by Stanislas Jourdan | Mar 11, 2020
There is little point in slowing down the contagion by forcing the economy to accelerate. Instead of blunt stimulus measures, the ECB must respond to the Coronavirus by launching targeted support for SMEs.
by Stanislas Jourdan | Jan 16, 2020
The ECB’s primary mission is to maintain consumer price stability, but while doing so it omits an important item of household consumption: the cost of housing. It is now time to fix this strange exception which induces biases in the design of the ECB’s monetary policy.
by Stanislas Jourdan | Jan 7, 2020
The recent declarations of new European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde on the possible role of her institution in the fight against climate change have revived pushbacks from central bankers and financial commentators against “green quantitative easing”. However, the critics have often misrepresented what campaigners actually want.
by Stanislas Jourdan | Nov 29, 2019
EU Treaties are no obstacle for the Eurogroup to take decisive actions in favour of gender diversity in the European Central Bank.
by Stanislas Jourdan | Nov 1, 2019
In a recent speech, the German central bank’s governor objected to Positive Money Europe’s “green quantitative easing” proposal. But his objections are biased, wrong-headed and surmountable.