Why “helicopter money” is the new whatever it takes
Seven years after Mario Draghi’s heroic “whatever it takes” speech, the European Central Bank needs to find new ways to reaffirm its ability to act.
Ending the fiction: central banks are not just technical institutions
Critics of Christine Lagarde’s nomination as future ECB President argue central banks should be only led by academics and technocrats, not politicians. They are wrong.
It is time to review the ECB’s monetary policy strategy
20 years after the creation of the euro and 10 years after the burst of the financial crisis, it is time to carry out a comprehensive review of the monetary policy strategy of the European Central Bank.
The European Central Bank’s SMP was necessary, but handled in the wrong way
Our latest video outlining the story behind the profits made by the ECB through one of their programmes has provoked strong criticism on Twitter. We apologize for the confusion created by the video and clarify what Positive Money Europe stands for on this matter. Last...
European Central Bank reveals it made huge profits from the Eurozone crisis
The European Central Bank just revealed it made 61 billion euros of profits out of its intervention in crisis hit countries such as Greece, Italy, Spain, Ireland and Portugal.