https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATLDWS4MXDw/ferdinando-giugliano RSS for Node Wed, 06 May 2026 20:40:37 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-12/mario-draghi-puts-italy-on-a-par-with-germany-and-france https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-12/mario-draghi-puts-italy-on-a-par-with-germany-and-france Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:01:00 GMT Italy's prime minister-designate, former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi arrives at the Quirinale presidential palace on February 12, 2021 in Rome for a meeting with Italy's president. - The 73-year-old economist was expected to lead a new national unity government to replace Giuseppe Conte's centre-left coalition, which collapsed one month ago, leaving the country rudderless in an unprecedented crisis. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP) (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-11/vaccine-passports-why-should-baby-boomers-get-special-covid-status https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-11/vaccine-passports-why-should-baby-boomers-get-special-covid-status Thu, 11 Feb 2021 07:10:12 GMT OK for some. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-09/macroeconomic-history-tells-us-to-worry-about-inflation https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-09/macroeconomic-history-tells-us-to-worry-about-inflation Tue, 09 Feb 2021 05:00:39 GMT U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury secretary, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Yellen said she'll try to "better understand" the financial risks of taking steps to combat climate change, while expressing support for Biden's decision to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-03/mario-draghi-is-the-right-person-for-a-dirty-job-governing-italy https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-03/mario-draghi-is-the-right-person-for-a-dirty-job-governing-italy Wed, 03 Feb 2021 10:00:29 GMT Italian economist and former President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, wearing a face mask, attends the presentation of Italy's Central Bank's annual report on May 29, 2020 at Palazzo Koch in Rome. (Photo by ALESSANDRO DI MEO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALESSANDRO DI MEO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-03/covid-19-why-the-european-union-is-panicking-about-vaccines https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-03/covid-19-why-the-european-union-is-panicking-about-vaccines Wed, 03 Feb 2021 06:00:11 GMT Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, removes her protective face mask before speaking at a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday. Dec. 21, 2020. Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SEs Covid-19 vaccine won European approval, clearing the way for inoculations to start before the end of the year as the continent struggles with rising death rates and tighter lockdowns. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-28/what-s-europe-s-place-in-the-world-after-the-pandemic https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-28/what-s-europe-s-place-in-the-world-after-the-pandemic Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:48:47 GMT European Union (EU) flags fly outside the Berlaymont building in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Britains chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, warned progress in the talks has been blocked and time is running out as leaders from both sides played down expectations a deal will be reached. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-26/covid-the-eu-is-flirting-with-a-vaccine-disaster https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-26/covid-the-eu-is-flirting-with-a-vaccine-disaster Tue, 26 Jan 2021 07:15:53 GMT An elderly man aged over 75 receives an injection of a Covid-19 vaccine at the Pasteur Institute in Paris on January 21, 2021. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-22/the-world-has-become-a-more-equal-place-during-covid https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-22/the-world-has-become-a-more-equal-place-during-covid Fri, 22 Jan 2021 07:00:53 GMT A pedestrian shelters from the rain as she crosses the road with a scooter in east London on October 13, 2020. - Britain's unemployment rate has jumped to 4.5 percent as the coronavirus pandemic continues to destroy jobs, official data showed on October 13. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-20/conte-confidence-vote-italy-has-problems-that-money-can-t-solve https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-20/conte-confidence-vote-italy-has-problems-that-money-can-t-solve Wed, 20 Jan 2021 07:30:15 GMT A couple, wearing face masks, walks in front of the Palazzo Chigi Government office in Rome, lit with the color of the Italian flag on November 1, 2020. - Italy reported 31,758 new cases of the virus on October 31, 2020, a new daily record. The government is eyeing a lockdown of the country's major cities, news media reported, to try to slow the alarming rise in infections. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP) (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2021-01-14/renzi-vs-conte-italy-is-the-land-of-convoluted-crises https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2021-01-14/renzi-vs-conte-italy-is-the-land-of-convoluted-crises Thu, 14 Jan 2021 07:21:45 GMT Giuseppe Conte, Italy's prime minister, delivers his annual address at Villa Madama in Rome, Italy, on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. The coronavirus crisis has provided a window of opportunity for state intervention, generating the urge to restructure a battered economy. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2021-01-13/covid-recovery-let-s-celebrate-inflation-when-we-can https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2021-01-13/covid-recovery-let-s-celebrate-inflation-when-we-can Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:10:18 GMT ECB President Christine Lagarde may have to get tough. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2021-01-12/negative-rates-what-the-bank-of-england-can-learn-from-europe https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2021-01-12/negative-rates-what-the-bank-of-england-can-learn-from-europe Tue, 12 Jan 2021 07:46:34 GMT A good time to try something new. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2021-01-06/the-european-union-is-botching-the-vaccine-rollout https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2021-01-06/the-european-union-is-botching-the-vaccine-rollout Wed, 06 Jan 2021 05:00:22 GMT A doctor administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine to a member of the "Hospices Civils de Lyon" (HCL) directory on January 5, 2021 in Lyon. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP) (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-29/covid-2020-saw-the-return-of-the-state-leviathan-we-must-be-wary https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-29/covid-2020-saw-the-return-of-the-state-leviathan-we-must-be-wary Tue, 29 Dec 2020 06:00:21 GMT Calling order. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-21/should-the-u-k-europe-have-a-wealth-tax-to-help-pay-for-covid https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-21/should-the-u-k-europe-have-a-wealth-tax-to-help-pay-for-covid Mon, 21 Dec 2020 06:30:19 GMT NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 17: People participate in a "March on Billionaires" event on July 17, 2020 in New York City. The march, which included a diverse group of activists, politicians and citizens, called on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to pass a tax on billionaires and to fund workers excluded from unemployment and federal aid programs. Joining the marchers were dozens of taxis whose drivers have been especially impacted by the drop ridership due to Covid-19. According to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, income inequality in the United States is the highest of all G7 nations. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-17/italy-used-to-dislike-frugal-germany-that-s-starting-to-change https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-17/italy-used-to-dislike-frugal-germany-that-s-starting-to-change Thu, 17 Dec 2020 06:00:20 GMT Berlin, GERMANY: An Italy supporter walks past Berlin's Brandenburger Gate carrying a flag, 09 July 2006, ahead of the World Cup final football match pitting Italy against France. Football fervour was at a peak in France and Italy as the last hours were anxiously counted down to the World Cup final opposing the two countries in Berlin later in the evening. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-10/europe-s-coronavirus-recovery-ecb-s-lagarde-settles-for-compromise https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-10/europe-s-coronavirus-recovery-ecb-s-lagarde-settles-for-compromise Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:10:02 GMT Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaks during a live stream video virtual rate decision news conference, in an arranged photograph, in Hanau, Germany, on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. The ECB is expected to deliver another round of monetary stimulus at its meeting Thursday to help economies exit the pandemic crisis, while European Union leaders meet in Brussels and will likely approve a landmark stimulus package. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-09/europe-s-bankers-aren-t-ready-for-marriage https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-09/europe-s-bankers-aren-t-ready-for-marriage Wed, 09 Dec 2020 07:45:06 GMT CEO of Italian banking group Unicredit, Jean-Pierre Mustier speaks during the presentation of the group's first quarter 2019 results on May 9, 2019 in Milan. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP) (Photo credit should read MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-07/spanish-budget-madrid-is-headed-in-the-wrong-direction https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-07/spanish-budget-madrid-is-headed-in-the-wrong-direction Mon, 07 Dec 2020 09:09:35 GMT MADRID, SPAIN - OCTOBER 21: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is seen during the no-confidence motion registered by the VOX party against him at Spanish Congress on October 21, 2020 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Manu Fernandez - Pool/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-01/philip-lane-s-private-ecb-chats-with-banks-are-troubling https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-01/philip-lane-s-private-ecb-chats-with-banks-are-troubling Tue, 01 Dec 2020 18:30:09 GMT Philip Lane, governor at the Central Bank of Ireland, gestures as he speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Irelands central bank head welcomed "flatlining" home values after asking prices dipped amid tighter lending rules.