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The low nominal interest rate environment is a hotly debated phenomenon among politicians, financial market participants and households. Savers fear the erosion of their retirement savings, while financial supervisors warn of the stability risks caused by declining bank profitability and by the...
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This paper summarises the work done by Eurosystem staff in the context of the Strategy Review Seminar on Monetary Policy Instruments. More specifically, it focuses on the efficacy, efficiency and potential side effects of the key monetary policy instruments employed by the European Central Bank...
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The paper explains a curious redirection of economic policies that uses the policy framework of Kalecki and Keynes only to undermine it. It does not negate their theory of demand management, but reformulates it to serve the powerful interests of finance in the era of financial globalisation. As...
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This paper deals with two related issues: the sustainability of China’s exchange rate regime and the opening up of its … to avoid disruptive capital flows. The paper discusses China’s twin surpluses of the current and capital accounts and … the outlook for Chinese capital flows should barriers to capital movements be lifted. It argues that whether China …
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investments throughout Eurasia and Africa, was first presented by China's President Xi Jinping in 2013. China has identified the … Brief analyses the most recent developments in trade and investment activities of China, Austria and the EU in CESEE, which … and China. The Policy Note is based on a study conducted for the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Austria. …
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Finding common ground across EU member states in responding to China's increasingly prominent position in the global … partners amid heightened US-China tensions, selected countries within the CESEE region have been deepening their investment … relations with China. Given these countries' significant capital needs for economic development, and in view of the EU …
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imported goods, particularly from China. Despite changes in European attitudes towards China during the COVID19 crisis, the … before the crisis and that were amplified by the clashes between the US and China. The European Commission recommends … established Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. In view of China's shift in main principles of action …
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This paper analyses the integration of China and India into the global economy. To this end, it presents estimates from … China’s trade intensity is higher than fundamentals would suggest, whereas the converse is true for India. Second, Chinese …, China’s exports of services tend to complement its exports of goods, while India’s exports are growing only in deregulated …
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Surprise and jubilation in the United Nation Security Council (UNSC): 2028 begins with a bang. The permanent members of the body declare that they will voluntarily renounce their right of veto in cases of mass atrocities. This self-limitation, achieved after a long struggle, would have been...
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The de facto politically independent Taiwan is coming under increasing pressure from the People's Republic of China …. Germany is committed to a one-China policy, which rules out any diplomatic recognition of Taiwan. Nevertheless, there is scope … to expand and intensify relations below this threshold and thus counter China's policy of intimidating and isolating …
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