The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 1 - with Lex Hoogduin
The Brussels Report Podcast
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🗓️ 14 April 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Dutch economics Professor Lex Hoogduin, who teaches at the University of Groningen, has served as an advisor to the first President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Wim Duisenberg, as a member of the executive board of the Dutch Central Bank, and as chairman of LCH.Clearnet, one of the world's leading clearing houses, based in London.
In this first episode of the Brussels Report Podcast, BrusselsReport.eu editor Pieter Cleppe discusses with this experienced insider in the world of public finance to what extent eurozone governments now depend on the ECB and how it has been possible to come that far. Hoogduin also gives his thoughts on whether inflation will soon become a real danger and for how long interest rates may remain as low as today.
Furthermore, he'll shine his light on how high interest rates can climb before the likes of Italy, Greece and Spain, but also France, get into trouble. Last but not least, he'll goes more into depth on what the future holds for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.
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| 0:00.0 | The Brussels Report Podcast |
| 0:10.0 | Welcome to the first podcast of Brussels Report. |
| 0:19.0 | EU. Brussels Report is a new magazine dedicated to covering news and |
| 0:27.7 | analysis on the eurozone the EU and once in a while also investment issues my name is |
| 0:36.0 | peter clepe i'm the editor-in-chief of BrusselsReport.EU, |
| 0:40.1 | which aims to be a platform for people across Europe and outside of Europe to provide their |
| 0:46.8 | opinion and analysis to discuss these issues. I'm more than happy today that I have with me |
| 0:53.6 | Lex Hojdeun, Professor Lex Hoagdeen, |
| 0:56.8 | who is an economics professor at University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Before that, |
| 1:03.6 | he used to be the chairman of a big clearinghouse in London, LCH clearing. And I would say most importantly, back in the days at the beginning when the Euro was founded, |
| 1:14.6 | Professor Hojdeun was the advisor to the first president of the European Central Bank, |
| 1:26.6 | Wim Dozenberg, a Dutchman. |
| 1:30.3 | Now, Professor Houghton, welcome. |
| 1:33.5 | Let's start with it right away. |
| 1:35.6 | So at BrusselsReport.EU we have made the point, |
| 1:40.4 | and many commentators, several commentators have made the point that governments are ever more |
| 1:45.7 | dependent on the European Central Bank. To what extent do you think that is actually correct |
| 1:51.1 | and to what extent that is the case? |
| 1:56.1 | First of all, thank you, Peter, for having me here today and I'm honored to be the first guest in your, hopefully, very long podcast series. |
| 2:06.9 | Thank you. |
| 2:07.9 | Thank you. |
| 2:08.9 | I think that is right. |
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