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IMFS Working Lunch with Tobias Adrian, IMF, on May 29

The global financial stability will be in the focus of the Working Lunch with Tobias Adrian on May 29. Adrian is the Financial Counsellor and Director…

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IMFS Annual Report 2017 published

Quantitative macroeconomic models play an important role in informing policy-makers about the consequences of monetary, fiscal and macroprudential…

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Helmut Siekmann comments amendments to financial constitution of German Basic Law

In the new edition of the commentary on German Basic Law edited by Michael Sachs, Helmut Siekmann clarifies the recent amendments to the financial…

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The Great Recession and its aftermath is in the focus of the 2nd Research Conference of the MMCI Network

On June 7 and 8, the Macroeconomic Modelling and Model Comparison Network (MMCN) will organize its 2nd research conference. With the help of…

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Volker Wieland once again proposed as member of the German Council of Economic Experts

Volker Wieland, Ph.D., has been proposed by the Federal Cabinett as a member of the German Council of Economic Experts for another five years. His…

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Economic experts ask for exit from quantitative easing ("Börsen-Zeitung")

The German Council of Economic Experts has asked the European Central Bank (ECB) in its economic forecast to end the expansionary monetary policy. The…

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For Volker Wieland the impact of the Trump administration on the development of the US dollar is limited ("Deutsche Welle.com")

Besides the implementation of tariffs, the Trump administration is disturbing investors with statements regarding the development of the US dollar. By…

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Blog Fazit: Discussion about monetary policy at the conference "The ECB and Its Watchers" ("FAZ.NET")

In the economic blog of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung called ""Fazit", Gerald Braunberger summarizes the discussion about the expansionary…

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Volker Wieland: "The ECB could raise interest rates already in 2018" ("Handelsblatt")

According to Volker Wieland, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) should already have reduced its bond purchases and should take…

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Volker Wieland and Kronberger Kreis: Coalition agreement slows down Germany ("Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung")

The economists of the so-called Kronberger Kreis, among them Volker Wieland, have expressed their disappointment about the coalition agreement between…

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