Interest rate cut effectively off the table due to oil price shock
Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute, comments on the expected decision by the US Federal Reserve…
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20.02.2026
Supreme Court decision on emergency tariffs: “Some tariffs are out — but uncertainty returns"
Julian Hinz, head of the Trade Policy Research Group at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, comments on the Supreme Court of the United States…
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05.02.2026
ECB should focus on the dollar-euro exchange rate
Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, comments on the European Central…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Lena Dräger, Research Director of the Monetary Macroeconomics Group at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, comments on the expected decision by…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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25.11.2024
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)…
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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:
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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…
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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:
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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:
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18.04.2024
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.
