The debt brake in the federal states of Germany is not to be used as a pretext in order to shift borrowing from the Länder to local authorities or to…
In the discussion about the Spanish central bank accepting wrongly rated collaterals Professor Helmut Siekmann calls for a simplification of the…
In his new Working Paper, IMFS Visiting Scholar Vikrant Vig examines the relationship between lending practices of a large multinational bank, its…
In a new Working Paper IMFS researcher Patrick Tuschl focuses on the support measures for German banks during the financial crisis, investigating how…
With Eurozone inflation falling below zero in September, reaching minus 0.1 per cent, demands are voiced asking for the expansion of the current…
At the beginning of the consultations regarding the reform of the inheritance tax in the German parliament (Bundestag) and the Federal Council…
On November 11, the German Council of Economic Experts presents the new annual report to Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. The magazine…
The Executive Board of the IMFS has appointed Dr. Willy Friedmann and Prof. Dr. Hermann Remsperger, honoring their contributions to the institute.
The U.S. central bank Federal Reserve is continuing its zero-rate policy. Fed Chair Janet Yellen justified the decision with the recent financial…
The central bank Federal Reserve could end its zero-rate policy tonight. In an interview with NDR-Info Prof. Volker Wieland explains why he considers…
