Blog post
17 May 2018
Several euro area leaders, including the German chancellor, her finance minister, and the French president, have recently referred to the need to “com
Podcast
07 May 2018
In this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’ podcast, Bruegel director Guntram Wolff hosts a conversation with the European Commission’s Vice-Pr
Blog post
04 May 2018
When thinking about what will determine the prosperity and well-being of citizens living in the euro area, five issues are central. This column, part
Policy brief
27 April 2018
It is high time to make the CMU project real.The authors of this publication suggest that capital markets will only transform with concrete action and
Event
28 March 2018
At this event, we assessed the prospects for funded pension schemes as a component of balanced retirement savings, and how the regulatory framework co
Comment
08 March 2018
The Chinese banking sector has enhanced its clean-up mechanism by introducing debt-to-equity swaps for the resolution of problem loans. While this all
Comment
20 February 2018
The euro area is now the world’s largest exporter of capital. Here we look at the post-crisis transition of one euro-area country – Portugal – from ne
Blog post
19 February 2018
Poland’s issue of a green bond earlier this month was the country’s second financing of this type, and the first ever repeat issue by a sovereign. It
Blog post
12 February 2018
The stock market dropped last week, leading to questions and debates as to the underlying reasons. We review economists’ views on the issue.
Policy brief
18 January 2018
The resolution of non-performing loans (NPLs), a stock of roughly €870 billion in the EU banking industry, is central to the recovery of Europe’s bank
Report
17 January 2018
This publication proposes six reforms to improve the Eurozone’s financial stability, political cohesion, and potential for delivering prosperity.
Blog post
15 January 2018
Intel suffered only minimal pain in the stock market following revelations about the ‘Meltdown’ hardware vulnerability. But if the market won’t compel
Report
15 January 2018
The monitoring and analysis of capital movements is essential for policymakers, given that capital flows can have welfare implications. This report, c
Comment
14 December 2017
Due its actual economic structure, South Korea should be more worried about BOJ's extremely lax stance than about monetary policy normalization by the
Event
29 November 2017
At this closed-door, off-the-record event we will discuss the impact that mergers have on innovation.
Event
21 November 2017
What role is there for policy to address the funding barrier for scaling-up? Do we need a reorientation of the currently pursued policies in European