Global insurance markets - Current status and outlook up to 2026

3,500,000,000,000, EUR 3.5 trillion or 5.7 percent of global economic output. Preliminary estimates suggest that this is the volume of the gross written premiums generated by insurers across the globe last year

European Capital Markets Union: Towards a more balanced financial system

The financial and economic crisis triggered global efforts to restore stability to financial markets, in particular the banking sector.

Economic and financial market outlook 2016: No grounds for pessimism

Equity markets plummeted in the early weeks of this year. Even the risk of a global financial crisis did the rounds. This was fueled by deep concerns about the outlook for the global economy.

Emerging markets: Asian companies expected to consolidate their debt

The rampant growth achieved by the emerging markets in the first few years following the global recession of 2009 was accompanied by a rapid increase in debt among private households and the corporate sector alike, particularly in Asia.

Low real interest rates: Causes and outlook

Over the past few decades, inflation has been driven down both in the world's developed countries and on a global scale, so much so that fears of deflation now outweigh concerns about imminent inflation.

Economic and financial market outlook 2016

Eurozone economy set to stabilize further in 2016

The yield on private financial assets - Germany in an international comparison

Low interest rates have been the order of the day in Germany since 2010.

The productivity slump in the advanced economies: Explanations and need for action

Almost seven years may have passed since the collapse of Lehman Brothers set the latest global economic crisis in motion – yet the lingering feeling of crisis remains.

Unemployment to drop further without accelerated wage growth?

The core inflation rate of the price index for personal consumption expenditures remained subdued in the third quarter of this year at 1.3%.