# Blog

Olivier Blanchard fails to recognise two major IMF mistakes in Greece

– the IMF needs to draw the right conclusions This blog draws two lessons from the failed Greek programme. Olivier Blanchard is right that the fiscal adjustment of the last 5 years was unavoidable. An earlie...

14th July 2015 by Guntram Wolff 3167 views

# Blog

#Greferendum: 3 questions, 3 answers

Q. What does the clear no in the referendum mean? GW. First of all, it is a rejection of the creditors offer that was on the table one week ago. We will see new discussions now. However, it will not be easy to come to su...

5th July 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2459 views

# Blog

Economic and legal observations on capital controls

While the exact decision of the Greek government is not yet to my knowledge clearly communicated, it appears that besides a bank holiday, the government intends to impose capital controls. The Guardian reports that for c...

28th June 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2763 views

# Blog

Euro area governance: an assessment of the “five presidents” report

the positive and missing or negative elements: European Commission President Juncker has published the long-awaited report prepared in collaboration with the presidents of the European Council, the Eurogroup, the Europea...

25th June 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2588 views

# Interviews

A Greek deal?

My interview on Euronews on youtube....

24th June 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2033 views

# Interviews

Griechenland Krise

Guntram Wolff gave an interview to German television Phoenix on Greece and euro area governance. Here is the link on youtube....

23rd June 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2094 views

# Interviews

Wird Griechenland zahlungsunfähig?

I was interviewed by ARD extra and Bayerischer Rundfunk television in this piece on 21 June....

21st June 2015 by Guntram Wolff 1960 views

# Blog

Greece – the three essential elements for a deal

This blog argues that a deal for Greece requires three elements: lower primary surpluses than the creditors are currently asking for; little action on debt except for agreeing to delay IMF repayment (similarly to how Eur...

17th June 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2798 views

# Blog

Giving Greece a chance

Opinion piece by members of the Eiffel Group and the Glienicke Group The Greek tragedy must not go on. Europe’s growing frustration with the new Greek government has triggered calls for stopping negotiations and even acc...

21st May 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2860 views

# Interviews

Grexit è un’opzione auspicabile ma costosa

My short interview on CNBC on Grexit in Italian. ...

9th May 2015 by Guntram Wolff 1615 views