# Blog, Interviews

Schädliche Kritik: Die EZB hat mit ihrer Geldpolitik viel richtig gemacht

Die Geldpolitik der Europäischen Zentralbank hat der EU geholfen. Deshalb sollte darüber neu und konstruktiv debattiert werden. Der Gastbeitrag für Frankfurter Rundschau. Die neue EZB-Präsidentin Christine Lagarde hätte ...

14th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 2148 views

# Interviews

The ECB actions will be enough, but what matters now is the common fiscal policy

My interview in La Stampa is here...

19th August 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1268 views

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# Publications

How to provide liquidity to banks after resolution in Europe’s banking union

Banks deemed to be failing or likely to fail in the banking union are either put into insolvency/liquidation or enter a resolution scheme to protect the public interest. After resolution but before full market confidence...

22nd November 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2577 views

# podcast

Central banking and the problem of unelected power

Paul Tucker, former deputy governor of the Bank of England, joins me to discuss the thesis of his new book, as well as the current tensions within current models of central banking governance. We discuss whether the ECB ...

5th June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2122 views

# Blog

Opportunities and risks in Europe in 2018

This opinion piece was published by Nikkei Asia Review and Nikkei Veritas as well as Kathimerni. As 2017 draws to a close, it is a good moment to review the main risks for the upcoming year and explore some of the...

30th December 2017 by Guntram Wolff 3205 views

# Interviews

Die EZB ist als Institution ein Erfolg

Mein letztes Interview in Die Presse. Hier das pdf....

4th December 2017 by Guntram Wolff 1640 views

# Interviews

Vision prospective sur l’Europe

9th November 2017 by Guntram Wolff 1919 views

# Blog

What could a euro-area finance minister do?

With the election of Emmanuel Macron as president of France, the idea of a euro-area treasury and finance minister is back in the limelight. The election programme of Emmanuel Macron calls for “a budget for the euro area...

17th May 2017 by Guntram Wolff 5280 views

# Blog

Eurozone QE and bank profitability: Why it is too early to taper

This opinion piece was published in El Economista, Finance, Hospodárské Noviny, and Tagesspiegel. The quantitative easing (QE) programs that started in the second quarter of 2015 remain controversial, especially in Germa...

8th December 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2311 views

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# Publications

What impact does the ECB’s quantitative easing policy have on bank profitability?

Quantitative easing (QE) affects banks’ profitability in three main ways. First, as QE drives up bond prices, banks holding such bonds see their balance sheets strengthened. Second, QE reduces long-term yields and thereb...

30th November 2016 by Guntram Wolff 3162 views