Alexander Ludwig: The ECB has reached a limit with its monetary policy. Other policy responses are needed: an expansion of fiscal measures for more investment in infrastructure and education.
In a new SAFE White Paper, Martin R. Götz, Tobias H. Tröger, and Mark Wahrenburg analyze the supervisory challenges ahead for banking regulation in Europe.
The target balances generate discussions in the public and among economists who come to very different results in their analyses. An overview of the most important arguments.
Julia Kapraun: It was about time for the German Finance Agency to announce the first federal Green Bond. However, the new bond has some debatable features
The reform of the ESM turned out to be one of the main political issues in Italy at the end of this year, to the point of posing an existential threat to the sitting government. However, a well-functioning ESM is of vital interest in particular to countries like Italy.
Julia Kapraun: Es war an der Zeit, dass die Bundesfinanzagentur die erste grüne Bundesanleihe ankündigt. Allerdings weist die neue Anleihe einige diskussionswürdige Eigenschaften auf.