# Blog

EU debt as insurance against catastrophic events in the euro area: the key questions and some answers

European Union debt can provide comprehensive insurance against the COVID-19 pandemic and can enable a macroeconomic response, even though EU debt is a liability for taxpayers in EU countries and therefore indirectly for...

25th April 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1299 views

# podcast

Did the eurogroup save the day?

After its longest meeting ever, the Eurogroup reached an agreement yesterday evening. What does the agreement say? What does it mean in terms of the emergency reaction to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic? Wh...

14th April 2020 by Guntram Wolff 942 views

# podcast

From health crisis to economic crisis and now euro area crisis?

my conversation with Jean Pisani-Ferry and Maria Demertzis...

18th March 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1175 views

# podcast

What risk does Italy’s new government pose to the euro area?

I discuss here with Francesco Papadia, Bruegel senior fellow, the situation in Italy. The coalition agreement between Italy’s Five Star Movement and the League puts the country’s new government on a potential collision c...

24th May 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2171 views

# Blog

The dragon sneezes, Europe catches a cold

European stock prices, financial contagion and the trade exposure to China. How the turmoil in China’s stock market is affecting European stock markets through Europe’s trade exposure to China This post was first p...

26th August 2015 by Guntram Wolff 4613 views

# Blog

Euro Puzzles

An article summarizing my thinking on a number of euro area issues in the newly founded Berlin Policy Journal. The genie has again slipped out of the bottle: Europe is again discussing the possibility of Greece leaving t...

6th May 2015 by Guntram Wolff 2473 views