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Opinion piece
06 February 2017
China banks in 2017: No rebound in sight, rising risks for smaller banks
Alicia García-Herrero finds it unlikely that risk in the Chinese banking sector will abate any time soon. And the worries are strongest for smaller i
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
26 January 2017
Europe needs to react to Trump’s trade agenda – four urgent questions
It seems increasingly likely that President Trump will govern according to the values of his campaign. On trade, this might lead to major disturbances
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
24 January 2017
CFETS will show which way the Renminbi is heading during the US dollar bull
Currency watchers are sometimes baffled by the role of the CFETS in regulating the relation of RMB to the US Dollar. However, the recent history of CF
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
05 January 2017
Giving Asia its due in global financial regulation
With US inward turn, China should get a bigger role to bolster system
Nicolas Véron
Opinion piece
04 January 2017
ECB finally addressing Italian bank woes
Italy’s banking problem has been left unaddressed for too long. Similar to Japan in the 1990s, it is best understood as a combination of structural an
Nicolas Véron
Opinion piece
03 January 2017
What will drive political uncertainty in 2017?
2017 promises to be another challenging year for Europe's liberal democracies. Many EU member states are facing elections. But it may be cultural back
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
08 December 2016
Eurozone QE and bank profitability: Why it is too early to taper
In the eyes of the critics, the quantitative easing programs have been of little help to growth and inflation and have instead been an attack on save
Guntram B. Wolff and Maria Demertzis
Opinion piece
28 November 2016
Japanese banks and US$ liquidity: Squeezed between expensive deposits and the BoJ
For the last few years, Japanese banks have aggressively expanded their assets overseas, which has helped increased their stubbornly low profitability
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
24 November 2016
Più energia alla cooperazione
L'attuale crisi migratoria e gli altri devastanti postumi delle cosiddette “Primavere arabe” illustrano in modo tragico, ma chiaro, la necessità di un
Simone Tagliapietra
Opinion piece
23 November 2016
South Korea and Indonesia: a capital match
Mutually beneficial Jakarta-Seoul relationship could develop further with an upgrade in Jakarta’s sovereign debt.
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
27 October 2016
An Italian take on banking crisis
The year 2016 has not been good to Italian banks. While resilient to the first wave of financial crisis in 2008, due to their low exposure to US sub-p
Silvia Merler
Opinion piece
25 October 2016
Decarbonisation: a future fiscal headache for Europe?
Energy taxes contribute significantly to public budgets in the EU, but with the aim to reduce greenhouse emissions, the EU will have to fully decarbon
Georg Zachmann and Simone Tagliapietra
Opinion piece
21 October 2016
Breaking the vicious circle
Nicolas Véron argues that EU banking union can only be complete if the vast amounts of domestic sovereign debt held by many banks are reduced
Nicolas Véron
Opinion piece
07 October 2016
The yuan's SDR entry is more symbolism than substance
The yuan's official entry into the International Monetary Fund's basket of reserve currencies on Oct. 1 raised expectations that central banks all ove
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
06 October 2016
Is Europe drifting towards a hard Brexit?
Theresa May's recently announced that she will trigger Article 50 no later than March 2017. Guntram Wolff debriefs May's speech and the implications f
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
04 October 2016
China's state-owned enterprises reform still lacking bite
China has gone through a remarkable transformation in recent decades but tough reforms have become rare, especially since the global financial crisis.
Alicia García-Herrero