

BlogSpot - September 22nd, 2014
Questions about the ECB’s unconventional policy toolkit… The new TLTRO program (introduced in June with two initial auctions in September...


BlogSpot - March 28th, 2014
The travails of monetary policy Exits and spillovers… Adair Turner (Project Syndicate) looks at how central banks will achieve a final...


BlogSpot - February 10th, 2014
No, No, No… Nein, Nein, Nein… An uncertain scenario was created over the last few weeks, related to two of the world’s powerful central...


BlogSpot - December 23rd, 2013
Deal on the SRM: a glass half-full An agreement on the second pillar of the banking union (for a primer, Ton Fairless has a helpful...


BlogSpot - December 2nd, 2013
The importance of politics in Europe A “Coalition Contract” was reached in Germany between the CDU/CSU and the SPD (see Handelsblatt)....


BlogSpot - November 22nd, 2013
Growth heading towards secular stagnation… The OECD revised its global growth outlook—predicting a slow recovery, with headwinds from...


BlogSpot - November 15th, 2013
Ask again: is the Eurozone crisis over? This week brought some reasons to be cheerful in the eurozone. As noted in EuroIntelligence,...


BlogSpot - November 12th, 2013
Is Germany harming of serving the world economy? In a series of columns (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), Paul Krugman launched a debate about the...

BlogSpot - October 4th, 2013
The politics, the politics… Unicredit, in an analytical note, stress the importance of politics in the current environment—with the US...


BlogSpot - September 27th, 2013
An opportunity and a challenge in Merkel’s landslide victory The outlook for the eurozone remains a central topic in the blogsphere, as...