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The fiscal side of Europe’s energy crisis: the facts, problems and prospects
Europe needs to move beyond emergency fiscal responses and focus on structural changes to allow the EU to accelerate its decoupling from fossil fuels.
Is Europe failing on import diversification?
Despite a goal of economic self-reliance, the European Union’s imports are generally sourced from an increasingly limited set of suppliers.
The difficulty of designating gatekeepers under the EU Digital Markets Act
The European Commission should be more precise and transparent when designating gatekeepers under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.
Europe’s half a million barrels per day diesel supply question
A new European Union embargo on Russian oil products should not affect EU diesel supplies and prices, but could encourage re-routing by Russia.
Web3: the next internet revolution
Tokenisation based on blockchain technology could bring radical changes to markets for goods and services.
Blog post
29 June 2016
Markets and broken promises in the UK referendum
After four days of violent market reactions to the prospects of Brexit, markets have paused and gained in strength slightly. Why has that happened?
Blog post
28 June 2016
Losing “EU passport” would damage City of London
If the UK cannot secure a “Norway” deal and stay within the internal market, the UK will lose the passporting rights which make London attractive as a
Blog post
28 June 2016
Mobile roaming, Brexit, and unintended consequences
The intermediate and long-term consequences of the UK “Brexit” referendum of 23 June 2016 are numerous and far-reaching. There has been much discussio
Blog post
28 June 2016
Bank shares take a hard hit following Brexit
In the past five days a number of banks have seen their stock value decline by large amounts.
Blog post
27 June 2016
The breakdown of productivity diffusion
The OECD has been pushing the idea that the productivity slowdown is not so much due to a lack of innovation but rather due to a lack of innovation di
Blog post
27 June 2016
Six lessons about “real” people, Brexit, and the EU
The result of the UK referendum on 23 June has been portrayed as a victory for "real people". But what consequences will the result have, and how shou
Blog post
27 June 2016
Can the EU-India Free Trade Agreement be revived?
India and the EU must adopt a flexible approach, and iron out differences on crucial issues, to ensure that the India-EU FTA becomes a reality.
Blog post
25 June 2016
The UK / EU separation: how fast does it happen?
Up until the British rebuff on 23 June 2016, the European Union had always been in expansion mode, also known in EU parlance as enlargement. The UK vo
Blog post
24 June 2016
Initial market reactions to Brexit
Initial market reactions to Brexit
Blog post
22 June 2016
The day after Brexit: what do we know?
With the UK referendum on EU membership on 23 June, Europe is contemplating the practical consequences of a vote to leave.
Blog post
16 June 2016
Corporates are responding to the new ECB corporate sector purchase programme
We have observed a sharp increase in corporate bond issuance following the ECB’s announcement in March this year, but it is too early to see the effec
Blog post
15 June 2016
Implementation of European Semester recommendations worsens further
Economic policy coordination in the EU hardly works: the initially modest implementation has worsened further.
Blog post
14 June 2016
Brexit fears weigh on markets in euro-area periphery
Markets are beginning to price in the possibility that the EU will look different on the 24th of June.
Blog post
14 June 2016
Are central bank(er)s still credible?
Both the Fed and the ECB have managed to remain credible since the financial crisis, but their credibility levels have evolved differently. Since infl
Blog post
13 June 2016
The cyclicality of structural reforms
What’s at stake: In line with the crisis-induced reform hypothesis, European countries have since 2010 enacted unpopular reforms in labour market regu
Blog post
09 June 2016
The use of ECB liquidity
The Eurosystem’s regular open market operations consist of one-week liquidity-providing operations (MROs), and three-month liquidity-providing operati
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