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Interview with Volker Wieland about Germany's trade surplus

IMFS in the Media

In an interview with the German TV station ARD, Professor Volker Wieland explains the reasons for the German trade surplus and whether this excess of…

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"Frankfurter Neue Presse" about Frankfurt as the city of the euro

IMFS in the Media

The local newspaper "Frankfurter Neue Presse" reports how Frankfurt has become a center of financial regulation and supervision, looking also at the…

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IMFS Annual Report 2014

Press Releases

If you want to learn more about the issues the researchers at the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability (IMFS) investigated in 2014 and which…

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For Volker Wieland there is no scope left for interest rates ("Handelsblatt")

IMFS in the Media

In an interview with the German business paper "Handelsblatt" Professor Volker Wieland talks about the limits of monetary policy and the impact of the…

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Council of Economic Experts raises economic forecast for 2015 ("Welt online")

IMFS in the Media

In its update of the economic forecast for Germany the Council of Economic Experts expects that GDP will grow by 1.8% in 2015. In November, the…

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Helmut Siekmann on a constitutional complaint regarding the ECb's bond-buying plan

IMFS in the Media

Three German businessmen are trying to block the European Central Bank’s controversial bond purchase program. Christoph Degenhart, a professor in…

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Opinion piece of Helmut Siekmann regarding Grexit ("Kathimerini")

IMFS in the Media

In an opinion piece in the Greek newspaper "Kathimerini" Helmut Siekmann explains the legal background regarding a withdrawal of Greece or an…

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Volker Wieland on the role of the Bundesbank in the Eurosystem („Handelsblatt Global Edition“)

IMFS in the Media

„Handelsblatt Global Edition“ reports on the relationship between Bundesbank and the European Central Bank.

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Volker Wieland on political intervention in the pricing process ("FAZ")

IMFS in the Media

In an opinion piece in the "Frankfurter Allgemeine" Professor Volker Wieland and his colleagues from the Kronberger Kreis, the Scientific Council of…

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"The ECB and Its Watchers XVI"

IMFS in the Media

Quantitative easing is already working, Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank said in his speech during "The ECB and Its Watchers XVI".

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