BlogSpot - October 13th, 2014
A stronger banking union thanks to stress testing the banks? The ECB and the European Banking Authority will publish the 2014 EU-wide...
BlogSpot - October 6th, 2014
The ECB between prudence and effectiveness At the latest Governing Council, Mario Draghi stressed the need for the ECB to work on...
BlogSpot - September 29th, 2014
Weakness at the core The euro zone’s economic recovery continued to falter, as reported by EuroIntelligence. Growth in the third quarter...
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 - September 14th, 2014
The Scottish Referendum and its Implications With the first pool (or BBC) finding a majority for the independence of Scotland issued on...
BlogSpot - September 8th, 2014
Economic weakness in Europe remains pervasive, from Germany, France, and Italy. GDP (0 percent), PMI (50.7 percent), and inflation (0.4...
BlogSpot - June 16th, 2014
A few days pass, and analysts become more critical of the ECB monetary action The ECB announced (see the ECB’s web site or the transcript...
Article - Errors in Growth Forecasts
International and national institutions, banks, governments and others provide growth forecasts, whose publication or announcement is...
BlogSpot - June 3rd, 2014
An Election Reader Akin to Krugman, RealTime Brussels provide a summary of the general thinking after the elections: earthquakes and...
BlogSpot - May 26th, 2014
The double-headed Europe Europeans citizens elected 751 new MEPs to a European Parliament with expanded powers given by the Lisbon Treaty...
