SAFE Finance Blog

Ignazio Angeloni: The monetary debate now seems hijacked by one simple down-to-earth question: when will central banks reduce interest rates, how fast and by how much?

Ignazio Angeloni: The central bank must maintain control of its balance sheet

Ignazio Angeloni: To overcome the European Central Bank’s mistakes of the past, the sequencing approach needs to be abandoned

Tom Huertas: The introduction of the digital euro would de facto bring about banking union. But this would be on the books of the ECB. If banks are to participate in banking union, there must be a Single Euro Deposit Guarantee Scheme

Ignazio Angeloni: The demise of Monte dei Paschi di Siena tolls a bell for EU, not just Italy

The European Central Bank recently communicated its new monetary policy strategy. The first strategic realignment since May 2003, however, disappoints expectations on several fronts

Ignazio Angeloni: The course of monetary policy should deal with the Corona crisis now but be sustainable later

Ignazio Angeloni: Digital currencies put central banks to the test in their essential function

In July, the Capital Requirements Regulation was amended, through the so called CRR quick fix, and the European Central Bank as well as the European Securities and Markets Authority issued new guidelines

Ignazio Angeloni: European banking union should act as model

Thomas Huertas: Some simple steps on how to prevent the coronavirus pandemic from causing a financial crisis

Ignazio Angeloni: The ruling on the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing appears to open up an irremediable conflict at the heart of the euro area, with potentially fatal consequences for the currency and its central bank. It may turn out differently