Bruegel Blog (archive)

The maths behind an amended Greek plan

While Mr Mr Varoufakis’s plan was received coldly by euro-area partners, recent media reports suggest that a compromise is in the making. In this

The Greek banking system: a tragedy in the making?

ECB collateral damages on Greece

The European Central Bank’s Governing Council lifted the waiver of minimum credit rating requirements for greek government bonds which, until yesterda

A major step towards a Greek compromise

Following a week of fright after the Greek elections, during which various statements by the new Greek government have raised the spectre of Grexit, F

Who’s (still) exposed to Greece?

Following the recent elections, Greece has come under pressure. Fear is growing about the stance of the newly elected government and there have been s

Can Greece become competitive overnight?

In a controversial piece recently published by the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), Anders Aslund illustrates how the problem wi

The decline in inflation compensation

What’s at stake: While market measures of inflation compensation have declined on both sides of the Atlantic, Fed and ECB officials appear to hav

The Italian malaise

Most countries experienced an increase in the number of enterprise bankruptcies as the financial crisis hit its darkest moment in early 2009. From the

The global race for innovation

Commissioner Moedas' speech at the Bruegel event "The new European research agenda".

A European approach to corporate tax

The recent ‘tax-sweetener’ state-aid cases against Ireland for its agreements with Apple, Luxembourg with Amazon and Fiat, and the Netherlands with St

Blogs review: QE and central bank solvency (continued)

What’s at stake: Our previous review suggested reasons for believing that central bank financial strength was a non-issue, even within the partic

Greek choices after the elections

In the days ahead of the Greek snap elections on 25 January 2015 a huge range of opinions has appeared on what Greece and its lenders should do. One c

The ECB has fired its bazooka

The ECB announced today an expansion of its asset purchases, to include securities issued by European agencies and institutions, as well as central go

Oil and the dollar will complicate the U.S. revival

At the start of 2015, two familiar features dominate the global economic outlook: continuing turbulence in financial markets and the relative strength

The ECB’s bond-purchase dilemma

German opposition to government-bond purchases by the European Central Bank is solidifying ahead of the programme’s likely announcement on January 22.

Deepening the economic and monetary union

Commissioner Moscovici's speech at the Bruegel event "Deepening the economic and monetary union"