News Archive


How the economy can recover (Op-ed of the German Council of Economic Experts in Süddeutsche Zeitung)

In an opinion piece in the German daily "Süddeutsche Zeitung", the members of the German Council of Economic Experts, among them Prof. Volker Wieland,…

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“Household financial behavior can be detrimental for financial stability” - Interview with Research Professor Michael Haliassos

Professor Michael Haliassos has held the Chair of Macroeconomics and Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt since 2004. In 2018, he was appointed to…

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IMFS Policy Webinar ""Economic Outlook in the Coronavirus Pandemic and Policy Responses" on May 19

Program

4:00 pm (Central European Summer Time)
Welcome
Volker Wieland, Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability

4:00-4:15 pm
"Euro Area Outlook…

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Volker Wieland explains objectives and side effects of ECB bond purchases in podcast of HR-Info

In an interview with the news channel HR-Info, Prof. Volker Wieland explains the objectives the European Central Bank (ECB) pursues with various bond…

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IMFS Professors analyze judgment on ECB bond purchase programs

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that the European Central Bank's mass bond-buying to stabilize the eurozone partly violates the…

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According to Volker Wieland, German court decision is not an obstacle for the ECB (FAZ, Süddeutsche Zeitung, NZZ, Wiwo)

According to Professor Volker Wieland, the decision of the German constitutional court on the bond purchase program of the European Central Bank (ECB)…

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Michael Haliassos explains how the Greek economy could benefit from the coronavirus pandemics (Ta Nea)

Countries such as Greece, which rely heavily on tourism, extremely suffer from the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemics. In an op-ed in…

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For Volker Wieland ECB bond purchases are not absolutely necessary (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, CNBC)

Ahead of the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court on the bond purchase program (PSPP) of the European Central Bank (ECB) Prof. Volker Wieland…

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IMFS starts Webinar series on "Macroeconomic Modelling and Pandemics"

On May 4, the IMFS launches a new webinar series on macroeconomic modelling and the coronavirus pandemics. In the first session, Prof. Harald Uhlig…

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Volker Wieland calls for a clear strategy regarding hygiene measures (ZDF)

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,…

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