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The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the 19 European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purchasing power of the single currency.

There are significant regional disparities in productivity levels across the UK. The June 2022 CfM survey asked the members of its UK panel to evaluate the reasons for these disparities and policies that might close the gaps. A majority of the panel believe that the productivity differences are attributable to either agglomeration effects or sorting, self-reinforcing phenomena

Based on the traditional internal factor model, high environmental awareness should bring higher engagement in environmental practices. In reality, however, many studies have found no significant correlation between the two. To explain this, frontier research is focusing on what external factors influence environmental sustainability. As a typical example of such external factors, this article focuses on the innovation of Internet payment technology. Based on a survey of 623 individuals living a...

This superior in-person event will also feature a special presentation by eminent author Don Tapscott on the ‘trivergence’ of AI, blockchain and the...

This popular in-person event will also explore the role of the technology leader as a cultural change agent...

The current consensus in the literature that the finance-growth nexus is more complex than previously thought has led to concerns about ‘too much finance’. This column looks at the effects of 'too much finance' on growth and propensity for banking crisis and finds some evidence of a detrimental effect, but not for highly financially developed countries. Even for countries with

Speakers and attendees in this highly interactive thematic event will also share recommendations for developing the right mix of skills to support a...

Polling on immigration shows a strong shift to the left, but survey responses in that vein mask a far more complicated reality.

While large businesses in Japan have seen a gradual increase in labour productivity since the global financial crisis, the productivity of SMEs remains stagnant. This column investigates the effects of the Japanese government’s Business Sustainable Subsidy programme, launched in response to this situation, on SMEs’ performance. The findings suggest that application to the

In the new study, researchers used targeted maximum likelihood estimation to identify the prognostic genes and estimate both the causal effects in cancer patients.