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Volker Wieland calls for exit strategy from the economic standstill (NZZ, FAZ, Tagesschau)

The German Council of Economic Experts (GCEE) has analyzed the economic impact of the corona crisis in a special report. "The longer the restrictive…

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IMFS professors evaluate government bond purchases in the new PEPP program (FAZ)

The European Central Bank (ECB) plans to buy more than a third of government bonds of a euro area country within its new program launched in the…

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Volker Wieland: "A sovereign debt crisis on top would be disastrous" (Börse.ARD.de)

According to Prof. Volker Wieland, the best approach in the corona crisis is to make use of the existing institutions. In an interview with…

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Volker Wieland warns against premature stimulus program due to coronavirus (Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung", T-online-News)

According to Prof. Volker Wieland, at the moment there is no need to agree on a stimulus package in order to mitigate the economic effects due to the…

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"The ECB and Its Watchers" conference re-scheduled to May 19

Due to the spread of the coronavirus, the ECB has also restricted travel until April 20, 2020 and postponed conferences. Therefore, we have decided to…

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Volker Wieland speaks out against softening the debt brake (FAZ, Handelsblatt)

In a statement for the budget committee of the German Bundestag, Prof. Volker Wieland has taken a stand against softening or eliminating the so-called…

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