Confronted with a different macroeconomic and financial environment, the ECB and the Fed monetary stances seem to be more and more on diverging paths. While the Fed has stopped its quantitative easing (QE) operations and has recently decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate,...

Confronted with a different macroeconomic and financial environment, the ECB and the Fed monetary stances seem to be more and more on diverging paths. While the Fed has stopped its quantitative easing (QE) operations and has recently decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate,...

The notes in this compilation analyse the potential side effects of the ECB expanded asset purchase programme (Quantitative Easing or QE) by focusing on the channels through which monetary policy may affect the distribution of income and wealth, e.g by favouring financial rather than labour...

The notes in this compilation analyse the potential side effects of the ECB expanded asset purchase programme (Quantitative Easing or QE) by focusing on the channels through which monetary policy may affect the distribution of income and wealth, e.g by favouring financial rather than labour...

This paper considers the past, present, and future of the ECB monetary policy. Looking backwards, the ECB has succeeded in navigating through several crises. Looking forward, the paper examines some of the main challenges confronting the ECB in the years ahead with climate change,...