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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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The equilibrium real interest rate in the "new normality" ("Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung")

How long-term bond yields are not simply defined by monetary policy and short-term interest rates but by many other influences is the topic of an…

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Interview with Volker Wieland: "The ECB has too much power" ("Profil")

The implementation of the European Banking Supervision at the European Central Bank (ECB) has only been a first step according to Volker Wieland. In…

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New working paper shows construction errors in the European deposit protection

The European Commission is promoting the preparations for the introduction of a European Deposit Insurance Scheme, EDIS. By October, a new study…

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Working paper on the fiscal consequences of central bank decisions

In his working paper Athanasios Orphanides examines some of the decisions taken by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (ECB) during the…

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