Die Frage, ob es starke Abweichungen bei der Inflationsbelastung zwischen verschiedenen Bevölkerungsgruppen gibt, stellt sich insbesondere dann, wenn sich hohe Preissteigerungsraten auf einzelne Warengruppen konzentrieren, wie dies derzeit bei Nahrungsmitteln und Energie der Fall ist. Eine...

Two recent proposals for overcoming the euro area crisis make the case for monetary financing of the public sector. Watt proposes that the ECB finances public investment directly, while Pâris and Wyplosz contend that public debt may be effectively restructured by burying parts of it in the...

Two recent proposals for overcoming the euro area crisis make the case for monetary financing of the public sector. Watt (2015) proposes that the ECB finances public investment directly, Pâris and Wyplosz (2014) contend that public debt may be effectively restructured by burying parts of it in...

Fiscal austerity has not led to a return of confidence and it is not at all certain that the current crisis strategy can be sustained politically and will eventually succeed. Government bonds of crisis-hit countries have lost their safe asset status and high risk premiums are impairing monetary...

The ECB's expansionary monetary policy has positive effects on the euro area economy. Interest rates have declined further, bank lending is improving, and the euro is weaker. However, inflation remains much too low and aggregate demand too weak for the output gap to close rapidly. Further...

Der Fiskalpakt und der ESM-Vertrag sind zur Überwindung der Krise nicht zielführend. Kurzfristig dürfte der Fiskalpakt das Vertrauen in die Stabilität des Euroraums schwächen, da seine Umsetzung die Konjunktur dämpft. Das strukturelle Defizit ist zudem nicht eindeutig zu messen und eine...