Tag: Oliver Blanchard
Why the fight against inflation is taking so long
Frankfort, New York Inflation in the euro area is more persistent than hoped. Most recently, the inflation rate even rose again slightly to 7.0 percent. Even if an end to…
Budget policy: EU Commission rejects Lindner
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner The federal government had proposed that highly indebted euro countries be subject to a uniform minimum requirement for annual debt reduction. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Brussels…
ECB and Fed – talk like hawks, act like doves
Christine Lagarde The ECB President must keep an eye on inflation and the markets. (Photo: IMAGO/Panama Pictures) As expected, inflation in Germany fell again in December – even quite significantly…
Changing signals are likely to come from the central banks
changing signals Handelsblatt editor Frank Wiebe explains why no clear messages are likely to come from the central banks in the near future. (Photo: Imago, private) Was that it? Can…
How much are real estate prices falling?
Development area in Cologne New buildings from property developers are particularly affected by the current decline in real estate prices. (Photo: Photodisc/Getty Images) Dusseldorf Many market observers still didn’t want…
How much are real estate prices falling?
New building district in Frankfurt For major projects such as Frankfurt’s Europaviertel, Joachim Wieland, head of project developer Aurelis, expects land prices to fall by up to 50 percent. (Photo:…
How much are real estate prices falling?
New building district in Frankfurt For major projects such as Frankfurt’s Europaviertel, Joachim Wieland, head of project developer Aurelis, expects land prices to fall by up to 50 percent. (Photo:…
When ex-IMF chief economist Blanchard sees an end to high inflation
Oliver Blanchard (Photo: Markus Kirchgessner) Frankfurt The well-known economist Olivier Blanchard sees good chances that inflation in Europe and the USA will fall again significantly in the medium term. “I…
How the US elections will end
Good morning dear readers, Today is election day in the USA. If you would like to know what the so-called “midterms” are about, our Washington correspondent Annette Meiritz has summarized…
When ex-IMF chief economist Blanchard sees an end to high inflation
Oliver Blanchard (Photo: Markus Kirchgessner) Frankfurt The well-known economist Olivier Blanchard sees good chances that inflation in Europe and the USA will fall again significantly in the medium term. “I…
4 reasons why they underestimated inflation
Frankfurt A look at absolute key figures is enough to visualize the dimensions of the problem: When the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2018,…
4 reasons why they underestimated inflation
Frankfurt A look at absolute key figures is enough to visualize the dimensions of the problem: When the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2018,…
Inflation: Economists want to prevent the wage-price spiral
Frankfurt Central bankers are currently primarily concerned with one thing: the risk of a wage-price spiral. What is meant is a cycle in which prices and wages drive each other…
Inflation in Germany higher than it has been since 1981
Deep pumps for oil production The rise in energy prices is being exacerbated by the war in Ukraine and an imminent freeze on oil and energy supplies from Russia. (Photo:…
Few economists gave early warning
Deep pumps for oil production The rise in energy prices is being exacerbated by the war in Ukraine and an imminent freeze on oil and energy supplies from Russia. (Photo:…
“The Fed lost their bet”
Frankfurt Adam Posen has long defended an accommodative monetary policy. But in view of the high inflation in the USA of 7.5 percent recently, the head of the Peterson Institute…
Biden’s fiscal policy boomerang in two ways
US President Joe Biden But Democrats also tend to use debt to fund government spending. (Photo: dpa) Olivier Blanchard is not one of those economists who is now saying: We…