Diverging fiscal policy paths, housing booms and diverging unit labour costs were driving forces of rising intra-European current account imbalances, which were underpinned by low interest rates. Since the outbreak of the crisis, the adjustment of intra-EMU current account imbalances has been...

Sparer, Unternehmen, Versicherungen und Staatshaushalt müssen sich auf langfristig niedrige oder sogar Negativzinsen einstellen. Welche Folgen hat die ultralockere Geldpolitik der Europäischen Zentralbank? Drohen Europa mit niedrigen Zinsen und einer Geldschwemme japanische Verhältnisse? Nach...

Japan's industrial and trade policies are often seen as the reason for high Japanese balance of trade surpluses. Does this theory stand up to a close examination of the relationships between balance of trade, trade policy and structural change?