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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
14 October 2014
The IMF’s false confession
Lagarde's apology for the IMF’s poor forecasting of the United Kingdom’s recent economic performance - and, more seriously, for the Fund’s longer
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
10 October 2014
“It’s true, Italy breaks your heart.”
The brash, 39-year old, Matteo Renzi is Italy’s third unelected Prime Minister since November 2011. Mario Monti lasted 18 months, and his successor, E
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
10 October 2014
The Italian fault line
In its April 2014 World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund has concluded that the crisis is history. The ECB has similarly declare
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
30 September 2014
Modi has promises to keep
The roar of Narendra Modi's sweeping election victory and its narrative of radical change set up high expectations. Soon, however, came the whimper.
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
20 September 2014
Is Europe saving away its future?
The Crisis affected public spending. Research and innovation is one area often highlighted as needing protection. This column does not find strong evi
Reinhilde Veugelers
Opinion piece
19 September 2014
Europe's half a banking union
Even with all the risks in mind, we are convinced that in terms of financial stability and beyond, the half a banking union that has been undertaken w
Nicolas Véron and Adam Posen
Opinion piece
25 August 2014
Towards a Euro Union
Without more integration, further crises are looming. Eleven German economists, political scientists and jurists – the Glienicker Group – develop
Opinion piece
25 August 2014
For a Euro Community
We are absolutely convinced that a new momentum can and must be given, and a new milestone reached. The time is now. Citizens who wish to support the
Opinion piece
04 August 2014
The looming lost decade
As 2013 comes to an end, it looks like the world economy will remain stuck in low gear. For those reading the tea leaves of global recovery, the third
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
17 July 2014
Can Brazil get over the World Cup?
Brazilians had mixed feelings about the World Cup even before their team's humiliation in the semi-final match against Germany. Now they're
Jim O‘Neill
Opinion piece
07 July 2014
Cold water on Europe’s digital dream
Cold water has been poured on Europe’s digital dream on Wednesday this week. The decision that European Commissioner for Competition Joaquín Almunia j
Mario Mariniello
Opinion piece
27 June 2014
Europe needs new investment, not new rules
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
06 June 2014
Story of a fraying capitalism
It is not an accident, Piketty says, that many will be left behind even as others become richer. The book taps into a collective anxiety, coming
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
27 May 2014
The Renzi-Frenzy
If there’s a rule that Italian voters learn quickly, it’s never to trust provisional election results. They have a tendency to display spectacular rev
Silvia Merler and Alessio Terzi
Opinion piece
20 May 2014
An Austrian drag queen shows how Europe can work
Both the Eurovision Song Contest and the Champions League offer evidence that, for things that really matter to most of its people, Europe works. Is t
Jim O‘Neill
Opinion piece
09 May 2014
Renewing Europe’s renewables
As the economic crisis shifted policymakers’ attention from long-term sustainability to short-term recovery, progress has stalled – and the conse
Georg Zachmann