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Helmut Siekmann criticizes the influence of rating agencies ("Handelsblatt")

With the example of Portugal, the financial daily "Handelsblatt" describes how the credit rating can depend on the judgement of a single rating…

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Volker Wieland and Kronberger Kreis call for a real reform of the financial relations between federal government and the Länder

Federal and state governments are currently discussing the restructuring of their fiscal relations as the existing regulations will expire by the end…

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Working Paper: "Restricting the Use of Cash in the European Monetary Union"

The use of cash is being increasingly restricted inside the European Monetary Union and in May 2016 the European Central Bank decided to end the…

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Volker Wieland warns of the negative impact of the low interest rate policy ("heute-Nachrichten")

Volker Wieland has warned of the negative consequences of the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policy for the crisis countries in the euro area.…

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For Volker Wieland the unresolved crisis in the euro area remains the biggest problem ("Börsen-Zeitung")

Volker Wieland has backed a rule-oriented economic policy. At the first regulatory dialogue of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in Berlin he said rules…

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Volker Wieland warns against consequences of the ECB's monetary policy ("FAZ-Woche")

Volker Wieland has reiterated his warning regarding the consequences of the expansionary monetary policy of the European Central Bank (ECB). According…

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Working Paper shows "new methods for macro-financial model comparison and policy analysis"

Central banks and international organizations need to evaluate the impact and interaction of policy instruments in order to design effective policy…

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Version 2.1 of the Macroeconomic Model Data Base now available

The computational platform "Macroeconomic Model Data Base" (MMB) now is available in version 2.1. Thus, the open archive under www.macromodelbase.com…

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Interview with Volker Wieland: "Monetary policy should be more rule-oriented" ("Börsen-Zeitung")

In an interview with the financial newspaper "Börsen-Zeitung" Volker Wieland has called for a rethinking in central banks. In his view, apart from the…

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Volker Wieland warns about danger for financial sector due to low-interest rate policy ("Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung")

According to Volker Wieland the European Central Bank' (ECB) is becoming more and more a part of the problem with its monetary policy and is…

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