Finance Pictures

27/03/2018

Just came accidently across the IMF series Back to Basics again. Here is the introductory video on supply, demand, and market price. Shifting curves that keep us going...;-). Nice to watch!

What do delicious blueberries have to do with economics? Find out in less than 2 minutes.

13/03/2018

On 11 March 2018, the Bank for International Settlements published its well-respected Quarterly Review with a special feature on international developments in payment behavior. The authors kindly summarize the most important insights of their research article in a short, very interesting, and easy to digest video which you can find here.

March 2018 Quarterly Review - Umar Faruqui and Cristina Picillo (Members of Secretariat, CPMI) The authors discuss whether cash is ceding ground to electroni...

03/03/2018

Figuring out what is going on in the present hardly anywhere seems to be more complicated than in economic forecasting, not to talk about medium-term or longer-term future.

Nowcasting: Forecasting very recent past, present, and very near future

22/02/2018

It´s always good to hear opinions coming from more than just one direction. Especially if we talk about a fully-grown hype like cryptocurrencies - and if the person sharing his thoughts with us is somebody like Kenneth Rogoff, well-known Harvard professor, former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, and chess grand master. Hope you enjoy watching this video!

Er muss es wissen, oder? Wirtschaftsnobelpreisträger Kenneth Rogoff sagt dem Bitcoin eine kurze Halbwertszeit voraus.

06/02/2018

Not so good news, this time from the environmental side: Between latitude 60 north and south - this comprises large parts of the world, including Central and Eastern Europe - the ozone layer does not recover as it should, Handelsblatt reports from research results published in „Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics“.

Die Ozonlöcher an den Polen der Erde schließen sich zwar, doch andernorts schwindet der UV-Schutz der Atmosphäre weiter - zum Beispiel über Mitteleuropa.

31/01/2018

This 1-minute video presents you the key insights from the latest IMF World Economic Outlook, released in January 2018!

The new World Economic Outlook Update revises upwards the forecast for the global growth in both 2018 and 2019 to 3.9 percent.

21/01/2018

On the occasion of Donald Trump´s first year in office anniversary and the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos next week we would like to share our latest cartoon with you: It´s an integrated world!

Increasing economic, financial, and political interconnectedness

12/01/2018

Watch this interesting IMF video on the necessity of creating jobs and promoting growth and inclusiveness for the people in the Middle East and North Africa! There is also the possibility to join live dicussions on this topic on 29-30 January 2018 via FACEBOOK.COM/IMFMENA.

The Middle East and North Africa stands at a crossroads. There has never been a more critical time for the region to unleash the potential of its youth, its women and its entrepreneurial spirit. Watch the video and join the conversation.

29/12/2017

Right before the beginning of the New Year, let´s have a look back at the 2017 Global Innovation Index. And there we see - Switzerland stays ahead, while Austria still lies far away at the 20th position only! Do we yet need any suggestion for a New Year´s resolution? And here is the ranking of all the countries up to number 20:
1.Switzerland (1 in 2016)
2. Sweden (2)
3. Netherlands (9)
4. United States of America (4)
5. United Kingdom (3)
6. Denmark (8)
7. Singapore (6)
8. Finland (5)
9. Germany (10)
10. Ireland (7)
11. Republic of Korea (11)
12. Luxembourg (12)
13. Iceland (13)
14. Japan (16)
15. France (18)
16. Hong Kong (China) (14)
17. Israel (21)
18. Canada (15)
19. Norway (22)
20. Austria (20)
The Global Innovation Index is published by the Cornell University, INSEAD, and WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization).

19/12/2017

A Financial Times video on the transition period after Brexit. A British perspective.

A look at the practicalities of the way Britain may operate after its split with its EU neighbours

15/12/2017

Here are our cartoonist´s thoughts on the new Basel IV rules, especially with respect to internal models.

Cartoons zu aktuellen Themen. Kurz und prägnant auf den Punkt gebracht.

06/12/2017

New data reveal deep divisions in well-being of society along age, wealth, gender and education. Time to think, time to act.

New data in the OECD’s latest How’s Life? report expose deep divisions in our society. Where we were born, our education, our age, our gender and our income ...