Crisis highlights need for banking union, In conversation with Charles Evans
Monday 17 August 2020 – Vol.11 Ed.34.1
Commentary: EU needs desposit insurance scheme
By Margarita Delgado in Madrid
European banking union was created to address flaws in the euro’s design. Five years later, we at the Banco de España believe this initiative has safeguarded the single currency, but it has not yet produced a truly integrated banking sector. The pandemic has highlighted the importance of this second objective, yet important barriers remain. Fulfilling banking union requires a fundamental advance: establishing a European deposit insurance scheme.
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Meeting: In conversation with Charles Evans
Tuesday 22 September, 15:00-16:00 BST
It has been a turbulent year for the US economy, with interest rates back at the zero lower bound and the use of policies that were once considered unconventional. Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, joins David Marsh for a conversation on the future of the US economy and the path to recovery.
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