Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

This work provides a descriptive overview of Russian markets for financial derivatives. Available figures for the exchange-traded and over-the-counter-traded derivatives in Russia show that the Russian…

• Economic Expectations Diminish Drastically
• Eurozone: ECB Expected to Take a Wait-and-See Stance
• USA: Noticeable Majority Forecasts Interest-Rate Cut
• Japan: Economic Expectations Revised Downward
• Great Britain: First…

• Improved Prospects for Economic Activity in Central and Eastern European Countries
• Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Good Economic Situations, Mixed Expectations
• Croatia, Hungary, and Romania: Mixed Economic…

The paper examines the degree of financial integration in five central and eastern European economies on the basis of saving-investment correlations. A comparison with eleven member states of the European…

• Konjunkturrisiken durch Finanzkrise
• EZB: Abwartende Haltung der Zentralbank
• USA: Deutliche Mehrheit erwartet Zinssenkung
• Japan: Konjunkturerwartungen sinken kräftig
• Großbritannien: Erstmals wieder Zinssenkungen…

• Experts Expect no Change of the Business Cycle Development in the CEE Countries
• Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Expectations for Further Development Have Worsened
• Croatia, Hungary, and Romania: Optimism for…

The communication policy of the European Central Bank attracts a lot of attention from financial markets. This paper analyses the informational content of the monthly introductory statements of the ECB president…