S. Rossi: Roundtable on monetary policy in a low growth, low interest rate environment

The role of interest rates—short- or long-term, nominal or real—is pervasive in modern economies. Changes in interes...

September 9, 2015

C. Bastasin: German migrants, a shock for the euro area

At the beginning of September, German chancellor Angela Merkel took everybody by surprise, announcing that Berlin would ...

September 7, 2015

L. Codogno: CAN ITALY’S IMMIGRATION CRISIS TRIGGER SOCIO-POLITICAL DISRUPTIONS?

Can the on-going EU immigration crisis become more severe and relevant socio-political stability? In this commentary, I ...

September 5, 2015

C. Bastasin: A 60% DEBT TARGET FOR THE EUROZONE AS A WHOLE

The level of public debt in the euro-area, generally considered excessive, represents the main hurdle on the way to wide...

August 31, 2015

S. Micossi: WHAT FUTURE FOR THE EUROZONE?

The euro is a currency without a state nor economic policy institutions to ensure budgetary discipline and economic conv...

August 30, 2015

S. Micossi: ONLY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CAN CONSTRUCT A POLITICAL UNION

In his 13 July editorial, Sergio Fabbrini commented on the results of the negotiations between Greece and leaders of the...

July 23, 2015

S. Micossi: IT IS TIME TO RELAUNCH EUROPE

To convince the Syriza government to accept measures to rebalance public finances and their economy, measures they had f...

July 21, 2015

C. Bastasin: TSIPRAS’ BOLD MOVE SHOULD BE PRAISED BY EUROPE

In the end, even in Greece, the euro crisis has resulted in a de facto change in government. As was the case in the past...

July 10, 2015

L. Codogno – GREECE: SCENARIOS AFTER THE VOTE

Following the No vote in the Greek referendum, there is deep uncertainty over what the possible scenarios are for Greece...

July 9, 2015