Mere criticism of the ECB is no solution

  • The eurozone remains in a deep, largely macro-economic crisis. A robust global economy and falling oil prices have supported Europe’s economy for some time, but by now it is clear that the eurozone will only be able to pull itself out of this crisis by means of more decisive action. One response, the recent easing of monetary policy by the European Central Bank (ECB), has, for the most part, been sharply and one-sidedly criticised in Germany. Monetary policy inaction seems to be the preferred option of many in Germany. The authors discuss the following question: What would happen if the ECB failed to respond to the excessively low inflation and the weak economy? And what economic policy would be suitable under the current circumstances, if not monetary policy?

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Author:Marcel Fratzscher, Reint GroppGND, Hans-Helmut KotzGND, Jan Pieter KrahnenORCiDGND, Christian Odendahl, Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Guntram Wolff
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-400629
URL:http://safe-frankfurt.de/de/policy-center/publikationen/detailsview/publicationname/mere-criticism-of-the-ecb-is-no-solution.html
Parent Title (English):SAFE policy letter series ; 51
Series (Serial Number):SAFE policy letter (51)
Publisher:SAFE
Place of publication:Frankfurt am Main
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2016/04/11
Date of first Publication:2016/04/11
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2016/05/10
Tag:crisis; eurozone; monetary policy
Page Number:10
HeBIS-PPN:380959674
Institutes:Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / House of Finance (HoF)
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS)
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe (SAFE)
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht