Posts From Filipe Albuquerque
French election to test European stability amid potential NATO crisis
The French presidential elections will be a major event in the context of ongoing transatlantic diplomatic shift and potential realignments.
What a sovereign default would look like on the ECB’s balance sheet
Central banks’ QE programmes have exposed them to sovereign defaults in an unprecedented way. However, the most likely candidate in Europe is likely to do little damage. Given the centrality
EU finance: Quantitative Easing and the cap key approach
Quantitative Easing in the Eurozone is not perfect, but a better approach may create too much risky exposure for the European Central Bank.
The problem with helicopter money
Helicopter money requires central banks to make choices they cannot make while undermining their independence and inflation-targeting mandate.
Six events that will shape Europe in the next 9 months
Europe faces a string of political and financial events that may lead to further instability in a region already battered by effects of multiple crisis.
