# Blog, Interviews

Aiming for zero Covid-19: Europe needs to take action

This opinion piece with nearly 30 signatories was originally published in de Volkskrant, Le Monde, Süddeutsche, La Repubblica, El Pais and Rzeczpospolita on the initiative of Miquel Oliu Barton and Bary Pradelski. by Yan...

16th February 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1173 views

# Interviews

Interview in Avvenire

my interview from 24 October is here...

26th October 2020 by Guntram Wolff 831 views

# Blog

EU debt as insurance against catastrophic events in the euro area: the key questions and some answers

European Union debt can provide comprehensive insurance against the COVID-19 pandemic and can enable a macroeconomic response, even though EU debt is a liability for taxpayers in EU countries and therefore indirectly for...

25th April 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1172 views

# podcast

Did the eurogroup save the day?

After its longest meeting ever, the Eurogroup reached an agreement yesterday evening. What does the agreement say? What does it mean in terms of the emergency reaction to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic? Wh...

14th April 2020 by Guntram Wolff 827 views

# Blog, Interviews

Disease, like poverty, does not stay at home

This opinion piece was originally published in Abidjanpress, ApaNews, Barlamane, Corriere della Sera, Daily Maverick, Journal de Conakry, Libération,Teranga News and Süddeutsche Zeitung. Covid-19 should change global pol...

8th April 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1131 views

# podcast

The macroeconomic policy response to the COVID-19 crisis

From the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to “coronabonds”, the EU seems to be struggling to find an appropriate mechanism to tackle the economic crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic. What is really the ...

1st April 2020 by Guntram Wolff 913 views

# podcast

Banks and loan losses in the pandemic turmoil

The current pandemic is shaking the financial system. How can banks react ? Is a consolidation of the financial system in Europe needed in order to respond to this crisis ? Will our economies suffer from this pandemic as...

25th March 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1089 views

# Blog, Interviews

Europe needs a Covid-19 Recovery Programme

Our letter to the FT. The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented challenge for Europe’s healthcare systems, and a major shock for the continent’s economy. After the initial focus on the immediate crisis response m...

25th March 2020 by Guntram Wolff 2056 views

# podcast

From health crisis to economic crisis and now euro area crisis?

my conversation with Jean Pisani-Ferry and Maria Demertzis...

18th March 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1065 views

# Blog, Interviews

A letter to Santa, the G7

This opinion piece was originally published in El País. Since the coronavirus outbreak became a pandemic, markets have plummeted. Global risk aversion has spiked, safe assets have becoming hugely expensive and the dollar...

17th March 2020 by Guntram Wolff 901 views