Recent euro-area house price increases are dissimilar to earlier housing booms
Current housing markets relative to those pre-crisis seem to be far less driven by mortgage credit, and the size of the construction sector has not increased. This is possibly good news for financial stability because an...
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Europe may be the world’s AI referee, but referees don’t win
The EU needs to invest in homegrown technology. This opinion piece was originally published in Politico. The European Commission’s Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager has been tasked with developing a European st...
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The EU’s plan to catch up on artificial intelligence
While the US and China have been setting the pace when it comes to Artificial Intelligence, the European Union seems to be lagging behind. What are the Commission’s plans to finally catch up? Will AI increase the g...
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La démocratie allemande en danger?
J’ai participé au débat de Arnaud Ruyssen sur RTBF, La Trois. Pour élire le dirigeant de la région de Thuringe, une alliance inédite a été scellée entre les dirigeants locaux de la CDU, l’Union chrétienne-dém...
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From climate change to cyber-attacks: incipient financial-stability risks for the euro area
The European Central Bank’s November 2019 Financial Stability Review highlighted the risks to growth in an environment of global uncertainty. On the whole, the ECB report is comprehensive and covers the main risks to eur...
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The science of Brexit
Michael Leigh, Maria Demertzis and I discuss the future of EU-UK relations. Our special focus on future collaboration in research and development exemplifies how tricky it will be to reach an agreement....
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Europe’s banking union must be cyberproofed
This opinion piece was published in Politico Nikkei Veritas, Corriere della Sera and Kathimerini. When European leaders, back in 2012, embarked on an ambitious plan to create a truly pan-continental financial system, the...
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AI in Europe: a conversation with Google’s CEO
This week, I talked to Google and Alphabet’s CEO, Sundar Pichai. We focused on AI, why and how it should be regulated and on whether we should worry about big companies like google. And many other things: listen in...
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NYU – Financial Macroeconomics: Crises, Policies and their Aftermath
Guest lecture of 90 minutes in NYU-AD course of Natasha Valla Key Issue: What were the macro-financial drivers of the euro area crisis? What can be done to minimize the probability of a crisis? Which institutions have be...
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