Tag Archives: Deutsche Bundesbank
Gold move shows Buba can cave in to pressure
Germany’s central bank will repatriate some of its gold reserves. That could mean that …
Filed under Allgemein, Monetary Policy
Why there's more in Draghi's may-day speech than markets realise
Mario Draghi (Photo by Monika Flueckiger/ World Economic Forum, via Wikipedia)
At first sight, Mario …
Filed under Economic Policy, Monetary Policy
The Bundesbank and Target2 – the about-face that wasn't
It appeared like a stunning about-face. Earlier this month, press reports suggested that Bundesbank …
Filed under Monetary Policy, Target 2
Bundesbank's Weidmann on the origin and meaning of the Target2 balances
A couple of days ago, Jens Weidmann, the President of Deutsche Bundesbank, published an …
Filed under Monetary Policy, Target 2
PIIGS exposure of individual German banks
It was a little bit inconvenient because I had to gather the data from …
Filed under Financial Crisis
The misleading claims of Hans-Werner Sinn
How do you dare to take issue with Herr Profesor Sinn, you stupid blogger? …
Filed under Target 2
The Economics of Target2 balances
German stamp from 1998, celebration the foundation of the ECB (Image via Wikipedia)
The Target2 …
Filed under Target 2, Uncategorized
ECB's Stark contra Sinn, plus: A dire warning by the Ifo Institute
ECB's Chief Economist Jürgen Stark (Image via Wikipedia)
There are more important things than Target2. …
Filed under Monetary Policy, Target 2
Stealth Bailout: "The Economist" and Gavyn Davies raise their voices – plus: A word on Sinn's merits
When it comes to press coverage about current economics research, the “Economics Focus” of …
Filed under Monetary Policy, Target 2
Sinn and Wolf on wrong target…
… say Willem Buiter, Ebrahim Rahbar and Jürgen Michels with Citi (Link is now working, thanks …
Filed under Target 2
