Money matters? Perspectives on Monetary Policy
A blog by Francesco Papadia, providing a personal perspective on monetary policy developments drawing from an experience of 40 years in critical positions in central banking.Recent Posts
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Is Italy Europe’s Achilles heel?
The sad answer is yes, Italy is Europe’s Achilles’ heel. Among the large eurozone countries, Germany remains a...
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A few disparate thoughts on economics and politics.
I was recently asked to put together some thoughts for an interview. These are the notes that I...
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Was the € a good idea, Mark II?
In a post I published in November 2015 (Was the € a good idea?) I asked whether...
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Can Italy maintain the €? Yes, if it grows, unlike in the last 17 years.
Many inconsistent trios go around the world. Possibly the most famous is the one popularized, among others, by...
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Brexit has made the UK poorer: fact, no forecast from a “citizen of the world” expert.
One of the controversies that have followed the Brexit referendum, not the most important but not a trivial...
