Opinion
This opinion was originally published in Le Monde, El Pais and Die Zeit. Summer in Europe has barely started, yet a blistering heatwave has already hit France this June, earlier than ever since the start of official records. Forest fires are raging in Spain, and Northern Italy is experiencing a record drought that is ruining […]
Blog Post
The European Central Bank needs a new tool to prevent the current rise in spreads, triggered by monetary policy tightening, from escalating into a new euro-area crisis.
Past Event
Major economies are addressing the challenges brought by digital trade in different ways, resulting in diverging regulatory regimes. How should we view these divergences and best deal with them?
Podcast
A conversation on the global trading landscape.
Blog Post
To keep European Union capital markets open and integrated, new international standards should be reflected in future European law and accounting practice to provide further incentives for a reallocation of capital, reflecting in particular climate risks.
Opinion
Beijing’s ‘dynamic zero-Covid’ policy could devastate the domestic economy, but the effects will also be felt globally.
Blog Post
Although Russia bears the brunt of Western high-tech sanctions, the European Union will face challenges in sectors where it relies on Russian and Ukrainian commodities and technologies.
Past Event
Guntram Wolff will be joined in conversation by Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England.
Blog Post
Global food production will be sufficient to feed the global population this year. But export bans, high prices and increasing transport cost might prevent vulnerable countries from procuring sufficient food supplies. Measures to ensure global access to scarcer food supplies and to boost grain production are warranted.
Podcast
A special episode of the Sound of Economics Live on the global financial system and central banks in the wake of sanctions imposed on Russia.
Past Event
A special episode of the Sound of Economics Live on the global financial system and central banks in the wake of sanctions imposed on Russia.
Opinion
The EU is still Russia’s largest trading partner, actually several times bigger than China.