EU/US finance markets: strengths and weaknesses

Here, EURACTIV publishes two articles which first appeared in La Lettre de Confrontations Europe, the journal of the independent think-tank Confrontations Europe. The articles consider the functioning of the American and the European financial systems and compare their relative strengths and weaknesses.

The articles are only available in French.

“La Force de frappe Américaine” looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the American and European financial systems. The article was written by Bernard Marx, economist from Confrontations Europe’s Croissance-Compétitivité-Banque-Finance group. To read the full article, please click here.

“Le Couple pourrait mieux fonctionner”, by Florence Pisani, economist with Dexia Asset Management, examines the relationship between the US financial system and the Federal Reserve System (FED), the central bank of the United States. To read the full article, please click here.