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Alejandro López Atienza

Alejandro López Atienza

Japan’s monetary policy: a retrospective analysis paving the way for the March 2024 policy shifts.

In the last fifteen years, Japan’s economic saga is a tapestry woven with threads of triumphs, trials, and transformative policy maneuvers…

22 min readMar 28, 2024

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Japan’s monetary policy: a retrospective analysis paving the way for the March 2024 policy shifts.

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Alejandro López Atienza

The new strategic ambiguity of yield curve control in Japan.

After widening the fluctuation band in December of last year, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) made additional technical changes to the Yield Curve…

3 min readJul 29, 2023

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The new strategic ambiguity of yield curve control in Japan.

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Alejandro López Atienza

Breaking the mold: the new risk-based fiscal surveillance in the EU.

In a bid to foster greater fiscal responsibility and adaptability among European Union (EU) countries, the European Commission has unveiled…

14 min readJul 16, 2023

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Breaking the mold: the new risk-based fiscal surveillance in the EU.

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Alejandro López Atienza

What next in the debt ceiling saga?

The suspension of the debt ceiling until January 2025 has alleviated the uncertainties surrounding the potential consequences of depleting…

2 min readJun 8, 2023

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What next in the debt ceiling saga?

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Alejandro López Atienza

Debunking the notions about de-dollarization.

One of the most recurrent things we have been hearing about in the last decades has been the upcoming de-dollarization, but so far, we have…

6 min readMay 14, 2023

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Debunking the notions about de-dollarization.

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Alejandro López Atienza

Navigating the March Banking Crisis: insights from SVB.

In March 2023, a series of problems suddenly emerged in a few financial institutions in the United States and Europe, bringing back…

16 min readApr 24, 2023

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Navigating the March Banking Crisis: insights from SVB.

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Alejandro López Atienza

Guilts and the mini-budget: a story about leverage.

The forty-five days in which prime minister Liz Truss was in office turned out to be the most disastrous days for the bond market in the…

16 min readJan 10, 2023

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Guilts and the mini-budget: a story about leverage.

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Alejandro López Atienza

Navigating the EU’s fiscal architecture: performance and the new economic reality (II).

In the second article of the series a more in-depth analysis of these EU fiscal rules is going to be presented. In addition and, in order…

17 min readJan 23, 2022

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Navigating the EU’s fiscal architecture: performance and the new economic reality (II).

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Alejandro López Atienza

Navigating the EU’s fiscal architecture: a rules-based system (I).

When it comes to European governance, the fiscal architecture behind the European Monetary Union is probably one of the most important…

9 min readJan 22, 2022

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Navigating the EU’s fiscal architecture: a rules-based system (I).

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Alejandro López Atienza

The debt ceiling: a political game with serious economic implications.

During the last two months, the American political arena has been characterized by the recurrence of the debt ceiling as one of the main…

7 min readOct 28, 2021

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The debt ceiling: a political game with serious economic implications.

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Alejandro López Atienza

Alejandro López Atienza

Economist at FocusEconomics | Macro, monetary policy, central banking, macro finance and financial plumbing. Previously at CEPS and ECB

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