Blog post
25 July 2019
The consequences of Switzerland’s lost equivalence status
Due to a spat between the European Commission and the government of Switzerland over the negotiation of an institutional framework agreement, equity s
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Comment
09 July 2019
What bond markets tell about China’s economy
Macro data doesn’t provide a comprehensive picture to investors, but bond issuance data can fill in some gaps.
Blog post
11 June 2019
The inverted yield curve
Longer-term yields falling below shorter-term yields have historically preceded recessions. Last week, the US 10-year yield was 21 basis points below
Blog post
29 April 2019
Developing resilient bail-in capital
Europe’s largest banks have made progress in issuing bail-inable securities that shelter taxpayers from bank failures. But the now-finalised revision
Policy brief
17 January 2019
Equity finance and capital market integration in Europe
Facilitating the financing of European companies through external equity is a central ambition of European Union financial regulation, including in th
Report
17 January 2019
Analysis of developments in EU capital flows in the global context
The monitoring and analysis of capital movements is essential for policymakers, given that capital flows can have welfare implications. This report, c
Event
16 January 2019
Market power and its implications to competition policy
What are the reasons behind the global trends in corporate margins and market concentration?
Event
15 January 2019
Empirical trends in markups and market power: implications for productivity and growth
Empirical trends in markups and market power: their implications for productivity and growth
Blog post
20 November 2018
Euro-area sovereign bond holdings: An update on the impact of quantitative easing
Since the European Central Bank’s announcement of its quantitative easing (QE) programme in January 2015, national central banks have been buying gove
Blog post
19 November 2018
Could Italian private wealth compensate for flight of foreign bond-holders?
Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini is "convinced" that Italians can help out their government, in the face of a widening yield spread betwee
Blog post
14 November 2018
Is this time different? Reflections on recent emerging-market turbulence
Since the beginning of 2018, currencies of two large emerging-market economies – Argentina and Turkey – suffered from substantial depreciation. Other
Comment
10 October 2018
Global markets’ tepid reaction to China’s new opening
China’s accession to the World Trade Organisation in 2001 was greeted with great fanfare. But near silence has greeted the recent removal by the China
Blog post
10 September 2018
The higher yield on Italian government securities could soon be a burden for the real economy
The increase in the spread between Italian (BTP) and German (Bund) government securities is directly an additional burden for Italy public finance, an
Podcast
03 September 2018
Backstage: Next steps towards banking and capital markets union in Europe
Bruegel senior fellow Nicolas Véron talks with Jörg Kukies, state secretary at the German finance ministry, about the next steps to the banking union
Blog post
31 August 2018
Italy’s capital flight: 2011, 2016, and early 2018
International investors have been repositioning vis-à-vis Italy, after the new government took office in early May. We compare this summer turmoil to
Blog post
27 August 2018
The Turkish Crisis
Financial markets have been very nervous about Turkey for the past few weeks. We review economists’ opinions about the economic, political and geopoli