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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.

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QE3

Sep 18, 2012

Last Thursday, the Fed announced its anticipated third round of balance-sheet expansion, at a fixed rate of about $40B per month “until [substantial] improvement [in unemployment] is achieved in a context of price stability”.

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Paul de Grauwe: The ECB Can Save the Euro – But It Has To Change Its Business Model

Jul 29, 2012

In what sense are central banks really independent? From whom are they independent? For whom in society do they deliver?

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The ECB Can Save the Euro – But It Has To Change Its Business Model

Jul 29, 2012

How must the European institutional structure be modified to fortify the euro zone?