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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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10 October 2014
Why does Italy not grow?
At this point in 2014 (in September), the prospects for Italian growth and inflation have weakened considerably—they may well be close to zero for the
Blog post
08 October 2014
A compelling case for Chinese monetary easing
A successful Chinese economy needs both structural reforms on the supply side to enhance potential growth, and a nimble monetary policy to fully explo
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07 October 2014
Whose is Russia’s external debt?
Data from the Central Bank of Russia show that, as of 1st Quarter of 2014, 90% of the country’s external debt was attributable to banks and other (non
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06 October 2014
The ECB’s ABC of ABS is missing a few letters
After the ECB last month announced a programme of private sector assets purchases, all eyes were directed at Frankfurt yesterday. As expected, the ECB
Blog post
06 October 2014
The Fed and the Secular Stagnation hypothesis
Experts have debated whether we should worry about systemic saving-investment mismatches and what to do about them. But the extent to which monetary p
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03 October 2014
Flash Cards for European Commissioner-designate Jonathan Hill
To enable Mr Hill’s overworked staff to enjoy a rare sunny weekend in Brussels, ready-made answers to next week's remedial hearing are suggested
Blog post
02 October 2014
The 'dos and don'ts' of a growth-friendly policy mix for the Euro area
Carlo Altomonte and Tommaso Aquilante highlight some clear ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ when looking at the fiscal/structural side of a growth-friendly policy m
Blog post
30 September 2014
The economics of Uber
Uber, the innovative ridesharing service, has recently generated a lot of anger from the taxi industry because it enabled market entry for many privat
Blog post
30 September 2014
Blogs review: Is this a European U-turn?
What’s at stake: Speaking at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's annual conference Jackson Hole, Wyo., ECB President Mario Draghi made
Blog post
30 September 2014
Blogs review: The bond market conundrum redux
What’s at stake: Fed tapering was widely expected to push up US yields. Instead, US yields have fallen since the beginning of the year, raising t
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30 September 2014
Tweaking China’s loan-deposit ratio rule
In the wake of the latest easing of Chinese monetary policy, the CBRC, China’s banking regulator, has recently modified a few details of how it c
Blog post
29 September 2014
The new normal of monetary policy
What’s at stake: Since 2008, the asset purchases made under QE have increased drastically the aggregate level of bank reserves, thereby weakening
Blog post
26 September 2014
The European Investment Bank should invest more, not less
The EIB has played to some extent a counter-cyclical stabilising role by increasing its investment in 2009 and in 2013 and by investing more in h
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23 September 2014
“Women are Japan’s most underused resource”
Unleashing the potential of ‘Womenomics’ is an absolute must if Japan's growth is to continue.
Blog post
22 September 2014
Europe’s Single Supervisory Mechanism: Most small banks are German (and Austrian and Italian)
A closer look at the ECB’s list shows that the smaller banks are concentrated in a limited number of countries, much more so than larger ones. Germany
Blog post
20 September 2014
Blogs review: The economics of sanctions between Russia and the West
In the context of Russian involvement in Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimea, the EU, US and other countries have announced sanctions a
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