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IMFS Newsletter May 2019 now available

The IMFS Newsletter presents the newest features of the Macroeconomic Model Data Base (MMB), an open platform with now 128 models, contains the…

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Michael Haliassos asks Greek government to proceed with economic reforms ("Kathimerini")

In an opinion piece in the Greek newspaper "Kathimerini", Prof. Michael Haliassos asks the Greek government to proceed with economic reforms even…

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Kronberger Kreis: Europe must not seal itself off ("Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung")

According to the Kronberger Kreis, laying the foundations for competitiveness and innovation is the best way for the European Union to face Chinese…

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Model Uncertainty in Economics - Modelbase team contributes chapter to Oxford Handbook on Central Banking

Since the financial crisis, macroeconomic models have made enormous progress. In a paper published in the new “Oxford Handbook of the Economics of…

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Volker Wieland receives prize of the Monetary Workshop

Prof. Volker Wieland has been awarded with the 2019 prize of the Monetary Workshop in recognition of his research regarding monetary economics. In…

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IMFS Working Lunch on the history of central banking with Ulrich Bindseil, ECB, on May 8

What is the nature of central banking, and when and where in history can the first central banks be identified? In his IMFS Working Lunch on May 8,…

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Volker Wieland: ECB has missed opportunity for turnaround ("Neue Zürcher Zeitung")

According to Volker Wieland, the European Central Bank (ECB) has missed the opportunity for a turnaround in monetary policy. At its April meeting, the…

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“I hope to instill students with a way of thinking rather than a collection of facts” - an interview with IMFS Professor Alexander Meyer-Gohde

One year ago, Professor Dr. Alexander Meyer-Gohde assumed the newly formed Chair of Financial Markets and Macroeconomics at the IMFS. His research…

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IMFS Working Lunch on monetary policy challenges with Michael Heise, Allianz, on April 8

Since the financial crisis of 2008, the world’s major central banks have been struggling to return their economies to higher growth and to reach their…

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Reflecting on 20 years of monetary policy at the conference "The ECB and Its Watchers"

In a new brochure, the IMFS gives a retrospective of 20 years of discussions on monetary policy issues at the conference "The ECB and Its Watchers".

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