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5.5%增长目标凸显中国政府提振经济的信心
艾西亚认为,今年中国要实现5.5%的增长,还需要更多的政策努力,包括财政和货币刺激。
访顶尖欧洲智库学者:欧盟碳市场的两大挑战和运行经验
欧洲碳交易体系研究专家、欧洲布鲁盖尔研究所(Bruegel)高级研究员乔治·扎克曼(Georg Zachmann),对欧盟碳交易经验和目前遇到的挑战进行介绍,并就上述国际热点问题分享见解。
欧洲如何实现碳中和?一种建议
“欧洲绿色协议”目前缺少的一个工具是碳底价,它可以为ETS和非ETS部门设定最低碳定价。经过多年的讨论,现在可能已经到了引入这一制度的时候了。
市场与公投承诺不可兼得
未来几个月市场的动荡还将持续,直到英国与欧盟关系的条款最终敲定。英国与欧盟保持密切关联的政治可能性越高,市场反应将会越积极。相反,如果英国采取孤立主义,以及欧洲大陆的惩罚性情绪越高,那么英国和欧盟的股市下跌将会越严重。
丢了“欧盟护照”伦敦金融城伤不起
作为全球金融中心,伦敦一部分的吸引力来自于其窗口作用——在伦敦扎根可以直接打入泛欧洲经济区(EEA)的内部市场。这么说来,金融企业有一个英国经营牌照就如同有一本“欧盟护照”,境外机构可以在整个欧洲经济区提供金融服务,畅通无阻。
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Opinion piece
12 April 2016
How to reform EU fiscal rules
The current inefficient European fiscal framework should be replaced with a system based on rules that are more conducive to the two objectives of pu
Zsolt Darvas and Grégory Claeys
Opinion piece
11 April 2016
Making the EU-Turkey refugee deal work
The EU deal with Turkey reached on 18 March is problematic, but without a deal the EU’s external borders would have collapsed completely. Now the EU
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
10 April 2016
Mere criticism of the ECB is no solution
What would happen if the ECB failed to respond to the excessively low inflation and the weak economy? And what economic policy would be suitable under
Guntram B. Wolff, Marcel Fratzscher, Reint Gropp, Hans-Helmut Kotz, Jan Pieter Krahnen and Christian Odendahl
Opinion piece
30 March 2016
ECB decisions put lack of fiscal union in the spotlight
Fiscal policy in the euro area is hardly supporting the recovery and the ECB. The EU needs a a proper fiscal union in order to stabilise the economy
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré and Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
18 March 2016
The refugee crisis: A European call for action
Open Letter by the conveners of the Vision Europe Summit regarding the refugee
crisis in Europe and the necessity to act now.
Guntram B. Wolff, Aart de Geus, Artur Santos Silva, Mikko Kosonen, Piero Gastaldo, Robin Niblett and Yves Bertoncini
Opinion piece
17 March 2016
The UK’s sovereignty myth
Those who argue that Brexit would let the UK “take back sovereignty” overlook the impact of trade on domestic law-making.
André Sapir and Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
15 March 2016
The G20’s structural reform agenda should address income gap and financial system fragility
G20 leaders must address major issues like the distribution of income and the structure of our financial systems in order to combat the deeper underly
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
11 February 2016
Why euro-zone ‘outs’ should join banking union
Joining the banking union could provide a stable arrangement for managing financial stability for the UK and other non-Euro countries.
Pia Hüttl and Dirk Schoenmaker
Opinion piece
03 February 2016
A new way to approach Europe’s gas security, beyond the usual Russian obsession
Instead of doing everything to reduce gas supplies from key suppliers, gas supply security could more effectively be safeguarded by ensuring that unus
Simone Tagliapietra
Opinion piece
02 February 2016
The economic consequences of Schengen
The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, recently warned that “without Schengen and the free movement of workers, of citizens, t
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
30 January 2016
The market's troubling message
Amid one of the worst market routs on record, a chorus of reassuring economic commentators insists that global fundamentals are sound and investors ar
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
29 January 2016
The fallout from the European refugee crisis
Of the 1.5 million refugees that reached the European Union last year, more than 1 million ended up in Germany, but the initially welcoming atmosphere
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
21 January 2016
China is running out of options as foreign reserves drop
The Chinese are watching a new storm unfold in their financial markets, only months after having been bombarded with news about China’s “historical vi
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
14 January 2016
Greece: a European tragedy
Wrapped up in the details of pension reforms and home foreclosure—matters that, no doubt, have important consequences for many— the big picture has fa
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
13 January 2016
Delays and half measures
Are the eurozone’s continuing woes the result of its incomplete construction or because of policy errors in responding to the crisis?
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
11 January 2016
The EU must confront the populist challenge in 2016
In France, the US and elsewhere, populist parties are growing in popularity. Such parties radically challenge the consensus of traditional parties an
Guntram B. Wolff