First glance
A first glance is a short and prompt analysis of on-going debates and emerging trends written by Bruegel fellows.
Recent First glance items

Fast and furious: how digital bank runs challenge the banking-crisis rulebook
The speed of recent bank failures has shown the need for more systemic protection of the financial system.

Banking turbulence is not a reason to pause monetary tightening
Despite calls for interest rate hikes to be paused, both the ECB and Federal raised rates- which was the right decision.

The European Central Bank’s latest move tells a clear story
The European Central Bank is right not to over-react to recent banking problems.

The Net-Zero Industry Act puts EU credibility at risk
The EU Net-Zero Industry Act looks like it’s been set up to keep everyone happy – and to achieve limited results.

EU electricity market design reform: too quick a fix for a complex problem?
EU proposals on stimulating energy investment signal a paradigm shift; much more clarity is needed before they can be agreed.
First glance items
First glance
27 March 2023
Fast and furious: how digital bank runs challenge the banking-crisis rulebook
The speed of recent bank failures has shown the need for more systemic protection of the financial system.
First glance
23 March 2023
Banking turbulence is not a reason to pause monetary tightening
Despite calls for interest rate hikes to be paused, both the ECB and Federal raised rates- which was the right decision.
First glance
21 March 2023
The European Central Bank’s latest move tells a clear story
The European Central Bank is right not to over-react to recent banking problems.
First glance
17 March 2023
The Net-Zero Industry Act puts EU credibility at risk
The EU Net-Zero Industry Act looks like it’s been set up to keep everyone happy – and to achieve limited results.
First glance
15 March 2023
EU electricity market design reform: too quick a fix for a complex problem?
EU proposals on stimulating energy investment signal a paradigm shift; much more clarity is needed before they can be agreed.
First glance
13 March 2023
China’s new regulator hints at a major clean-up of the world’s largest financial sector
Among several institutional changes, the most significant might be the creation of a new nationwide regulator to oversee China’s financial industry.
First glance
13 March 2023
Much of the Global South is on Ukraine’s side
The idea that the Global South is taking a neutral stance over the war in Ukraine is overstated.
First glance
09 March 2023
The EU Net Zero Industry Act and the risk of reviving past failures
How the EU might respond to clean teach subsidies, in the form of a leaked draft law entitled the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), is deeply worrisome.
First glance
07 March 2023
Economic efficiency versus geopolitical resilience: strategic autonomy’s difficult balancing act
A timely analysis on the notion of strategic autonomy in the EU's industrial policy.
First glance
07 March 2023
Li Keqiang’s farewell points to employment as China’s major problem
China's modest 2023 growth target provides more evidence of a focus on sustainable growth and jobs.