Bailout

Der stv. US-Finanzminister Justin Muzinich könnte vom Konjunkturprogramm profitieren. Daraus sollte ihm kein Strick gedreht werden. Ein Kommentar von FuW-Redaktor Alexander Trentin.

To exit the Coronavirus-crisis, it should be a policy priority to keep people attached to the labor force. But these concerns are almost inexistent in the current political discourse. A column by Fabrizio Zilibotti.

Daniel Kalt, UBS-Chefökonom und CIO Schweiz, stellt der Schweizer Politik in der Krise gute Noten aus, sieht aber grosse Gefahren für die Altersvorsorge.

Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz, worries about the structural damage the current crisis might inflict.

Given how extensive government interventions are likely to be this time around, it is critical that policymakers also recognize the limits of their interventions. A column by Mohamed A. El-Erian.

Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO of Quill Intelligence and former analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, talks about the Fed and the market turmoil.

Before the financial crisis, the ECB was concerned with monetary policy. Then it turned into a public bailout authority. Now, it is becoming an economic government that prints its budget. A column by Hans-Werner Sinn.

Miles Kimball, economics professor at University of Colorado Boulder, argues for negative rates and sovereign wealth funds to stabilize the economy.

Puerto Rico will continue to use the dollar. Now, the Commonwealth has a a legal framework for debt restructuring. The governments in the Eurozone ought to follow this example. A column by Barry Eichengreen.

Anat Admati, Professor of Finance and Economics at Stanford University warns that the too big to fail problem is not solved and that the financial system remains vulnerable.