Blog post
26 October 2015
The global debt overhang
What’s at stake: Seven years after the financial crisis, recovery is still weak in most parts of the global economy. The general debt overhang across
Blog post
26 October 2015
What’s at stake: Seven years after the financial crisis, recovery is still weak in most parts of the global economy. The general debt overhang across
Blog post
07 October 2015
China has recently started to express interest in the Juncker plan. There have been rumours that China would like to initially invest between €5 and €
Blog post
06 October 2015
After five years of struggle, a massive trade pact has been signed among the US, Japan and 10 other economies (mostly in Asia but also Latin America):
Blog post
21 September 2015
What’s at stake: Rather than being led by the Federal Reserve, global monetary tightening might be coming from the reserve depletion of emerging marke
Opinion piece
18 September 2015
The Japanese economy is already showing clear signs of renewed weakness.
Blog post
31 August 2015
Sitting on a pile of debt, China’s only way out is to deleverage: more pain now for sustainable growth later.
Blog post
31 August 2015
What’s at stake: This week’s data renewed concerns about developments in global trade as it showed for the last 6 months the biggest contraction in gl
Blog post
26 August 2015
European stock prices, financial contagion and the trade exposure to China. How the turmoil in China’s stock market is affecting European stock market
Opinion piece
26 August 2015
When productivity growth slows down, there are two choices: to invest in the future or to live within one’s means. Instead, policymakers preoccupied w
Opinion piece
03 August 2015
European leaders seem to have been caught somewhat off-guard by the Iran deal. The Greek saga alone could explain this. The problem is that other comp
Blog post
14 July 2015
What has contributed to Germany's exceptional export performance compared to other European countries?
Blog post
09 July 2015
Spurred by interventions from Chinese authorities, the Chinese stock market was rallying. However, the recent sell-off has wiped out on
Blog post
28 June 2015
China’s outbound foreign direct investment (ODI) may have exceeded inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) for the first time in 2014, according to th
Opinion piece
02 June 2015
Perhaps the most ostensible of all challenges faced by the global economy is that of pervasive debt levels. For quite some time now, particularly foll
Blog post
18 May 2015
China will be the largest contributor to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which aims to become the first global institution headquartered in
Blog post
05 May 2015
As many other central banks in the Asian region, the People Bank of China (PBoC) has been on an easing mode for a few months now and more seems to be