The Sound of Economics

Bruegel

The Sound of Economics brings you insights, debates, and research-based discussions on economic policy in Europe and beyond. The podcast is produced by Bruegel, an independent and non-doctrinal think tank based in Brussels. It seeks to contribute to European and global economic policy-making through open, fact-based, and policy-relevant research, analysis, and debate.

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The Sound of Economics

Episodes (477)

Thursday What’s threatening financial stability?
Thu Sep 17th State of the Union live
Wed Sep 9th What the US-Canada trade war means for Europe

The Sound of Economics

Sep 24, 2026
52½ minutes
48 MB

In this episode of The Sound of Economics, host Rebecca Christie discusses financial stability with Bruegel Director Jeromin Zettelmeyer and Olaf Sleijpen, President of De Nederlandsche Bank and a member of the European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council. What are the risks? How much should we worry about long-term interest rates and soaring budget deficits? Are the biggest threats coming from inside or outside the euro area? What are the ECB’s crisis-fighting tools, and how soon can they be ready? How much of a financial-stability risk is France's ballooning debt? This podcast touches on the European Commission’s bank...

The Sound of Economics

What’s threatening financial stability?

Bruegel

00:00 -52:26