The ECB and Its Watchers XXVI - March 25, 2026
Debate 2 on “The Global Environment for Central Banking: Economic Spillovers, Geopolitics and Diverging Economic Trends” was moderated by Michael Binder (Goethe University Frankfurt). The speakers Olli Rehn (Bank of Finland), Tao Wang (UBS), and Menzie Chinn (University of Wisconsin), engaged in a lively discussion of the issues at hand.
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Debate 3, chaired by Natacha Valla (Sciences Po), focused on “European Integration and Growth Strategy: Product, Labor & Financial Markets and New Technologies” and included as speakers Martin Kocher, (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Veronika Grimm (University of Technology Nuremberg and German Council of Economic Experts), and Luis Garicano (London School of Economics).
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Professor Thomas M.J. M?llers, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation Money and Currency (Stiftung Geld und W?hrung), which among other things financially supports the conference, took on a lead question in debate 2.?
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