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Every week, we discuss topical economic themes from a European perspective and provide perspective on key macro data news.
Join us on as we delve into the economic consequences of Europe's evolving geopolitical landscape with our guest Moritz Schularick, Presiden...
Germany's industrial powerhouse has long been the backbone of Europe’s economy. But after years of steady growth, manufacturing activity has...
We discuss the effects of tariffs on consumers and producers, drawing on evidence from the tariff war during the first Trump administration....
Join our discussion of the ECB's decisions and communication following its rate setting meeting on January 30, 2025 and learn about the outl...
In this episode, we welcome Clemens Fuest , President of Germany's Ifo Institute, for an in-depth discussion on economic challenges and the...
Join us as we discuss with Dan Breznitz from the University of Toronto the difference between invention & innovation, the various stages of...
Join us as we discuss with Professor Gabriel Felbermayr, President of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research, the forces reshaping the...
In this episode, Dirk Schumacher sits down with Hadrien Camatte from Natixis to dive deep into the fallout of the Barnier government’s colla...
Dive into the turbulent world of German politics as we unpack the dramatic collapse of the ruling coalition and what lies ahead in the upcom...
In this episode, we explore the inflation outlook for the Euro Area, honing in on whether medium-term inflation could once again fall short...
Join us this week as we tackle a pressing issue facing the Euro Area: fiscal consolidation. With debt-to-GDP ratios near historic highs in m...
Join us to dive into the challenges and transitions facing Europe’s car industry. Together with Valentin Mory, mobility expert from Natixis,...
Have you ever wondered why Europe's economic growth seems stuck in slow motion? Join us as we explore the mystery of Europe's lagging econom...
Join Dirk Schumacher and Klaus Adam on "The Week That Was in Europe" as they welcome Professor Andrei Levchenko, a leading expert on interna...
We provide our perspective on the ECB’s policy meeting: markets expected the ECB's rate cut, the real focus was on the path for interest rat...
In this week's episode of The Week That Was in Europe , hosts Dirk Schumacher and Klaus Adam return from their summer break to analyze Germa...
Today, we dive into the aftermath of the French parliamentary elections – a pivotal event that has captured the attention of financial marke...
We dive into the transformative world of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on the financial sector and central banks. AI's rapid advanc...
In today's epsiode, we dive deep into the economic dynamics shaping the Eurozone focusing on a critical issue: inflation expectations. We un...
In today's episode we dive into the complex world of state-based international lending. Recent years have seen a resurgence in cross-border...
Join us today as we delve into the results of the European elections and their far-reaching consequences. We have the pleasure of speaking w...
The ECB has cut rates by 0.25% in its June meeting for the first time in many years. This happened despite forecasts of inflation having bee...
Join us for an insightful discussion with Roman Arjona, Chief Economist at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market...
Join us as we discuss the outlook for ECB policy rates for the upcoming June policy meeting and thereafter. We put perspective on recent Eur...
Join our interesting discussion with Prof. Thiess Buettner, Chairman of the Independent Advisory Board of the German Stability Council, abou...
Countries across Europe and the United States have witnessed a significant surge in government debt and interest rates in the aftermath of t...
The neutral rate is relevant for understaning the stance of monetary policy and for the fiscal outlook, as it determines the financing condi...
We review the fiscal position of France, Germany, Italy and Spain, discuss the need for consolidation and how it could be implemented with m...
Provided wage growth moderates and inflation develops as expected, the ECB will start cutting interest rates in June. We discuss the uncerta...
We discuss with Prof. Harald Fadinger (University of Mannheim) how the EU taxes the carbon content of imported goods via its Carbon Border A...
We discuss with Veronika Grimm (German Council of Economic Experts) about lifting Germany's long-run growth potential. We focus on measures...
The @ecb is getting close to cutting interest rates: it signaled following it March 7 Governing Council Meeting its readiness to start cutti...
We talk about recent trends and future challenges for productivity growth in the French economy. Our guest, Alain Durré, is Head of the Macr...
Euro Area inflation fell like a rock: from the peak of 10.6%, reached in October 2022, it dropped to levels below 3% a year later. We analyz...
We present the main academic insights about how government debt should evolve over time, if the government seeks to maximize social welfare....
We talk with Bernard Dadah (Head of Commodity Research, Natixis) about critical minerals. What are these? How big of market do they have? Wh...
We discuss with the ECB's Director General for Economics Oscar Arce about the Euro Area's macroeconomic outlook, the ECB's past forecast err...
We review the ECB's assessement of the economic situation & the outlook for policy rates going forward.
We take stock of Germany's recent underperformance relative to its European peers and analyze its sources. We identify (real) household inco...
We review and critically discuss the decisions taken by the ECB after the suprisingly benign November inflation numbers.
We discuss how various forms of uncertainty affect the conduct of optimal monetary policy. We provide a summary of key insights from the aca...
We discuss with Professor Lars Feld (Advisor to the German Finance Minister) about what led to the Constitutional Court Ruling on the Debt B...
Euro Area labour markets show astonishing resilience: unemployment rates are hovering around record lows despite serious adverse shocks havi...
In October 2023, the European Council agreed on a reform of the European electricity market. We shed light on what went wrong in electricity...
We discuss with Prof. Jean-Marie Meier (Wharton School) about technology transfer to China: (i) what coercive methods does China deploy to f...
We discuss the decisions taken by the ECB Governing Council and provide perspective on them.
We discuss with Guntram Wolff, CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), about the prospects for a European Geopolitical Strate...
We discuss with Tobias Linzert about central bank frameworks for liquidity provision, in particular, how they changed following the financia...
We discuss the possible factors driving the recent strong increase in long-term government bond yields in the Euro Area. We disucss how mone...
Economists have a long tradition of opposing industrial policies measures, but advanced economies often use industrial policies to influence...