability of its financial system, Bank of Slovenia Governor Marko Kranjec said in an interview published on Friday.

subprime mortgage crisis could threaten consumer demand in the euro zone, European Central Bank Governing Council member Marko Kranjec said in an interview.

Absent market turbulence, however, the euro-zone economy is healthy and ECB interest rate policy stimulative, Kranjec said in comments that add to expectations for a September rate hike.

In the Financial Times Deutschland version of the interview, released on Monday, Kranjec said of these rate expectations: "The markets are normally always right.

interview in Tuesday's Financial Times Deutschland.

ECB's Kranjec says Europe not in recession grip yet - Forbes.

Thomson Financial NewsECB's Kranjec says Europe not in recession grip yet09.

LJUBLJANA, Sept 24 (Reuters) - European Central Bank Governing Council member Marko Kranjec said on Wednesday that the ECB did not yet believe Europe was in the grip of recession despite the region's stalling economic growth.

Slovenian newspaper Delo had reported that Kranjec said on Monday that the Europe faced a recession.

Kranjec was approved by 74 votes in the 90-seat parliament, while two deputees voted against and one abstained.

Kranjec was Drnovseks seventh choice.

said economist Igor Masten in an e-mailed note on June 15.

LJUBLJANA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank (ECB) needs to consider steps to revive the interbank market, and this week's interest rate cut alone cannot achieve this, ECB Governing Council member Marko Kranjec said on Friday.

When asked, Kranjec said he could not exclude the possibility of the ECB prolonging the maturity of its loans to banks but added it was too early to talk about this.

ECB's Kranjec says US mortgage crisis could impact consumer demand in euro zone - Forbes.

AFX News LimitedECB's Kranjec says US mortgage crisis could impact consumer demand in euro zone08.

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - European Central Bank Governing Council member Marko Kranjec said the crisis in the US subprime mortgage segment could arrest the ongoing early recovery of private consumer demand in the euro zone.

Governing Council member Marko Kranjec said on Friday.

banks but added it was too early to talk about this.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Marko Kranjec said on Wednesday.

Prices Fall, Jobless Claims Rise 2 hour ago ECB Hints at Pause in Rate-Cutting Cycle for February Meeting 2 hour ago(CEP News) Frankfurt - Inflation is likely to remain at elevated levels, European Central Bank Governing Council member Marko Kranjec said at a press conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia on Monday.

LJUBLJANA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The expected rise in Slovenia's budget deficit next year will not endanger the stability of its financial system, Bank of Slovenia Governor Marko Kranjec said in an interview published on Friday.

However, Kranjec said high interest rates on deposits that are being offered by Slovenian banks could endanger the stability of the financial system.

Marko Kranjec said hes worried about plunging stock markets.

Kranjec has said that price stability will be one of the central priorities of his term in office.

Turning to government-sponsored reforms, which he helped draw up in the field of taxes, Kranjec said that the big expectations raised by the government have been met now by the public with a slight, perhaps even greater, disappointment over the fact that the reform had been only partial.

Commenting on the plan of the finance minister to give the control over Slovenia's biggest bank, NLB, to a holding of Slovenian owners, Kranjec said that he did not like politicians acting as planners, distributing ownership among some kind of strategic owners.

I believe things need to be cleared up all the time and I expect I will be able to speak about them openly, Kranjec said in reference to his relationship with Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk, who does not appear to support a great many of Kranjec's views.

Since 2002 Kranjec has lectured on public finance at the Ljubljana Faculty of Administration.

If there is stronger turbulence, household demand could be influenced in a negative way,' Kranjec said in an interview.

LJUBLJANA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - It is worrying to see no end in sight to money market problems despite interest rate cuts and boosts to liquidity supplies, European Central Bank Governing Council member Marko Kranjec said on Tuesday.

ECB's Kranjec Says More Firms Will Fail: There will be more victims in the financial market crisis, but some markets are exaggerating, according to Slovenian Central Bank President Marko Kranjec.

If there is stronger turbulence, household demand could be influenced in a negative way, Kranjec said in an interview to the paper.

LJUBLJANA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The euro zone is now in a period of significantly lower inflation and growth in the region could be negative, European Central Bank Governing Council member Marko Kranjec said on Wednesday.

Marko Kranjec has rich professional experience: in the period from 1965 till 1968 he was Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Economics in the University of Ljubljana, from 1968 till 1970 he worked as an Economist in the Bank of Ljubljana, in OECD in Paris he served as Country Administrator (1976-1978), in the World bank in Washington he was in the position of Country Economist (1984-1986), in the period from 1970 till 1990 he worked as Researcher and Research Advisor of the Institute of Economic Research in Ljubljana.

Kranjec was appointed as Minister of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia (1990-1991), in the period from 1991 till 1997 he was Vice-governor and member of the Executive Board of the Bank of Slovenia, in 1998 he became an Ambassador of Slovenia to the EU in Brussels (1998-2002), in 2002 he started to work as a Professor of Public Finance of the Faculty of Public Administration in the University of Ljubljana (2002-2006.

In 2007 Marco Kranjec was appointed as Governor of the Bank of Slovenia.

LJUBLJANA, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank does not yet view the euro zone economy as being in recession despite the regions stalling growth, Governing Council member Marko Kranjec said on Wednesday.