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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.
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07 September 2015
Has globalisation 'peaked'? Trade and GDP growth in the post-crisis context
Is the ‘Global Trade Slowdown’ a signal that globalisation has structurally 'peaked', and thus we should expect a stagnation of trade growth also in t
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07 September 2015
The triumph of backward-looking economics
What’s at stake: At a time when monetary policy makers have a hard time generating inflation despite credible monetary regime changes (e.g. Japan), it
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31 August 2015
Why is China finding it hard to fight the markets?
Sitting on a pile of debt, China’s only way out is to deleverage: more pain now for sustainable growth later.
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31 August 2015
The global trade slowdown puzzle
What’s at stake: This week’s data renewed concerns about developments in global trade as it showed for the last 6 months the biggest contraction in gl
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26 August 2015
The dragon sneezes, Europe catches a cold
European stock prices, financial contagion and the trade exposure to China. How the turmoil in China’s stock market is affecting European stock market
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24 August 2015
The history of the macroeconomic divide
What’s at stake: Following up on his mathiness critique that economic theory is becoming a sloppy mixture of words and symbols, Paul Romer wrote a ser
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17 August 2015
Greece budget update - August
The Greek finance ministry published last week the latest budget execution bulletin. The state budget primary balance increased significantly during J
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14 August 2015
Still vulnerable: the euro area’s small and medium-sized banks
In our recent research we show that the small and medium-sized banks (SMBs) – and among them the unlisted banks – remain under considerable stress.
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12 August 2015
The decline in market liquidity
Has it become harder for buyers and sellers to transact without causing sharp price movements?
Blog post
06 August 2015
Wolfgang Schäuble, Debt Relief, and the Future of the Eurozone
The German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has had enough. Greece, he says, cannot receive debt relief from European creditors because European off
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04 August 2015
Delhi’s children deserve quality education
Money has not held up educational advancement in Delhi or in India more generally. Delhi’s education budget has risen steadily. And the worry is that
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03 August 2015
Now you see it, now you don’t
The first Italian case of bail-in.
Blog post
19 July 2015
Understanding the neo-fisherite rebellion
The idea that low interest rates are deflationary – that we’ve had the sign on monetary policy wrong! – started as a fringe theory on the corners of t
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17 July 2015
Five Lessons on Greece
A reflection on the experience of Greece and other countries who have implemented rescue programs
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17 July 2015
Greece budget update
Primary surplus picked up in June, but July is the key month to watch.
Blog post
16 July 2015
Huawei vs ZTE judgement: a welcome decision?
Today the European Court of Justice (ECJ) will rule on a dispute between Chinese tech companies Huawei and ZTE regarding a patent “essential” to
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