Posts - Karl Whelan

The ECB and Non-Standard Policies: Too Little Too Late?

The latest round of briefing papers for the Economic and Monetary Affairs committee’s monetary dialogue can be found here. Click […]

Prior to the recent European elections, I was commissioned by the Labour Party to write a briefing document outlining the

The most important thing happening in the European economy over the next year is the ECB’s comprehensive assessment of large euro area

With the release of Trichet’s August 2011 letter to Spain, worth noting that his November 2010 letter to Brian Lenihan

The various statements from Michael Noonan and ECB board member Jörg Asmussen raise some very serious questions for Mario Draghi about

I received a number of thoughtful comments on yesterday’s article on Bitcoin and wanted to follow up on a couple of important

As Bitcoin goes through another day of crazy price fluctuations and huge publicity, this time courtesy of the U.S. Senate, I recommend two

After years of turmoil, Europe seems to finally have a good news story. Ireland will be the first of country to

I’m giving a presentation tomorrow afternoon at the annual Dublin Economics Workshop conference in Limerick. (For those of you who don’t know these

Five years ago, Ireland’s government guaranteed almost all of the debts of six privately-owned banks. The subsequent bailout of these