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Kiel Institute experts regularly comment on topical economic policy developments in short statements.

  • Statement

    28.01.2026

    Fed must resist pressure on its independence

    Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute, comments on the expected decision by the US Federal Reserve…

  • Statement

    15.01.2026

    Minimum import prices for China's electric cars: “The worst of all solutions”

    Julian Hinz, head of the Trade Policy Research Group at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, comments on the European Commission's decision on…

  • Statement

    18.12.2025

    The ECB's wait-and-see monetary policy is consistent

    Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, comments on the expected decision by…

  • Statement

    10.12.2025

    Another Fed interest rate cut increases inflation risks

    Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute, comments on the expected decision by the US Federal Reserve…

  • Statement

    30.10.2025

    ECB takes a wait-and-see approach

    Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, comments on the European Central…

  • Statement

    29.10.2025

    Interest rate cut sends the wrong signal

    Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute, comments on the expected decision by the US Federal Reserve…

  • Statement

    17.09.2025

    Fed should avoid large interest rate cut

    Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute, comments on the expected decision by the US Federal Reserve…

  • Statement

    11.09.2025

    ECB interest rate pause preserves monetary policy flexibility

    Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, comments on the expected decision by…

  • Statement

    28.07.2025

    EU-US tariff deal jeopardizes rules-based global trade

    Prof. Dr. Julian Hinz, expert on international trade at the Kiel Institute, comments on the recently agreed trade deal between the EU and the US,…

  • Statement

    18.06.2025

    A Fed rate cut would be difficult to justify economically

    Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at Kiel Institute, comments on the expected decision by the Federal Reserve in the…

  • Statement

    05.06.2025

    ECB interest rate cut well justified

    Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute, comments on the expected decision by the European Central…

  • Statement

    07.05.2025

    The Fed's independence is at stake

    Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute, comments on the expected decision of the Federal Reserve in…

  • Statement

    19.03.2025

    Fed faces difficult times

    Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute, comments on the expected decision of the Federal Open…

  • Statement

    06.03.2025

    ECB interest rate decision: Euro area economy needs stronger stimulus

    Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute, comments on the expected decision of the European Central…

  • Statement

    26.11.2024

    The border to the United States is shown from Canada

    Trump's announcement of tariffs poses a challenge for the EU

    Prof. Dr. Julian Hinz, Research Director for Trade Policy at the Kiel Institut, comments on Trump's recent announcement that he will impose tariffs on…

  • Statement

    25.11.2024

    Prof. Dr. Rolf J. Langhammer - Kiel Institute Statements

    Mercosur agreement urgently needed

    Rolf J. Langhammer, trade researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, comments on the impending failure of the European Union's (EU)…

  • Statement

    06.11.2024

    Trump victory economically most difficult moment in the history of the Federal Republic

    Moritz Schularick, President of the Kiel Institute, comments on the results of the US election:

  • Statement

    14.10.2024

    Award is an excellent fit for populist times

    Moritz Schularick, President of the Kiel Institute, comments on the award of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2024 (Nobel Prize) to…

  • Statement

    12.06.2024

    Countervailing Duties: EU Shows Strength Against China’s E-Vehicle Subsidies

    Prof. Dr. Moritz Schularick comments on the European Commission’s decision to impose countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles:

  • Statement

    10.06.2024

    Schularick: European elections

    Prof. Dr. Moritz Schularick, President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, comments on the preliminary results of the European elections:

  • Statement

    18.04.2024

    Prof. Dr. Rolf J. Langhammer - Kiel Institute Statements

    Scholz's China visit falls short of possible outcomes

    Prof. Dr. Rolf J. Langhammer, trade expert at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, comments on Chancellor Olaf Scholz's trip to China.

  • Statement

    10.04.2024

    Most important European asylum system reform of the last decade makes decisive step forward

    Prof. Dr. Tobias Heidland, Research Director "International Development" at IfW Kiel, comments on the EU Parliament's decision on the EU asylum…

  • Statement

    30.01.2024

    Prof. Dr. Rolf J. Langhammer - Kiel Institute Statements

    Evergrande's liquidation burdens China but does not trigger an international financial crisis

    Rolf J. Langhammer, trade expert at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), comments on the Hong Kong court decision to dissolve the real…

  • Statement

    10.01.2024

    Diversifying away from Taiwan by Germany and the EU would entail higher risks

    Dr. Wan-Hsin Liu, expert on China, international trade and investment at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, comments on the economic policy…