Rolf Strauch
Function/Position
Chief Economist and Management Board Member
Rolf Strauch is Chief Economist and Management Board Member at the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), which he joined in July 2010. Mr Strauch is in charge of Economic and Market Analysis, Economic Risk Analysis, and Financial Sector and Market Analysis. He is responsible for economic and financial analysis and policies and the country monitoring work that the two rescue funds undertake. He represents the ESM and EFSF in the European fora and negotiates with Member States. Mr Strauch is also a member in advisory committees of several academic institutions.
Prior to this, Mr Strauch worked at the European Central Bank from 2000–2010 in the Directorate General Economics on fiscal, monetary, and structural policies. He also served previously as an economist at the Deutsche Bundesbank and as a researcher at both the University of Mannheim and the University of Bonn.
Mr Strauch holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Bonn. He is a fellow at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) in Bonn.
He is the author of numerous articles, opeds, blogs posts and economic publications.
Discussion papers
Speeches
Crisis management in Europe: achievements and new challenges EU fiscal policy response in times of crisis Economic challenges in the euro area during the green and digital transformation Forging the Future of Monetary Union Exiting from Covid-19 measures: policy challenges and the impact on EU banks
Challenges for the European recovery The implications of the resolution framework and the common backstop for banksHow EU and euro area institutions have responded to the pandemic crisis The geopolitics of European financial markets The euro area agenda Addressing Post-Covid Investment Needs A fresh look at debt sustainability in the euro area The ESM: euro area financial stability in safe hands The realignment of the European Stability Mechanism as the centrepiece of euro area reform The Spanish Financial Sector Assistance programme: 7 years later Keeping a deepened euro area on the agenda - speech by Rolf Strauch The euro area: prepared for the future? Financial stability risks in Europe The geopolitics of European financial markets Strengthening the euro area: benefits for global financial stability How do we want the European banking sector to look in 10 years? Can the euro area respond adequately to the next crisis with its current instruments? Rolf Strauch in panel discussion - Safe and sound banks: differing philosophies, varying implementation Managing debt sustainability and safe assets in the euro area The Economic and Financial Landscape in Europe and Cyprus From Repair to Vision: the ESM Global Financial Stability: Insights from Europe France, Germany and the Future of Europe The ESM in a robust Monetary Union Rolf Strauch speaks at discussion on European monetary fund in Berlin (in German) Experiences with post-programme countries: views from the ESM Rolf Strauch speaks on the role of the ESM in deepening EMU Completing the Monetary Union: The role of the ESM How to deepen the monetary union? Euro area banks in a deepening monetary union The euro area: an open and stable economy Making Banking Union work The structure of the euro area recovery Speech by Rolf Strauch at Debtcon sovereign debt research conference The euro area in a globalised economy: an ESM perspective Enhanced Fiscal Integration in the EMU? Rolf Strauch Presents ESM Evaluation Report in Vienna Presentation at CEPS seminar on EFSF/ESM Financial Assistance Evaluation Report Rolf Strauch's speech at the SEV General Assembly Sovereign debt overhangs and stabilisation policies Lessons from the euro crisis Stable and equitable growth in the euro area Introductory remarks at ESM Seminar with Andrea Enria ESM short-term debt relief measures for Greece Negative interest rates and asset purchases: the balance between intended and unintended consequences We need to stay on course while minding the transition Speech at York Fiscal Policy Symposium Second Annual BRICS Economic Think Tank Forum, Beijing Background note for Financial Stability Conference (Berlin) Can strong fiscal adjustments work in Europe? Putting the Greek case into perspective Rolf Strauch at the 14. Finanzmarkt Round-Table, “Ende der Eurokrise? Was nun, Europa?
Interviews
Rolf Strauch in interview with Naftemporiki Rolf Strauch in talk with Jacques Delors Centre (Thu Nguyen, Johannes Lindner) Rolf Strauch in Macro Hive Conversations podcast Rolf Strauch in interview with Radio Bremen Zwei Rolf Strauch in Bruegel podcast "Rethinking fiscal policy"
Rolf Strauch in interview with Latvian news agency LETA Rolf Strauch in interview with Kathimerini Money Review (Greece)Rolf Strauch in interview with Luxembourg for Finance: Podcast “Shaping Finance” Rolf Strauch in interview with El Confidencial (Spain) Rolf Strauch in interview with Cyprus News Agency Rolf Strauch in interview with Salzburger Nachrichten (Austria) Rolf Strauch in interview with Kathimerini (Greece) Rolf Strauch in interview with Athens Municipal Radio (Greece) Rolf Strauch in interview with Politis (Cyprus) Rolf Strauch in interview with Omega TV (Cyprus) Rolf Strauch in interview with Tiroler Tageszeitung (Austria) Rolf Strauch in interview with Phoenix TV (Germany) Rolf Strauch in interview with ORF (Austria) Rolf Strauch in interview with CNBC Rolf Strauch in interview with Naftemporiki (Greece) Rolf Strauch in interview with Finanz und Wirtschaft (Switzerland) Rolf Strauch in interview with Die Presse (Austria) Rolf Strauch in interview with Jornal de Negocios (Portugal) Rolf Strauch in interview with Expansión Rolf Strauch in interview with To Vima (Greece) Rolf Strauch in interview with EFE (Spain) Rolf Strauch in interview with Naftemporiki (Greece) Europe's Aid to Greece Is Consistent With EU Policy (letter to the editor of WSJ) Interview with Il Sole 24 Ore
Articles
Other publications
My blog entries
Chief Economist, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary General
