Joerg Asmussen

I have been involved in European economic policy debates for, well, longer than I care to remember. Whatever the disagreements I always made a point of crediting my interlocutors with good (or at least not seriously malign) intentions and made a serious effort to understand people’s arguments even when, indeed especially when, I disagreed with them. On the whole I continue to think that is good policy and sharpens one’s own arguments. Across a (limited) range of views, reasonable people could...Read Full Story

Not much in the way of interesting comments from the German ECB executive board member. He says bank balance sheets have to be repaired quickly and warns that slowing austerity is a risk to the region. Asmussen doesn’t seem like the kind of guy you would want to meet at a cocktail party. Asmussen Categories: All, Americas, Central Banks, Regions | Tags: Asmussen | PermalinkRead Full Story

Telegraph.co.ukEuro hits session high versus dollar after ECB Asmussen remarksReutersNEW YORK, June 11 | Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:38am EDT. NEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) - The euro on Tuesday extended gains versus the dollar to hit a global session high after comments by European Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen.ECB bond plan under German court scrutinyeuronewsGerman court examines ECB's anti-crisis weaponIndependent OnlineGerman court pragmatism tested by ECB bond buyingReuters...Read Full Story

San Francisco ChronicleECB's Asmussen Defends Crisis ActionsWall Street JournalKARLSRUHE, Germany--The European Central Bank introduced its bond-buying program to prevent the euro zone from breaking up under "unjustified" market pressure and to ensure that the bank's low interest rates benefit households and businesses, ...Asmussen says ECB would not vote for debt haircut on OMT statesReutersIn Bond Case, German Court Debates Fate of EuroNew York TimesECB bond plan under German court...Read Full Story

Telegraph.co.ukECB's Asmussen Defends Crisis ActionsWall Street JournalKARLSRUHE, Germany--The European Central Bank introduced its bond-buying program to prevent the euro zone from breaking up under "unjustified" market pressure and to ensure that the bank's low interest rates benefit households and businesses, ...Asmussen says ECB would not vote for debt haircut on OMT statesReutersIn Bond Case, German Court Debates Fate of EuroNew York TimesECB bond plan under German court...Read Full Story