The Shifting Macroeconomic Policy Debate in Europe

Mario Draghi is sure to be quizzed about this Jackson Hole speech at tomorrow’s ECB press conference.

I outline the shifting macro policy debate in Europe (and the implications for the Irish budget) in this Irish Times op-ed.

Also, David McWilliams writes about this optimistic prognosis for the Irish economy here.

On the Hook for Impaired Bank Lending: Do Sovereign-Bank Interlinkages Affect the Net Cost of a Fiscal Stimulus?

The new issue of the International Journal of Central Banking includes this article by Robert Kelly and Kieran McQuinn – here.

More on Germany

The economic challenges facing Germany are reported in this FT Analysis article.

Germany

Marcel Fratzscher writes in the FT here.

The Future of Global Economics

The new issue of F&D is here : it features an array of articles to mark the 50th anniversary of F&D (and 70th anniversary of the Bretton Woods institutions).