Eurointelligence is the independent internet-based service for economic commentary and analysis of the euro area.

Eurointelligence is committed. It is our conviction that the euro area’s interests are underrepresented in the European media and policy circles. We will take an unashamedly euro area perspective.

Eurointelligence is exclusive. We offer insights as to what policy makers are likely to decide and analyse the economic consequences of these decisions.

Eurointelligence is independent. Unlike commercial or investment banks we are independent of national governments and European institutions, which allows us to challenge conventional wisdom.

Eurointelligence is free – for an initial period. We will launch a subscription service later this year. The website will be fully and freely accessible until then.

A daily morning news briefing of the European media for readers with an interest in euro area news beyond the national newspaper coverage. It is not intended as an encyclopedic account but as a pointer to important or unusual information. It has its own individual style, is about 2-3 pages long and highly readable.  It will be available online each working day before 9am CET.  

A weekly ECB Watch. Every Friday customers will be offered an in-depth intelligence briefing about what policy makers are likely to do and the economic consequences of their actions. Its focus is on monetary policy, as well as fiscal policy and structural policies as discussed in the Eurogroup and ECOFIN meetings. It will be available online every Friday before 12 pm CET. ECB Watch Updates will be available throughout the week.

Regular contributions to our discussion series. We invite experts with contrasting views to state their case on important and controversial topics. These contributions should provide a fresh new angle.

  
Briefing Notes, a concise summary of arguments on current topics. They come with graphics, attached documents and many links. Briefing notes serve as a convenient search tool for people in need of in-depth background information.

Weekly entries in our two webblogs. EMU MONITOR provides informed debate among a group of academic experts on the macroeconomics in the euro area. MUNCHAU‘S BLOG is a more general discussion blog about the euro area by Wolfgang Munchau, who has known to many readers through his regular Financial Times columns. Both blogs have new entries at least once a week.

In publication reviews we offer a brief comment on recently released reports and data for the euro area together with the respective links. At least every two weeks we also review one of the topical books, working papers and academic articles.

Our pages contain many analytical charts. Daily updates of market rates will be uploaded every morning. Monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, annual and irregular updates will be online soon after they become available. 

We provide one of the most extensive lists of links to data sources and reports in the euro area currently available. We also include newsfeeds from Eurostat and Euractiv with the latest information about statistical releases, financial services and the political debate about the future of the EU.

Our advanced search function allows comprehensive screening of all current and archived documents including PDF-files.

Wolfgang is a co-founder and director of Eurointelligence Advisers Limited. He is also an associate editor of the Financial Times, where he writes a weekly column about European economics. He was one of the founders of Financial Times Deutschland, the Germany financial daily, and the paper's editor-in-chief between 2001 and 2003. Prior to this, he held several posts at a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times and the Times of London. In 1989 he was a recipient of the Wincott Young Financial Journalist of the Year award. He holds the degrees of Diplom-Mathematiker (Hagen), Diplom-Betriebswirt (Reutlingen) and M.A. in International Journalism (City University, London).

Susanne is co-founder and director of Eurointelligence. She was a research fellow at the Center for European Integration Studies at the University of Bonn and a visiting scholar to the European Institute of the London School of Economics. She started her career in Paris at the Association for the Monetary Union of Europe, a think tank and lobby group for the single currency. She holds a Diplom-Volkswirt degree and a PhD in Economics at the University of Bonn.