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Scary EU policies: Broken rules and opportunistic socialism
With the Covid-19 crisis bearing down on eurozone economies, all efforts at maintaining fiscal responsibility have been abandoned. The euro area could adopt new fiscal rules – likely ones that would allow for more profligacy and greater centralization. But the ultra-low interest rates that come with such a strategy could lead to an even deeper crisis.
Self-righteousness weakens the European success story
With a new report on the rule of law in the European Union, leaders and officials within the bloc have again taken to criticizing member states. They should take a look in the mirror, as the EU’s institutions and leading countries often flout the rules themselves. This hypocritical arrogance undermines ...
Causes and consequences of the dollar’s weakness
At the pandemic’s onset, few paid any attention to exchange rates. The U.S. dollar has weakened significantly since March 2020, surprising many observers. Some of the drop can be ascribed to the diminished international trade flows, which cut the demand for the globe’s leading exchange currency. There may also be, ...
Is there a Covid-19 inflation puzzle?
The world’s governments have issued massive waves of debt in response to the pandemic’s economic damage. Public deficits have exploded and central banks are taking extraordinary measures. Will there be inflation, or deflation in the post-Covid fiscal future? The crisis has produced a huge negative supply shock, but the shock ...
GIS Dossier: The dilemmas of the ECB’s monetary policy
Experts have long been gravely concerned about the negative side effects that could result from the eurozone’s prolonged ultra-easy credit. However, reversing the monetary policies of the European Central Bank has proven economically and politically risky. The coronavirus crisis has made the challenge even harder.
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