Over the last decade, the Eurosystem has become one of the crucial players in the market for euro area government bonds. After first substantive purchases through the Securities Market Programme (SMP) in 2010,…

• Outlook Remains Cautious: CEP Indicator Rises to a New Reading of 31.7 Points
• 20 analysts participated in the July survey, which was conducted during the period 7 till 13 July 2020

This report provides an overview on the economics of attention intermediaries. It addresses the following questions: What are the economics of attention intermediaries? For competition policy, how should markets…

• Ausblick bleibt unverändert verhalten positiv
• Eurozone: Seitwärtsbewegung der Konjunkturindikatoren
• USA: Expertinnen und Experten wieder pessimistischer
• Japan: Konjunkturerwartungen leicht nach oben…

The rapid spread of COVID-19 forced policy-makers to swiftly find solutions to reduce infection rates and keep mortality as low as possible. Empirical analyses on the effectiveness of control measures are hereby…

Despite the importance of business creation for the economy and a relevant share of new firms being started out of unemployment, most research has focused on analyzing the effect of unemployment insurance (UI)…