Eurozone
Why the EU needs an asset management company
The European Banking Authority’s Piers Haben and Mario Quagliariello argue a well-designed asset management company should be a major part of efforts to clean up the European banking sector
Eurozone needs ‘hard laws’ for credible resolution, economist argues
“Soft law” arrangements can break down in crises, Schoenmaker says
Mersch: no political appetite for ‘European safe bonds’
The proposal for pooled, tranched bonds is “interesting”, but the public are likely to be suspicious
Monetary aggregates useful as eurozone inflation predictor – paper
“Predictive content” of monetary aggregates has improved since 2012, ECB paper says
BIS paper tracks US and eurozone QE spillovers
Shadow rates approach helps authors show US QE spilled across borders more strongly, though impact differed between countries
Eurozone still not a complete monetary union, Draghi says
Further reforms to create “common institutions” are necessary, ECB president argues
Energy base effects pushing recent eurozone inflation – ECB
Effect estimated to be negative for much of second half of 2017
Unconventional policy has improved ‘pass-through’, says ECB
“Simple pass-through models” are ill-equipped for analysis, paper argues
Fiscal rules fail to tackle EU policy biases – IMF research
Many biases relate to political economy factors, and should be tackled by future adjustments to the governance framework, IMF economists say
Regulations and QE impacting repo market – ECB’s Mersch
Executive board member says “confluence of factors” has boosted demand for collateral and impaired its supply, but the situation may improve
ECB papers examine low inflation
Researchers differ over eurozone inflation expectations
Helicopter money would have little impact, Dutch paper says
Household survey suggests little impact on inflation expectations, researchers argue
ECB paper proposes new fiscal-monetary policy mix for eurozone
Researchers suggest non-defaultable Eurobonds issued by new fund
Villeroy de Galhau highlights factors behind slow growth
French governor highlights importance of wage-setting mechanisms
IMF raises projections for US and eurozone growth for 2017
US policy mix still uncertain, but IMF staff do not yet believe changes will trigger an international trade shock; growth projections for emerging economies revised downwards
US and EU outline final rules on loss-absorbency
Fed adopts final rule on loss-absorbency, while EBA makes final recommendations to European Commission; US rules include grandfathering and exceptions for foreign firms
Czech Republic closer to euro adoption but still not ready – CNB
Economy is converging with Europe but costly accession to single supervisory mechanism means country is not ready to begin formal process, CNB says
Greek negotiations turn acrimonious amid debt relief freeze
ESM freezes debt relief measures for Greece, accusing government of breaking spending promises; European Commission’s Moscovici hits back at IMF criticism
IMF officials say they want less austerity for Greece, not more
Fund and European creditors still disagree on design of Greek programme, as IMF says fiscal targets must be realistic
French paper presents macro-prudential early warning system
Authors advocate aggregating results of larger number of models
Eurozone banks vulnerable to global risk repricing, ECB warns
US elections have “aggravated” risk of global repricing, which could trigger contagion in eurozone financial system, Vítor Constâncio says
Auditors’ report notes staffing and governance issues at ECB arm
National supervisors provide insufficient staff for inspection teams, report says
Visco hits out at lack of ‘cohesion’ among Europe’s political leaders
ECB governing council member calls for targeted structural reforms in the euro area; says a euro area finance minister must have fiscal capability and not be “another referee”
Bundesbank paper models spillover effects of risk shocks in financial crisis
Paper finds spillover effects of general risk are stronger than spillovers in response to bailouts