COVID-19
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Economic Risk Analysis
Regional perspectives on the economic impact of a double shock: Asia, Europe, Latin America

Column
Outside of the Box: A new ESM for a new crisis
CFO Kalin Anev Janse explains how the new credit line to help euro countries combat Covid-19 is funded

Economic and market analysis
Taking stock of the euro area’s pandemic response
One year on: sizeable fiscal measures in support of the economy remain adequate

Financial Sector and Market Analysis
How ESM’s AAA bonds weathered the pandemic storm
The policy response and confidence of domestic investors held Europe together

Economic and market analysis
A stronger banking union for a stronger recovery
Nicoletta Mascher and Rolf Strauch explain why the banking sector needs support to overcome the Covid-crisis

Funding and Investment
Why the Covid-19 credit line still makes sense
Bond yields fall, but Pandemic Crisis Support offers immediate relief

Investment and Treasury
How Europe’s pandemic response reduced market uncertainty
Policy measures bring back market confidence, option prices and new volatility indices show

Economic and market analysis
Same crisis, different responses to Covid-19
AMRO and ESM Chief Economists Hoe Ee Khor and Rolf Strauch explain why policy responses differ in Asia and Europe

Column
Institutional Insider: Virtual decision-making – the “new normal”?
ESM Secretary General Nicola Giammarioli explains how euro area policymakers decide when they cannot meet in person
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