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For more than a decade, inflation rates in the euro area were very low - now they are rising again. In July, the inflation rate in Germany was 3.8…

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In the nineth edition of the commentary on German Basic Law edited by Michael Sachs, Helmut Siekmann clarifies the recent amendments to the financial…

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Prof. Volker Wieland has warned of higher inflation rates in the coming years as well. The European Central Bank (ECB) expects inflation in the euro…

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In a joint paper in the „Journal of Financial Regulation“ Prof. Lars P. Feld and Prof. Volker Wieland explain how a regular proportionality check of…

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Following the amendment of the Climate Protection Act, Germany is to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions more significantly by 2030 than previously…

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What is the digital euro? In an interview with Deutschlandradio Kultur, Prof. Volker Wieland explains the advantages and disadvantages of digital…

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The Corona crisis was an accelerator of the demand for a "strong state" - also in Germany. But appearances are deceptive: the state alone did not lead…

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Prof. Volker Wieland sees the new strategy of the European Central Bank (ECB) essentially as a sharpening of the previous strategy. At the same time,…

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Prof. Volker Wieland is skeptical about the European Central Bank's (ECB) ability to fight climate change. "Neither monetary policy nor financial…

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For his paper "Bayesian Estimation of DSGE Models with Hamiltonian Monte Carlo," Ph.D. student Balint Tatar received the Honorable Mention Award at…

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