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Credit Crunch Spells Bad News for Europe

Sven R. Larson October 26, 2023

Europe’s banks are in credit-crunch mode. The ECB’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged is meant to help, but it also raises the white flag on inflation.

Bank of England Hikes Interest Rate

Sven R. Larson August 4, 2023

The Bank of England anticipates that economic policy will successfully reduce inflation by half in the British economy before the end of this year.

“Our Europe, Ourselves”: Designs for the New Euro Banknotes

Tamás Orbán July 15, 2023

One of the design ideas focuses on cultural heritage. The rest either pander to our individualistic and inflated sense of self-importance through vaguely defined European ‘values’ or pick comfortably neutral topics, such as landscapes or animals.

Fiscal Forecast: Sweden in the Euro? Part II

Sven R. Larson July 6, 2023

A euro-zone membership would put Sweden on a fast track to a fiscal crisis like the one in the 1990s. That would be bad: the country cannot absorb the fallout from repeating its disastrous mistakes from back then.

Fiscal Forecast: When the IMF Destroyed Greece, Part II

Sven R. Larson June 29, 2023

The Greek economy was almost destroyed because politicians prioritized the Greek budget deficit over the Greek economy, and because economists at the IMF were not properly educated.

Fiscal Forecast Europe: Is Inflation Here to Stay?

Sven R. Larson May 25, 2023

If neither wages nor energy prices can explain why the ECB is right in being concerned about persistent inflation, then what can explain it? There is a candidate that nobody wants to talk about: taxes.

Housing Loans Hardest To Get Since 2011

Bridget Ryder May 6, 2023

According to the data and predictions of economists, the worst of the inflation spike may have passed but interest rates will still go up in the coming months and banks will be hawkish, imposing the tightest requirements for lending since 2011.

Fiscal Forecast Europe: ECB Silent on New Fiscal Crisis

Sven R. Larson May 4, 2023

While the stars are lining up for another fiscal crisis in Europe, the ECB’s chief economist fails to even mention the threat. Is the ECB ignorant on what is coming down the pike?

Fiscal Forecast Europe: ECB Will Soon Return to Money Printing

Sven R. Larson April 13, 2023

With a welfare state that dominates their budgets, European governments are exceedingly vulnerable to a recession. When tax revenue declines and entitlements force governments to spend more, the inevitable result is larger budget deficits. What will the ECB do in response to that?

ECB Raises Interest Rates to 0.75%

David Boos September 12, 2022

The expected raising of the interest rate by the ECB sent a short-term positive signal to the stock market.

Tag: ECB

Credit Crunch Spells Bad News for Europe

Bank of England Hikes Interest Rate

“Our Europe, Ourselves”: Designs for the New Euro Banknotes

Fiscal Forecast: Sweden in the Euro? Part II

Fiscal Forecast: When the IMF Destroyed Greece, Part II

Fiscal Forecast Europe: Is Inflation Here to Stay?

Housing Loans Hardest To Get Since 2011

Fiscal Forecast Europe: ECB Silent on New Fiscal Crisis

Fiscal Forecast Europe: ECB Will Soon Return to Money Printing

ECB Raises Interest Rates to 0.75%

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