# Publications

Is the COVID-19 crisis an opportunity to boost the euro as a global currency?

• The euro became an international currency when it was created two decades ago. However, the euro’s internationalisation peaked as early as 2005 and it was never comparable to the US dollar. Its international status dec...

10th June 2020 by Grégory Claeys, Guntram Wolff 916 views

# podcast

Will COVID-19 boost the euro as a global currency?

The euro is, by definition an international currency. However, since being established in the late 90s the single currency has always been somewhat less than the sum of it’s parts and has yet to challenge the US do...

5th June 2020 by Guntram Wolff 745 views

# Interviews

A recovery booster?

Interview for Bruegel’s newsletter How significant is the new German fiscal package? €130 billion over 18 months is a very significant package, given that the German federal budget stands at around €350 bill...

4th June 2020 by Guntram Wolff 704 views

# Publications

EU-China trade and investment relations in challenging times

This report written for the European Parliament can be found here. ...

4th June 2020 by ALICIA GARCÍA-HERRERO, GUNTRAM B. WOLFF, JIANWEI XU, NICLAS POITIERS, GABRIEL FELBERMAYR, WAN-HSIN LIU AND ALEXANDER SANDKAMP 727 views

# Blog, Interviews

The Independence of the Central Bank at Risk

This article was first published by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in German, Friday 29 May 2020. The ruling of the German Federal Constitutional Court (GFCC) of May 5 on the ECB’s monetary policy affects not only the re...

2nd June 2020 by PETER BOFINGER, MARTIN HELLWIG, MICHAEL HÜTHER, MONIKA SCHNITZER, MORITZ SCHULARICK AND GUNTRAM B. WOLFF 1123 views

# Blog, Interviews

An equity fund for a zombie-free and EU-wide recovery

This opinion piece was originally published in Le Monde and in Il Sole 24 Ore. Illuminated open signs are going out all over Europe, some will not be lit again in our life-time. Many however will reignite, but only thank...

27th May 2020 by Julia Anderson, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff 1457 views

# Interviews

A Hamiltonian moment?

my latest interview in Bruegel’s newsletter How worried are you about the EU? The biggest economic recession in the history of the EU puts its political system, its citizens and its companies under enormous strain....

20th May 2020 by Guntram Wolff 602 views

# podcast

Rebooting Europe: a framework for post COVID-19 economic recovery

Mapping out the post COVID-19 recovery. COVID-19 has triggered a severe recession and policymakers in European Union countries are providing generous, largely indiscriminate, support to companies. As the recession gets d...

19th May 2020 by Guntram Wolff 594 views

# podcast

Singapore’s experience in dealing with COVID-19

A conversation with Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore, on how this city-state has tackled the coronavirus. Faced with the COVID-19 outbreak, governments have needed to act swiftly to comb...

19th May 2020 by Giuseppe Porcaro, Guntram Wolff 512 views

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# Publications

Rebooting Europe: a framework for a post COVID-19 economic recovery

COVID-19 has triggered a severe recession and policymakers in European Union countries are providing generous, largely indiscriminate, support to companies. As the recession gets deeper, a more comprehensive strategy is ...

15th May 2020 by Julia Anderson, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram B. Wolff 545 views