In the IMFS Update August 2017, Volker Wieland, Managing Director of the IMFS, strongly supports a more rule-oriented approach in monetary policy. In…
Volker Wieland is against raising the inflation target. "The target rate of 2.0 percent is adequate", he said in a survey conducted by the financial…
Central bankers as Fed Chair Janet Yellen and ECB President Mario Drahgi have justified expansionary monetary policy with reference to a decrease in…
In Volker Wieland's opinion, the legal examination of the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policy by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is…
On 14 September, Jens Weidmann, President of Deutsche Bundesbank, will give a lecture on monetary policy after the crisis. The IMFS Distinguished…
The decision of the Federal Constitutional Court to pass on its concerns regarding the bond purchases of the European Central Bank (ECB) to the…
In the crisis of the ailing Italian banks Volker Wieland is skeptical regarding the rescue arrangements. "The signals from Italy are very negative",…
In recognition of his services in promoting the connection between science on the one hand and politics and society on the other hand, Prof. Volker…
According to Volker Wieland, the current monetary policy of the European Central Bank (ECB) is not adequate. "The ECB should have communicated a…
Since the European Central Bank (ECB) announced its purchase program for corporate bonds in March 2016, corporate bond issuance increased. According…
