The written press

Reuters: Investors ask if ECB has will and means to save euro from Italian turmoil

Le Point.fr: Voyage au coeur d’une forteresse financière

Wiener Zeitung: Ein Italiener ist Europas Mann am Geldhahn. Francesco Papadia

Il Sole 24 Ore: Papadia lascia la cabina di regìa BCE

Financial Times: Italian in the hot seat

FT Deutschland: Fünf Jahre Finanzkrise: Die Geister, die sie riefen

Die Welt: Die Menschen hinter dem Euro

Corriere della sera: Papadia, l’italiano che apre i rubinetti dell’ euro

Il Sole 24 Ore: L’Eurotower e le simmetrie della bassa inflazione

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The Future of Money
Among the many changes the pandemic has wrought on society, one very clear one is a hastening of the demise of cash. Notes and coin are used far less than 2 years ago, and the trend to a cashless society will only continue, with a range of electronic and technology-based payment methods jostling for space […]
John Nugée
Central banks and the return of inflation
The evidence is growing that inflation in western economies is going to be both higher than was at first predicted, and last for longer than was hoped. Yet central banks continue to claim that it is transitory, and seem very reluctant to do very much to counter it. Given that previous generations of central bankers […]
John Nugée
Afghanistan
The news from Afghanistan has dominated the media for well over a fortnight now, and not surprisingly the press has concentrated mostly on the Taliban's lightning-fast triumph and the unfolding human drama of the evacuation. Tempting though it is to focus on current events and the chaotic pictures at Kabul airport, we prefer to offer […]
John Nugée