Mathew D. Rose: Chancellor Merkel Victrix
Merkel took a big setback in Sunday’s regional elections, but what do they portend?
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Silvia Merler: ECB TLTRO 2.0 – Lending at Negative Rates
On Thursday, the ECB surprised observers by announcing a new series of four targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO II) to be started in June 2016. The incentive structure of the programme has changed: on one hand, this TLTRO II could be the first case of lending at negative rates; on the other hand, the link with lending to the real economy might have been weakened.
Read more...Brexit Endangers London’s Status as a Financial Hub
Brexit could damage London’s attractiveness as the centre of European banking, as an entry point to the EU and as a global financial hub.
Read more...HSBC’s Money Laundering Nightmare (2): Mossack Fonseca, a Year in Words and Pictures, March 2015-March 2016
Mossack Fonseca and its trail of street protests: they are in it up to their thighs, and HSBC’s Stuart Gulliver has “no idea”.
Read more...John Helmer: US War Aim Fails, Putin Gains, Medvedev Loses
Approval ratings for Putin remain high despite corruption scandals because they believe no one is as capable of defending them against the US
Read more...Life after Brexit: The UK’s Options Outside the EU
What are UK’s options if a majority votes in favour of Brexit this June?
Read more...The Implications of Brexit for the Rest of the EU
Brexit would leave the EU an even more impaired regional and geo-political player than now, when it already punches far below its economic weight.
Read more...Merkel in Jeopardy: Germany’s European Hegemony, Refugees and Upcoming Elections
The inexorable political decline of Angela Merkel as well as her traditional opponents, the Social Democrats, is gathering pace.
Read more...Merkel Channels Varoufakis: “No Plan B,” in This Case, on Migrants
Is Angela Merkel’s “Plan B” remark a Freudian slip, a recognition that like Varoufakis, she’s alienated so many people that she can no longer cinch a deal?
Read more...Germany Lays the Foundations for a New Eurozone Debt/Banking Crisis
It’s astonishing to see Germany take active steps to wreck the Eurozone.
Read more...Syriza Sells Out Former Ally, Palestine, to Form Ties with Israel, and Indirectly, Germany
Syriza looks again to have overestimated its negotiating skills and has been outfoxed by Israel.
Read more...Mathew D. Rose: Carpe “DiEM 25,” and Democratizing Europe
A new project from Varoufakis.
Read more...The ECB’s Original Sin and Franco Modigliani’s Long View
Franco Modigliani foresaw how the ECB and the Eurozone architecture had an anti-growth bias and proposed remedies that were ignored.
Read more...Hard Times for Italian Banks
The overview: “They argue that rather than spending time revising rules that have already been agreed, alternatives should be considered to make the guarantee schemes as effective as possible.” Translation: “Time to go back to the drawing board.”
Read more...Anyone Want to Buy Deutsche Bank?
Some more reasons why Deutsche Bank looks like one to avoid
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