# Blog, Publications

In the new geopolitical context, Europe’s banking discussions need to go beyond competitiveness

Europe has recently pivoted to regulatory simplification with the aim to boost competitiveness. This column argues that in banking the debate needs to go beyond competitiveness and be embedded within a broader strategic ...

17th July 2025 by Mathias Dewatripont Peter Praet Andre Sapir Guntram B. Wolff 23 views

# podcast

A decade of economic policy

As his time as Bruegel Director comes to an end, Guntram Wolff sits down with Giuseppe Porcaro to discuss the highs, lows and shifts of economic policy in Europe over the past decade and Bruegel’s con...

30th June 2022 by Guntram Wolff 507 views

# Blog

What options for European deposit insurance?

The aim of this blog post is to clarify different options of how to organize European deposit insurance without yet settling on the best option. We aim to explain and to highlight what different options can and cannot ac...

9th October 2015 by Guntram Wolff 3599 views

# Blog

Euro Puzzles

An article summarizing my thinking on a number of euro area issues in the newly founded Berlin Policy Journal. The genie has again slipped out of the bottle: Europe is again discussing the possibility of Greece leaving t...

6th May 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2525 views

# Blog

The Greek banking system: a tragedy in the making?

As the ECB has decided to discontinue allowing Greek government bonds to be used as collateral in normal ECB refinancing operations, attention is fully back on the Greek banking system.[ref]The European Central Bank’s Go...

6th February 2015 by Guntram Wolff 3027 views

# Interviews

Eurozone banks’ distress

Guntram B. Wolff gave a Seminar at wiiw on ‘Eurozone banks’ distress: lessons from the United States and Japan’. After the seminar he gave wiiw scientific director Michael Landesmann and interview....

28th October 2014 by Guntram Wolff 8159 views

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# Publications

Addressing weak inflation: The European Central Bank’s shopping list

There are clear benefits to price stability. High inflation can distort corporate investment decisions and the consumption behaviour of households. Changes to inflation redistribute real wealth and income between differe...

6th May 2014 by Guntram Wolff 5175 views