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Averting a prolonged economic crisis stemming from Covid-19

2 abril 2020

Averting a prolonged economic crisis stemming from Covid-19 Descargar artículo (formato PDF) Fecha: abril 2020 Iain Begg, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Funcas Europe1 Introduction As more and more countries implement a lock-down to counter the threat to life from Covid-19, it has become increasingly clear that a sharp downturn in economic activity will follow. At this stage of the pandemic, it is futile to project how severe the downturn will be or how long…

Internationalisation of the euro

2 marzo 2020

Internationalisation of the euro Descargar artículo (formato PDF) Fecha: marzo 2020 Iain Begg, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science1 Despite the evident problems of the protracted sovereign debt crisis, the euro is, by any reasonable measure, comfortably the second most important global currency after the US dollar. Yet there has long been ambivalence about what international role the euro should aspire to fulfil, with the European Central Bank (ECB) especially doubtful about a more extensive internationalisation. In…