From laggard to leader? Closing the euro area’s technology gap

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Cipollone67
Innovation, integration and independence
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Unlocking the power of ideas to push our economies forward
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Skingsley67
Sharper supervision in an era of technology races
Cecilia Skingsley proposes a framework to help central bankers in embracing innovation and at the same...
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FGMPT67
Reforming innovation policy to help the EU escape the middle-technology trap
Europe lags behind in innovation. Clemens Fuest, Daniel Gros, Philipp-Leo Mengel, Giorgio Presidente...
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Yue67
CBDCs and the future of money and payment systems
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Steinbach67
The rocky road to European Union accession
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Breeden67
Modernising the trains and rails of UK payments
Amidst the prospect of significant technological change in payments, Sarah Breeden sets out how the Bank...
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Elderson67
“Know thyself” – avoiding policy mistakes in light of the prevailing climate science
Failure to meet the Paris climate goals poses economic challenges that have an impact on central banks’...
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CL67
Not a ‘side dish’: new industrial policy and competition
Industrial policy is undergoing a major resurgence. Cristina Caffarra and Nathaniel Lane argue that getting...
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Bowman67
Bank liquidity, regulation, and the Fed’s role as lender of last resort
Bank regulators are planning to introduce a package of liquidity regulations later this year in response...
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VP67
An assessment of IRA climate measures
Simon Voigts and Anne-Charlotte Paret assess emissions reduction, fiscal costs and the macro effects...
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Georgieva67
Advancing China’s sustainable economic growth
China is approaching a fork in the road: rely on the policies that have worked in the past or update...
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