As the European Central Bank is pushing forward with a comprehensive review of its monetary policy strategy, we have brought together economists and lawyers,…
In an opinion piece in "Unternehmermagazin", Prof. Volker Wieland explains why the pandemic emergency program PEPP of the European Central Bank (ECB) should remain…
The discussion on how best to measure inflation is gaining momentum. The German government supports the project. According to Prof. Volker Wieland, a sensible…
According to Prof. Volker Wieland, the tightened corona regulations in December will not cause a further severe slump in economic performance. They are already…
At the "ECB Forum on Central Banking", Prof. Volker Wieland explained why the European Central Bank (ECB) should take a broader view at inflationary developments…
Why the European Central Bank (ECB) should look at broader measures of inflation and not just at the consumer price index (HICP) is explained by Prof. Volker…
In its new annual report, the German Council of Economic Experts is less pessimistic for the current year than in the summer. The effects of the second wave in the…
On November 13, Prof. Volker Wieland will present the Annual Report 2020/21 of the German Council of Economic Experts during an IMFS Policy Webinar. On November…
The ruling of the German Federal Constitutional Court and its call for conducting and communicating proportionality assessments regarding monetary policy can be…
"Banking in Europe - Europe and the Covid-19 Crisis – Looking back and looking forward" is the topic of the Second Policy Conference of the European Banking…
It is repeatedly criticized that the inflation rate does not necessarily reflect how the price development is perceived. In an interview with the "Handelsblatt",…
At the 21st edition of the conference "The ECB and Its Watchers", central bankers, financial market participants and academics discussed the mandate of the…
According to Prof. Volker Wieland, the European Central Bank (ECB) should take a broader look in its communication regarding inflation. "The ECB only talks about…
How can the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policy be reconciled with the proportionality check that was required by the Federal Constitutional Court? In a…
Do the central banks look at the right target when measuring inflation? In an interview with the German magazine "Wirtschaftswoche", Prof. Volker Wieland makes the…
Prof. Volker Wieland advises against further easing the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policy. "The ECB has responded very quickly and massively to the…
In September, the European Central Bank (ECB) will continue its strategic review that was on hold due to the corona pandemic. The conference "The ECB and Its…
In May, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the European Central Bank (ECB) was to demonstrate the proportionality of its bond purchases under the PSPP…
According to Prof. Volker Wieland, the Federal Constitutional Court‘s judgment regarding the bond purchases of the European Central Bank has strengthened the…
In the Phoenix documentary "Threats of a financial crash after corona", Prof. Volker Wieland explains the effects of central bank monetary policy and debt in the…
The ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) on the PSPP programme of the European Central Bank (ECB) on 5 May has triggered strong reactions. In an…
After the German Council of Economic Experts have cut their economic outlook, Volker Wieland is expecting an economic recovery as of summer. Based on recent data,…
The economic outlook in the coronavirus pandemic and adequate economic policy measures will be in the focus of an IMFS Policy Webinar with Prof. Volker Wieland on…
In an opinion piece in the German financial daily "Börsen-Zeitung", Prof. Helmut Siekmann calls for more respect for the Federal Constitutional Court. In his view,…
According to Prof. Volker Wieland, the government measures are a "substantial stimulus package". However, in his view, it is too minutely detailed and do not show…
According to Prof. Volker Wieland, it is not necessary for the European Central Bank (ECB) to increase bond purchases right now. The current volume of the PEPP…
In an opinion piece in the German daily "Süddeutsche Zeitung", the members of the German Council of Economic Experts, among them Prof. Volker Wieland, demand…
Professor Michael Haliassos has held the Chair of Macroeconomics and Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt since 2004. In 2018, he was appointed to the IMFS…
Program
4:00 pm (Central European Summer Time)WelcomeVolker Wieland, Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability4:00-4:15 pm"Euro Area Outlook and Monetary…
In an interview with the news channel HR-Info, Prof. Volker Wieland explains the objectives the European Central Bank (ECB) pursues with various bond buying…
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that the European Central Bank's mass bond-buying to stabilize the eurozone partly violates the German…
According to Professor Volker Wieland, the decision of the German constitutional court on the bond purchase program of the European Central Bank (ECB) will not…
Countries such as Greece, which rely heavily on tourism, extremely suffer from the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemics. In an op-ed in the Greek…
Ahead of the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court on the bond purchase program (PSPP) of the European Central Bank (ECB) Prof. Volker Wieland said that the…
On May 4, the IMFS launches a new webinar series on macroeconomic modelling and the coronavirus pandemics. In the first session, Prof. Harald Uhlig will talk about…
In an interview in the news program "ZDF-heute-Spezial", Volker Wieland has called for a clear strategy regarding the hygiene measures. In his view, the government…
The IMFS Annual Report 2019 gives an overview about all IMFS activities, e.g. recent scientific papers of IMFS researchers, conferences and lectures. Also the…
In coordination with the ECB, we have now moved the date of "The ECB and Its Watchers" conference, which will contribute to the strategy review. The new conference…
How can an economic perspective be helpful in the coronavirus pandemic? Prof. Harald Uhlig, Ph.D., will investigate this issue in an IMFS Policy Webinar on April…
In an IMFS Policy webinar on April 16, Prof. Veronika Grimm will describe how a gradual easing of current restrictions in economy and society could look like.
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According to Prof. Volker Wieland, other euro area countries also benefit from Germany's fiscal space. "Countries like Germany and the Netherlands having this…
In an IMFS Policy webinar, Prof. Volker Wieland presented the economic outlook of the German Council of Economic Experts in the coronavirus pandemic. The webinar…
The German Council of Economic Experts has analyzed the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in a special report. In an IMFS Policy webinar on April 8,…
The German Council of Economic Experts (GCEE) has analyzed the economic impact of the corona crisis in a special report. "The longer the restrictive measures go…
The European Central Bank (ECB) plans to buy more than a third of government bonds of a euro area country within its new program launched in the corona crisis. The…
According to Prof. Volker Wieland, the best approach in the corona crisis is to make use of the existing institutions. In an interview with Boerse.ARD.de he…
According to Prof. Volker Wieland, at the moment there is no need to agree on a stimulus package in order to mitigate the economic effects due to the coronavirus.…
Due to the spread of the coronavirus, the ECB has also restricted travel until April 20, 2020 and postponed conferences. Therefore, we have decided to re-schedule…
In a statement for the budget committee of the German Bundestag, Prof. Volker Wieland has taken a stand against softening or eliminating the so-called debt brake.…
The European Central Bank (ECB) will integrate the IMFS conference "The ECB and Its Watchers" into the series of listening events where the central bank wants to…
On February 20 and 21, the IMFS jointly organizes the EBI Global Annual Conference on Banking Regulation together with the European Banking Institute (EBI) and…
According to Prof. Volker Wieland, the European Central Bank (ECB) should start raising interest rates as soon as possible but only proceed in small steps. At a…
According to Prof. Volker Wieland, the crisis in China caused by the coronavirus is going to be a stress test for the German car sector, which is very much…
According to Prof. Volker Wieland, the European Central Bank (ECB) should publish the voting results of the Governing Council's monetary policy decisions. In his…
According to Prof. Volker Wieland, the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policy should not only be based on the consumer price index (HICP). If other…
The strategic review of the European Central Bank (ECB) will be in the center of debate at the next conference "The ECB and Its Watchers" on March 24. To kick off…
On February 20/21 2020, the European Banking Institute (EBI), Goethe University and the IMFS will jointly organize a conference on banking regulation. Transparency…
The open platform for macroeconomic models of the IMFS, the Macroeconomic Model Database (MMB), has grown to over 150 models. As a result of a joint research…
