Sooner or later, the ECB must accept that monetary financing in support of deficit spending is a necessity not just for mitigating the coronavirus crisis, but also for averting a downward deflationary cycle that could pull the eurozone apart.

The United Kingdom will depart from the European Union in March 2019. Numerous open questions remain about details and conditions especially with regard to post-Brexit EU-UK trade relations. In case of a negotiation failure, a "hard Brexit" could cause considerably high costs on both sides of...

In response to the financial crisis, the ECB has had to adopt new instruments to support the euro area economy and preserve the integrity of the single currency. This has challenged the current framework of the Monetary Dialogue exercise. This paper briefly assesses the implications of enhanced...

Das Kommunikationsverhalten der EZB wird verschiedentlich kritisiert. Zwei Instrumente, mehr Transparenz und Forward Guidance, stehen dabei im Mittelpunkt. Die Veröffentlichung von Protokollen der EZB-Ratssitzungen wird immer wieder angemahnt, und die EZB gibt mittlerweile eine Vorausschau auf...