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Press Releases
The releases summarized here are from the
coverage CEPR has received over the last two years.
For a list of press releases prior to January 2008 please
click here.
26 March 2010
€-coin stabilizes in March
€-coin remained broadly stable in March for the second successive month, at 0.79%.
26 January 2010
CEPR Researcher Fellows awarded ERC "Advanced Grants"
Eight CEPR Researcher Fellows have been selected by the European Research Council in its second competition for "Advanced Grants", created to fund pioneering frontier research in any field.
17 September 2009
Broken Promises: a G20 Summit Report by Global Trade Alert
The second report from Global Trade Alert reveals how G20 countries have broken their "no protectionism" pledge
4 September 2009
Honohan appointed Governor of Irish Central Bank
Research Fellow Patrick Honohan has been appointed as Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland.
2 September 2009
Van Reenen and Zilibotti awarded Yrjö Jahnsson Prize
Research Fellows John Van Reenen and Fabrizio Zilibotti have been awarded the 2009 Yrjö Jahnsson Prize.
28 August 2009
€-coin rises again in August, but remains negative
In August €-coin rises again, for the sixth consecutive time, reaching -0.21 from -0.42 in July. The pace of the recovery of the indicator confirms that the recession is easing, although estimated underlying growth is still negative.
14 July 2009
Is the Golden Age of central banking over?
The 25 years from 1982-2007 were a golden age for central banking. Armed with independence and mandates that allowed monetary policy to focus on achieving and sustaining price stability, central banks created a framework that successfully delivered low inflation and set the scene for almost two decades of strong economic growth. The present crisis has brought this golden age to an end, at least temporarily, according to the latest CEPR/ICMB Geneva Report on the World Economy. The Report examines two key challenges facing central banks in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
2 July 2009
The fateful allure of protectionism: Taking stock for the G8
A new ebook summarizes the views of leading researchers and trade policy practitioners, who met at a CEPR-World Bank conference to assess the cross-border impact of policy responses to the crisis.
2 July 2009
The Fundamental Principles of Financial Regulation
Today's financial regulatory systems assume that regulations which make individual banks safe also make the financial system safe. The eleventh Geneva Report on the World Economy shows that this thinking is flawed. What is needed is micro-prudential (i.e. bank-level) regulation, macro-prudential (i.e. system-wide) regulation, and careful coordination of the two.
8 June 2009
CEPR launches Global Trade Alert
CEPR has launched Global Trade Alert. GTA, directed by Simon Evenett,
provides real-time information - and analysis - of measures taken
by governments during the global downturn that are likely to discriminate
against foreign commerce.
2 April 2009
Key UK Government Economists Assess London Summit Outcome on VoxEU.org
The London Summit agreed today to tackle the global financial crisis with measures worth $1 trillion. Three senior government economists assess the outcome of the London Summit in columns posted today on http:www.VoxEU.org
31 March 2009
CEPR: Euro Area in recession since January 2008
The latest employment data from Eurostat confirm that the euro area entered a recession in the first quarter of 2008, according to the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
4 December 2008
What world leaders should do to halt the spread of protectionism
A new VoxEU.org Ebook addresses the question: "What should world leaders do to prevent the spread of protectionism?", 17 leading trade scholars from around the world to write short essays on the issue.
11 November 2008
What G20 leaders must do
to stabilize our economy and fix the financial system
The latest E-book from VoxEU.org - edited by Barry Eichengreen and Richard Baldwin, and published today (Tuesday, 11 November) - collects essays from some of the world's leading economists on what the G20 should do.
10 October 2008
Rescuing our jobs and savings: What G7/8 leaders can do to solve the global credit crisis
This E-book collects essays by some of the world's leading economists on what governments can do to rescue our jobs and savings.
17 July 2008
Can the Doha Round be Revived?
The head of the World Trade Organisation has called a meeting of ministers next week - July 21 - in a high-risk attempt to rescue the Doha round of global trade talks. Trade officials warned that large negotiating gaps remained between the leading countries and said Director-General Lamy's decision to call a meeting was a gamble that could lead to a high-profile implosion.
7th JULY 2008
EXPLAINING THE "SUBPRIME" CRISIS: WHY IT HAPPENED, HOW IT DEVELOPED AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE
Leading economists are published in a new Ebook, 'The First Global Financial Crisis of the 21st Century', which analyses the ongoing turmoil in global financial markets that began in 2007: why it happened, how it developed, and what can be done.
24 June 2008
VOX CELEBRATES ITS FIRST YEAR OF PROVIDING 'RESEARCH-BASED ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY FROM LEADING ECONOMISTS'
VoxEU.org is celebrating its first birthday with a series of columns this week and next by leading economic researchers on key issues concerning central banking and globalisation.
29 February 2008
WTO FACES CLEAR CHOICE IN WORLD TRADE TALKS
The World Trade Organisation must intervene over the massive proliferation of regional
agreements that is undermining efforts to strike a multilateral deal on world trade
that could deliver billions of pounds of welfare to the world's poorest countries,
according to a report to be published by CEPR.
7 February 2008
TRANSPARENCY AND GOVERNANCE:
More transparency would help the ECB weather current turmoil,
says new CEPR Report.
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