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Silke Tober

Silke Tober is head of monetary-policy research at the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) in Düsseldorf.

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Declining Dollar Dominance: Potential Euro Gains

Without large-scale joint debt and deeper safe-asset markets, the euro cannot capitalise on Trump’s assault on dollar credibility.

EUR-bonds in the corona crisis and beyond

Thomas Theobald and Silke Tober

Eurobonds are needed to anchor macroeconomic stability and offer a safe path out of the coronavirus storm.

Why We Need European Safe Assets

Silke Tober and Thomas Theobald

It has become conventional wisdom that low and stable inflation contributes to economic stability and most central banks in the advanced nations pursue some type