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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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High risks to future economic development ("Börsen-Zeitung")

The members of the German Council of Economic Experts (GCEE), among them Volker Wieland, have cut their growth forecast for 2019 and now expect German…

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Volker Wieland is skeptical regarding new ECB monetary policy measures ("Handelsblatt")

At its meeting at the beginning of March, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) announced a new series of quarterly targeted…

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New version of "Macroeconomic Model Data Base“ now offers more than 120 models

The open platform for macroeconomic models of the IMFS continues to expand. In a joint research project with the Hoover Institution, the new version…

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“Establishing an appropriate legal framework requires a sound economic analysis.” - An interview with IMFS Professor Roland Broemel

Since 2018, Roland Broemel has been holding the Chair of Public Law, Economic and Currency Law, Financial Markets Regulation and Legal Theory. In an…

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Which interest rate rule does the ECB apply? (FAZ)

Interest rate rules such as the so-called Taylor rule can give central bank an orientation for their monetary policy. Recently, the European Central…

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