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Im Euroraum wird die Einführung eines digitalen Euro bereits seit Längerem diskutiert. Die Untersuchungsphase der Europäischen Zentralbank lief bereits seit Oktober 2021 und ging im Oktober 2023 in eine Vorbereitungsphase über. In anderen Ländern wird digitales Zentralbankgeld bereits...
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The European Central Bank (ECB) wants to push ahead with the "digital euro" project. However, the digital euro is by nomeans the only and possibly not even a good (let alone the best) way to respond to the comprehensive change in the world of money. Interms of its reputation, the ECB must act...
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This paper presents a theoretical framework that allows a taxonomy of hyperinflation, namely: (i) bubble, (ii) weak and (iii) strong hyperinflation. The inflation tax revenue curve is used to characterize each type of hyperinflation and we use this curve to test them. The bubble and strong...
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The paper examines the factors of global inflation acceleration in 2021-2022. We consider primarily the developed economies, where rates of inflation over the last two years have exceeded multi-year highs and have significantly exceeded target levels. We find that the cause of accelerating...
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After introducing digital currency, the central bank emerges as a monopolist bank. It then faces an "impossible trinity". To achieve price stability and financial stability, optimal consumption allocation is sacrificed. In this paper, I show that fiscal policy designed in coordination with the...
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The paper analyzes the convergence of inflation rates in the group of more developed members of the Eurozone (core countries). What are the characteristics and is the inflation process in these countries sufficiently homogeneous? Are the analysed inflation rates converging, so that there is an...
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Die EZB plant ebenso wie die US-amerikanische Federal Reserve, ihr Infl ationsziel leicht auf 2 % anzuheben und dies im Durchschnitt mehrerer Jahre zu erreichen. Tatsächlich liegt die Infl ationsrate aber trotz der sehr lockeren Geldpolitik deutlich unter 2 %. Werden die Maßnahmen gegen die...
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After ten consecutive increases in the prime rate by the European Central Bank’s (ECB), the question arises: What significance do these measures have, both indirectly for the interest rates increased at all value-added levels on the corporate side, and for households? While the prices for...
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In der Märzausgabe 2024 veröffentlichte der Wirtschaftsdienst einen Aufsatz mit dem Titel "Inflationsberechnung: Zinspolitik der EZB wird als Inflationstreiber statistisch nicht erfasst" von Johannes Schwanitz. Manuel Rupprecht vertritt in einer Replik eine andere Auffassung. Im Anschluss...
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