Research Bulletin
Snapshots of our economic research
The Research Bulletin (RB), released three times per year, is a convenient way to stay informed about the most interesting and recent results from ECB research. Each issue presents 2-3 topics by putting specific research findings (usually published in our
Working Paper Series) into a wider context. Special care is taken to keep complexity low. Reading requires only some prior knowledge of economic research and central banking.
Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that the articles in the RB are published in the name of the author(s). Their views do not necessarily reflect those of the ECB.
From 2011 the RB is available in electronic form only.
Hard copies of RBs 1-11 can be obtained free of charge, stock permitting, by contacting
ecb-researchbulletin@ecb.europa.eu.
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Spring 2012
Research Bulletin No. 15,
2.6 MB,
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Topics:
- Bubbles, banks and financial stability;
- Monetary policy analysis and data revisions – vintage combination from a real-time dataset;
- Credit risk and the zero lower bound on interest rates
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Autumn 2011
Research Bulletin No. 14,
2.6 MB,
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Topics:
- The euro area sovereign crisis: monitoring spillovers and contagion;
- Financial frictions, financial integration and the international propagation of shocks;
- Revisiting the information content of core inflation
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Summer 2011
Research Bulletin No. 13,
577 kb,
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Topics:
- Managing exchange rate misalignment and current account imbalances;
- Technology, hours and factor substitution
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Spring 2011
Research Bulletin No. 12,
632 kb,
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Topics:
- New methodologies for systemic risk measurement;
- What can the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides model tell us about the conduct of monetary policy in the euro area?
- Rational inattention
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November 2010
Research Bulletin No. 11,
632 kb,
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Topics:
- Enhancing monetary analysis;
- “Return-free risk”? Market pricing in credit risk markets;
- Macroeconomic forecasting: can forecast combination help?
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June 2010
Research Bulletin No. 10,
620 kb,
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Topics:
- Wage dynamics in Europe: some new findings;
- When does fiscal stimulus work?
- Risk, uncertainty and monetary policy
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March 2010
Research Bulletin No. 9,
620 kb,
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Topics:
- The forgotten markets: how understanding money markets helps us to understand the financial crisis;
- Bank lending standards and the origins and implications of the current banking crisis;
- Financial conditions and monetary policy;
- Incorporating financial frictions into new-generation macro models;
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March 2009
Research Bulletin No. 8,
1.2 MB,
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New design, for enhanced readability and a better presentation of our research work
Topics:
- Banks, credit and the transmission mechanism of monetary policy;
- Business cycles in the euro area;
- Global liquidity as an early warning indicator for asset price boom/bust cycles;
- ECB Central Banking Conference;
- International Research Forum on Monetary Policy;
- Conference of the Eurosystem/ESCB Wage Dynamics Network
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June 2008
Research Bulletin No. 7,
764 kb,
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Topics:
- A research perspective on the propagation of the credit market turmoil;
- Financial innovation and the effect of housing wealth on consumption;
- Regional inflation dynamics within and across euro area countries and a comparison with the United States;
- Geneva Report on “International financial stability”
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June 2007
Research Bulletin No. 6,
208 kb,
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Topics:
- Explaining financial market puzzles with learning;
- Financial integration and capital flows in the new EU Member States;
- Productivity growth in the euro area
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December 2006
Research Bulletin No. 5,
208 kb,
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Topics:
- Central bank communication;
- A real-time database for the euro area;
- Implementing monetary policy using a corridor system
Press release:
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April 2006
Research Bulletin No. 4 [Online only],
160 kb,
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Topics:
- How do VAT changes affect the economy? An illustration using the new area-wide model;
- Global imbalances and "excess liquidity": is there a link?;
- Cross-border banking and competition policy
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November 2005
Research Bulletin No. 3 [Online only],
243 kb,
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Topics:
- Economic determinants of risk premia in the term structure of interest rates;
- Is inflation a global phenomenon?;
- The impact of higher wages on output and inflation
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April 2005
Research Bulletin No. 2 [Online only],
1079 kb,
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Topics:
- Monetary policy and imperfect knowledge;
- The central banker as a risk manager;
- Securities settlement and financial integration: why do we care?
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November 2004
Research Bulletin No. 1 [Online only],
135 kb,
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Topics:
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Financial contagion: myth or reality?;
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Monetary policy in a low inflation environment;
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Policy changes: macroeconomics and identification
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