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Guntram Wolff

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Greece and the euro area need a deal within days, not months

International press informs us that the Greek government believes it has weeks or perhaps months to negotiate a new deal with its creditors. The basic idea of the new Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is that Greec...
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2nd February 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2001 views Share:
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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 government in the euro area. Purchases are intended to be continued unti...
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22nd January 2015 by Guntram B. Wolff and Silvia Merler 1831 views Share:
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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. Elections in Greece that could bring a government that will seek to n...
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21st January 2015 by Guntram B. Wolff, Marcel Fratzscher and Michael Hüther 1866 views Share:
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Die EZB ist verpflichtet, ihr Mandat zu erfüllen

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) wird wohl am 22. Januar ein Ankaufprogramm für Staatsanleihen ankündigen. Die Sorgen über die Auswirkungen und die Effektivität des Programms sind groß. Die EZB muss vorsichtig die Koste...
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19th January 2015 by Guntram B. Wolff, Marcel Fratzscher and Michael Hüther 2053 views Share:
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Sovereign QE and national central banks

Inflation continues to fall. The first outright deflation numbers since 2009 have been recorded and inflation expectations are clearly dis-anchored. Inflation and inflation expectations are now clearly below the 1.7 to 1...
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13th January 2015 by Guntram Wolff 1997 views Share:
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Why Grexit would not help Greece

The genie is out of the bottle: Europe is again discussing the possibility of Greece leaving the euro. With it, the debate has re-emerged whether this would be helpful or not for Greece and whether there would be contagi...
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6th January 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2312 views Share:
# Blog

How can Europe escape recession in 2015?

2014 will be remembered for two major unexpected developments. First, the European Union was caught by surprise by the return of geopolitics. The annexation of Crimea, the military conflict in Ukraine and the increasing ...
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23rd December 2014 by Guntram Wolff 2398 views Share:
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European banking union and financial integration

At a famous summit in June 2012, the European leaders announced that they intend to “break the vicious circle” between banks and sovereigns. This decision started a new step in European integration. Arguably, the creatio...
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19th December 2014 by Guntram Wolff 1671 views Share:
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Licht- und Schattenseiten einer Gemeinsamen Arbeitslosenversicherung

Das Problem: Die Arbeitslosigkeit in Europa ist in große Höhen angestiegen. Gleichzeitig bleibt das Wirtschaftswachstum gedämpft. Deshalb ist es an der Zeit, eine Debatte über mögliche zusätzliche wirtschaftspolitische I...
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17th December 2014 by Grégory Claeys, Zsolt Darvas and Guntram B. Wolff 1612 views Share:
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What is behind the reduction of private sector debt? Comparing Spain and the UK

Spain and the United Kingdom are well ahead in the road to economic recovery 5)See i.e. “Spain’s recovery boosts labour market“, Financial Times, for Spain and “Chart: The UK reaching pre-crisis GDP lev...
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2nd December 2014 by Pia Hüttl and Guntram B. Wolff 2176 views Share:
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