Markets & Finance
US tariffs: It’s time to find a path forward
The path to re-establishing a multilateral system of rules that includes the United States is to re-examine where the current rules have fallen short, writes trade expert Dan Mullaney.
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Defense, Debt, Draghi
The Atlantik-Brücke's first delegation trip to Paris made clear that Germany and France share at least one major challenge: to swiftly invest in defense and organize joint procurement amid fiscal constraints.
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The costly search for defense capabilities
Europe is rearming — yet between geopolitical pressure, fragmented markets, and tightening budgets, a new distributional conflict is taking shape, analyzes IW-Director Michael Hüther.
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How to dismantle a reserve currency
As Washington questions its commitment to the dollar’s dominance, uncertainty rises—and the euro may finally be poised as a true challenger.
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The dollar in the fight for US primacy
Eight months into Trump’s second term, US trade, technology, and currency policy are being weaponized in ways that could reshape the global order.
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The road to Turnberry
The US-EU trade agreement struck in Turnberry in July reveals deep asymmetries rooted in post-war dependencies on US markets and security.
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“Crypto assets are a niche phenomenon”
Crypto assets have not yet gained acceptance in the euro area due to their high volatility, explains Prof. Dr. Fritzi Köhler-Geib, member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank.
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”We are heading into a period of state-driven capitalism”
A video analysis of our CEO Julia Friedlander about “Interest Rates, Tariffs, Recession”.
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„There is no winner of the turmoil“
Andreas Dombret shares his key takeaways from the spring meetings of the IMF and the World Bank.
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“We Europeans are prepared to take countermeasures”
The economist Ulrike Malmendier advises more European integration and supply chain diversification – and learning from Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.
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Why the US deficit matters
Until recently, financial markets have shown precious little concern about the soaring US debt load. Now, they're starting to worry, states Andreas Dombret.
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Not only interest rates, but above all political decisions determine the risks on the real estate market
To avoid risks on the real estate markets, real estate policy should aim to match supply to demand and counteract market distortions, argue Andreas Dombret and Oliver Wünsch.
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Investing in European Resilience: Navigating the New Geopolitical and Technological Landscape
Uwe Horstmann, General Partner of Project A, emphasizes the increasing importance of European technological resilience and provides an outlook on the tasks ahead.
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The ECB should further tighten its course
In an op-ed first published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Andreas Dombret, member of Atlantik-Brücke's board and Global Senior Advisor at Oliver Wyman, makes the case that ECB President Lagarde should not leave her path of interest rates.
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