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Volker Wieland: The global economy between Scylla and Charybdis (Handelsblatt)

Volker Wieland analyzes why we are stuck in the trap of hyperinflation and bank quakes and how we can free ourselves from it in a guest article in the…

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IMF-IMFS Webinar postponed

The IMF-IMFS Webinar "Macroprudential policy tools - How well do they work?" announced for March 27, has been postponed to a later date. A new date…

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Volker Wieland appointed to the Council for the Future of the Hessian Economy

Prof. Volker Wieland, Ph.D., Managing Director of the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability (IMFS) at Goethe University, has been appointed…

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Book presentation with Nouriel Roubini on March 23: "Megathreats"

In his new book, Nouriel Roubini has defined ten threats that could have a devastating impact on the global economy: Megathreats. At an IMFS book…

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Volker Wieland argues for supply-oriented economic and energy policy (Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung)

"Inflation is nesting", sums up the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung" (FAS) and asked economists about ways to counter the increasingly…

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Volker Wieland advocates clear prioritization in budget discussions (Handelsblatt)

In the course of budget deliberations, Finance Minister Christian Lindner wants to review subsidy payments. In an interview with "Handelsblatt," Prof.…

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Volker Wieland advises swift reduction of ECB balance sheet (Stuttgarter Zeitung, FAZ)

Especially in times of high inflation, a rapid reduction of the European Central Bank's (ECB) central bank balance should be a priority. Prof. Volker…

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Volker Wieland warns against danger of political pressure on the ECB (Financial Times)

For 2022, Deutsche Bundesbank recorded its first loss for decades, also the European Central Bank (ECB) announced last week it made no profits in…

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TV interview with Volker Wieland on the anniversary of the Bank deutscher Länder (Hessenschau)

On March 1, 1948, the Bank deutscher Länder was founded by the Allies in Frankfurt. "A large volume of money had accumulated over the war," says Prof.…

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