Blog post
23 January 2017
Tariffs and the American poor
Whats at stake: much has been said and debated during the US election and beyond about the distributional impact of free trade on the disadvanta
Transatlantic relations
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Event
19 January 2017
Implications of the new US trade policy by the incoming president Trump
An event about the implications of Donald Trump's emerging trade agenda on global trade.
Blog post
06 January 2017
Manufacturing in the US: Will Trumps strategy repatriate highly-paid jobs?
Trump has set out a plan to repatriate highly-paid manufacturing jobs to the US. But the idea that manufacturing jobs are better paid than service rol
Blog post
19 December 2016
The American dream
Whats at stake: historian James Truslow Adams, in his 1931 book The Epic of America, stated that the American dream is "that dream of a land in which
Opinion piece
28 November 2016
Japanese banks and US$ liquidity: Squeezed between expensive deposits and the BoJ
For the last few years, Japanese banks have aggressively expanded their assets overseas, which has helped increased their stubbornly low profitability
Blog post
21 November 2016
Trumpocalypse now: first reactions
Whats at stake: this question should probably be re-formulated as whats NOT at stake? On Tuesday 8 November, the US elected Donald Trump as its ne
Blog post
15 November 2016
Trump could give new impetus to EU-China relations
It is too early to say what the Trump administrations trade policy will look like but a total cut-off from Asian partners is unlikely. It would har
Blog post
15 November 2016
Trump, NATO and European defence spending
US President-Elect Donald Trump made critical statements about low European defence spending during the election campaign - signaling an expectation t
Blog post
09 November 2016
Income inequality boosted Trump vote
Our early econometric analysis shows that Donald Trump performed more strongly in states with higher income inequality. He also did better in states w
Blog post
07 November 2016
Monetary policy at the time of elections
Whats at stake: At this weeks meeting, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged. While this was largely expected, the economic blogosphere
Blog post
03 October 2016
Trumping Trade
Whats at stake: Trade is a central topic in the US presidential campaign, with both candidates expressing some degree of criticism about past trade p
Event
21 September 2016
13th Asia Europe Economic Forum (AEEF)
This edition of the of the Asia-Europe Economic Forum is entitled: Riding the new waves: Asian and European Economic Perspectives and will be held i
Blog post
19 September 2016
The US infrastructure investment debate
Whats at stake: Infrastructure investment has been and will continue to be a prominent campaign theme in the run up to the US elections. Both Hillary
Blog post
22 August 2016
The Feds rethinking of normality
Whats at stake: As we approach Jackson Hole, monetary policymakers are considering how to redesign monetary policy strategies to better cope with a l
Podcast
12 August 2016
What can the eurozone learn from US monetary history?
Many in the EU look to the USA as a model for monetary union in the Eurozone. But how easy was it to create such a union, and what can Europe learn f
Blog post
05 July 2016
Inequality in Germany how it differs from the US
The pay gap between workers and CEOs in Germany is driven by a lack of managers. Income inequality could fall if there were more managers available fo