Author: Lukas Pietilä
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Price-setting ability in money markets
The market structure for unsecured overnight lending can influence both liquidity conditions and interest rate pass-through.
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Giving meaning to words (with numbers)
Sentiment analysis helps track the language used in economic policy – and how it develops over time.
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Untangling liquidity cycle asymmetry
The 2022-2024 rate hiking and cutting cycle is an excellent case study for monetary policy transmission.
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What the private sector thinks of governments’ spending splurge
It is substantively true to characterise current noncrisis government spending patterns as something unprecedented in modern history.
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The pitfall of weaponising economics against Russia
Kremlinites will be jittering as EU officials prepare to deal a decisive blow on Russian finances…with their planned 19th package of sanctions.
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The European Single market must dare to be bold
The Single Market is the single biggest success of European integration. It also encapsulates everything that is wrong with the European Union.
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The American triple whammy
Just as recession fears were being left in the rear-view mirror, a Trump-shaped sunshade has cast doubts over a “soft landing”.
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Visual guide to the euro area economy #2
For the second year running, here are the 20 (+1) best charts to describe the current situation in the eurozone economy.
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