Opinion piece
20 October 2015
Clueless in Europe
Despite a slowing Chinese economy, decelerating inflation and a stronger euro, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has said he will do more t
Monetary policy
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Blog post
05 October 2015
The political economy of rate hike-ism
What’s at stake: The banking industry response to the Fed’s decision not to hike rates has led bloggers pondered about why bankers are pushing for hig
Event
05 October 2015
Secular Stagnation in Europe and Japan
This is the 3rd conference in a series of events jointly organised by Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University and Bruegel
Blog post
21 September 2015
Reserves depletion and quantitative tightening
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
Blog post
14 September 2015
The then and now of tightening cycles
What’s at stake: This week the Fed will be considering whether to raise its interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade. In a volatile context
Event
08 September 2015
Bruegel's Annual Conference
Bruegel's Annual Conference is a closed-door event with three panel discussions on banks and capital markets, growth perspectives, and monetary policy
Blog post
07 September 2015
The triumph of backward-looking economics
What’s at stake: At a time when monetary policy makers have a hard time generating inflation despite credible monetary regime changes (e.g. Japan), it
Opinion piece
26 August 2015
The rolling global crisis will come home
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
Working paper
13 August 2015
The grand divergence: global and European current account surpluses
This Working Paper assesses various explanations for the EU’s increased current account surpluses.
Video
22 July 2015
Competitive gains in the Economic and Monetary Union
This event was organised in the frame of the 10th Anniversary of Bruegel. It brought together a panel of high level economic experts to discuss the co
Blog post
19 July 2015
Understanding the neo-fisherite rebellion
The idea that low interest rates are deflationary – that we’ve had the sign on monetary policy wrong! – started as a fringe theory on the corners of t
Blog post
13 July 2015
Restructuring in the US currency union
On June 28, the governor of the Commonwealth territory announced that it would not be able to repay its debt. Puerto Rico has since asked Congress to
Blog post
06 July 2015
Wage and price inflation
What’s at stake: For the past few months, the Fed has been in a "wait-and-see" mode to assess the strength of the US recovery.
Policy brief
24 June 2015
The effects of ultra-loose monetary policies on inequality
This Policy Contribution was prepared for the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. It assesses the impact of ultra-loose mo
Blog post
08 June 2015
The economics of parallel currencies
As Greece faces a severe shortage of euros, the idea of introducing a parallel currency used for some domestic transactions – while keeping the euro i
Blog post
18 May 2015
Is the economy stationary?
What’s at stake: The question of whether capitalist economies are self-correcting and will eventually revert to mean growth has received renewed inter