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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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15 July 2015
Kosten uns die Russland-Sanktionen wirklich 2 Millionen Jobs?
Vor zwei Wochen hat ein Bericht des Österreichischen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO) zur Wirkung der Russland-Sanktionen auf die eu
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15 July 2015
The birth of European macroeconomics
In 1997, Milton Friedman warned that when politics clashes with economics, the outcome is not a pretty one. This column reviews some of criticisms and
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14 July 2015
Europe's export superstars
What has contributed to Germany's exceptional export performance compared to other European countries?
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14 July 2015
Olivier Blanchard fails to recognise two major IMF mistakes in Greece
This blog draws two lessons from the failed Greek programme. Olivier Blanchard is right that the fiscal adjustment of the last 5 years was unavoidable
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13 July 2015
European political preferences for decarbonisation
On 8 July the European Parliament finally voted to introduce a mechanism to stabilise the European emissions trading system (ETS). What can a de
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13 July 2015
Professor Blanchard writes a Greek tragedy
Olivier Blanchard has, with his customary clarity and candor, addressed criticisms of the IMF’s role in Greece’s financial rescue. His is a perso
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13 July 2015
Restructuring in the US currency union
On June 28, the governor of the Commonwealth territory announced that it would not be able to repay its debt. Puerto Rico has since asked Congress to
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12 July 2015
Preserving the Greek financial sector: options for recap and assistance
Regaining the stability of the Greek financial sector is key, as a meltdown could lead to Grexit. The stability of the Greek financial system currentl
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11 July 2015
The Greek last-chance proposal: stepping backwards to move forward?
Greece sent its proposal to Brussels yesterday, in an attempt to pave the way for the negotiation of a third ESM programme. The package makes signific
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09 July 2015
China's stock market falling off a cliff: Why, and why care?
Spurred by interventions from Chinese authorities, the Chinese stock market was rallying. However, the recent sell-off has wiped out on
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07 July 2015
Update: financial market developments
Following on from our previous blogs, we take another look at the intra-day developments in financial markets after yesterday’s European Council meeti
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07 July 2015
Choices after the Greferendum
On Sunday, with a sizeable majority, the Greek people voted down the proposals of the country’s official lenders. What’s next? We see three main optio
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06 July 2015
Keep calm … and reach a deal ASAP
A clear majority of Greek citizens has decided to decline the creditors’ proposal that was on the table on June 25. This result should not be over-int
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06 July 2015
Wage and price inflation
What’s at stake: For the past few months, the Fed has been in a "wait-and-see" mode to assess the strength of the US recovery.
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04 July 2015
In bad faith
On July 2, the IMF released its analysis of whether Greek debt was sustainable or not. The report said that Greek debt was not sustain
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02 July 2015
Designing a new EU-Turkey strategic gas partnership
The 2014 Ukraine crisis reinforced the EU’s quest for security of gas supply. The European Commission released an Energy Union Communication in Febru
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