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Volker Wieland criticizes ECB monetary policy (TV interview with "Der Aktionär TV")

According to Volker Wieland, the European Central Bank (ECB) should reduce its quantitative easing.

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Council of Economic Experts reduces economic forecast

The Council of Economic Experts (GCEE) has slightly reduced its economic forecast for the current year.

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Volker Wieland criticizes new ECB measures ("Boerse.ARD.de", "n-tv.de", "FAZ")

After the European Central Bank (ECB) had announced to cut all its main interest rates, expand its bond-buying program, and unveiled a new lending…

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Volker Wieland strongly advises ECB against further easing of monetary policy ("FAZ, Boerse.ARD.de")

In an interview with the daily newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" Volker Wieland takes stock after one year of the European Central Bank's…

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Volker Wieland: ECB's QE turns out to be a double-edged sword ("Börsen-Zeitung")

Since March 2015, the European Central Bank (ECB) has been buying government and public bonds worth 60 billion euros a month. In an interview with the…

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IMFS researcher Robert Beyer analyzes labor market performance of immigrants for the IMF

In view of the current refugee surge to Europe IMFS researcher Robert Beyer has analyzed during a research stay at the International Monetary Fund…

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Volker Wieland criticizes economic reforms of the grand coalition ("Deutschlandfunk")

The economic situation in Germany is good, Volker Wieland said in an interview with "Deutschlandfunk". However, reforms like the introduction of the…

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Helmut Siekmann views discussion on cash restrictions critically ("Börsen-Zeitung")

According to Helmut Siekmann it may be judged differently whether restrictions on cash payments are legally permissible. In any case, such measures do…

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Volker Wieland criticizes scope of discretion in bank resolution ("Welt am Sonntag", "Die Welt")

According to Volker Wieland, the new Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, known as BRRD rules, allow a scope of discretion that is too broad.…

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Working Paper: Forward guidance and "lower for longer" - The Case of the ECB

Applying simple policy rules to the interest rate decisions of the ECB since 2013, Tilman Bletzinger and Volker Wieland find out that these rules call…

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