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On November 11, the Council of Economic Experts has presented its Annual Report 2015/15 titled "Focus on Future Viability" in Berlin.

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The debt brake in the federal states of Germany is not to be used as a pretext in order to shift borrowing from the Länder to local authorities or to…

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In the discussion about the Spanish central bank accepting wrongly rated collaterals Professor Helmut Siekmann calls for a simplification of the…

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In his new Working Paper, IMFS Visiting Scholar Vikrant Vig examines the relationship between lending practices of a large multinational bank, its…

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In a new Working Paper IMFS researcher Patrick Tuschl focuses on the support measures for German banks during the financial crisis, investigating how…

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With Eurozone inflation falling below zero in September, reaching minus 0.1 per cent, demands are voiced asking for the expansion of the current…

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At the beginning of the consultations regarding the reform of the inheritance tax in the German parliament (Bundestag) and the Federal Council…

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On November 11, the German Council of Economic Experts presents the new annual report to Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. The magazine…

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The Executive Board of the IMFS has appointed Dr. Willy Friedmann and Prof. Dr. Hermann Remsperger, honoring their contributions to the institute.

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The U.S. central bank Federal Reserve is continuing its zero-rate policy. Fed Chair Janet Yellen justified the decision with the recent financial…

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