The impact on redistribution of the ECB’s monetary policy
By Jérôme Creel and Mehdi El Herradi A few weeks before Christine Lagarde assumes the presidency of the European Central Bank (ECB), it may be useful […]
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The European Central Bank is readying the future
By Christophe Blot and Paul Hubert At the press conference following the meeting of the ECB’s Governing Council on Thursday, 8 June, Mario Draghi announced […]
Where are we at in the euro zone credit cycle?
By Christophe Blot and Paul Hubert In December 2016, the European Central Bank announced the continuation of its Quantitative Easing (QE) policy until December 2017. […]
Leave the euro?
By Christophe Blot, Jérôme Creel, Bruno Ducoudré, Paul Hubert, Xavier Ragot, Raul Sampognaro, Francesco Saraceno, and Xavier Timbeau Evaluating the impact of France leaving the euro zone (“Frexit”) is tricky, as […]
How negative can interest rates get?
By Christophe Blot and Paul Hubert On 11 June 2014, the European Central Bank decided to set a negative rate on deposit facilities and on […]
What would be the risks of extending QE?
By Christophe Blot, Paul Hubert and Fabien Labondance Following the last meeting of the ECB Governing Council on 22 October, Mario Draghi said that on Thursday, […]
Is Greece in the process of divorce?
By Jérôme Creel The ongoing Greek saga is looking more and more like an old American TV series. JR Ewing returns to the family table […]
The spirit of the letter of the law … to avoid a “Graccident”
Raul Sampognaro and Xavier Timbeau The noose, in the words of Alexis Tsipras, is getting tighter and tighter around the Greek government. The last tranche […]
The ECB’s quantitative easing exercise: you’re never too young to start
By Christophe Blot, Jérôme Creel, Paul Hubert and Fabien Labondance The ECB decision to launch a quantitative easing (QE) programme was widely anticipated. Indeed, on several occasions in the […]
The Greek Sisyphus and its public debt: towards an end to the ordeal?
By Céline Antonin After its failure to elect a new President by a qualified majority vote, the Greek Parliament was dissolved, with early elections to […]