We ask whether Poland is at risk of the boom-bust problem that has afflicted economies around the time of euro adoption. Our answer, inevitably, is mixed. On the one hand the fact that Poland is an outlier, credit-growth wise, accentuates the danger of a boom if one believes in mean reversion....

We ask whether Poland is at risk of the boom-bust problem that has afflicted economies around the time of euro adoption. Our answer, inevitably, is mixed. On the one hand the fact that Poland is an outlier, credit-growth wise, accentuates the danger of a boom if one believes in mean reversion....

Die Ursachen der beiden gröt︢en ökonomischen Katastrophen in den letzten 100 Jahren - die Weltwirtschaftskrise in den 1930er-Jahren und die Finanzkrise seit 2008 - gleichen einander wie ein Ei dem anderen. Beide entstanden infolge eines krassen Kreditbooms, dubioser Bankpraktiken sowie eines...