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This is what Europeans want from the EU

With just days to go before the European Parliament elections, this is a good time to reflect on why Europeans came together to form a political and economic union in the first place. And...

Abenomics, five years in: Has it worked?

Five years have passed since Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe was elected in 2012 and started “Abenomics”, a macroeconomic package based upon the “three arrows” of monetary easing, fisca...

Universal basic income - what the experts think

The OECD recently published a policy brief and a methodological note looking into the cost and benefits of adopting Basic Income (BI) as a policy option. The simplest way of introducing a...

Income convergence, EU funding and the impact of a crisis

Economic convergence is at the heart of European Union integration. Cohesion policy was born in the 1980s with the aim of complementing the creation of a single European market and foster...

This is how the ECB plans to lend at negative interest rates

The ECB first announced its targeted long-term refinancing operations (TLTRO) in summer 2014, and operations started in September 2014. Under the first version of the programme, banks cou...

Why the EU needs macro-prudential policies

How did Greek banks perform under ECB stress test?

What do the latest Greek budget figures show?

Is this Italy’s first case of bank bail-in?

What do the latest Greek budget figures tell us?

How to save the Greek financial sector

What is the deal Greece will vote on?

What do the latest Greek budget figures show?

How do Europeans feel about the EU?

What are the implications of Italy’s pension ruling?