19.01.2022 - Macroeconomics

Equity investment resists inflation

by Thomas Mayer

The current rise in inflation is causing investors to look for inflation-resistant investments. Equities are commonly counted among this asset class. But do they fulfil the expectation?

28.09.2021 - Macroeconomics

Unwinding globalization

by Agnieszka Gehringer

We are living in a far less globalizing economy today. Since at least the Great Financial Crisis the pace of globalization has slowed down significantly or even reversed in some areas. Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to some extent to have inter ...

04.05.2021 - Macroeconomics

How to Escape from the Debt Trap: Lessons from the Past

by Thomas Mayer Gunther Schnabl

Rising public debt everywhere has raised the question of how to reduce debt again in the future. High public debt also seems to be an impediment for the exit of central banks from ultra-low interest rates and quantitative easing. Historical precedent ...

05.03.2021 - Macroeconomics

Danger of inflation! Why everyone is talking about inflation now

by Marius Kleinheyer Thomas Mayer

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After almost 30 years, inflation is about to return. Find out why it could return right now and how savers can protect themselves against it in this video.  

01.01.2014 - Macroeconomics

Disintegration versus divergence: The EMU Experience

by Agnieszka Gehringer Pablo Duarte

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The introduction of the euro was linked to expectations of convergence of economic cycles and longer-term income trends. These expectations have not been fulfilled and, especially after the Covid 19 shock, it will be increasingly difficult to meet th ...

18.09.2020 - Macroeconomics

Measuring the future

by Thomas Mayer

Since the 17th century, we have wanted to measure the future with the help of probability theory. To do this, mathematically incomprehensible uncertainty must be transformed into mathematically measurable risks. However, the measurement of the future ...
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