Christopher Hartwell — The wild card factor for Europe's economy in 2015 remains Ukraine

How the Ukrainian war plays out will influence the economies of the EU member states, which are already under pressure by the threat of a Greek exit from the euro and the uncertainty surrounding the new monetary policy of the ECB. A worst-case scenario is a “triple-dip” recession even worse than 2012 or 2008.…

The election of the extreme left-wing Syriza in Greece has brought the Eurozone exactly what it does not need at this moment: uncertainty.… [this link is worth following]

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The wild card factor for Europe's economy in 2015 remains Ukraine

Christopher Hartwell | Head of Global Markets and Institutional Research at the Institute for Emerging Market Studies (based at the Moscow School of Management - SKOLKOVO). He has also worked for the World Bank Group and the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a USAID contractor. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Warsaw School of Economics and a Master’s in public policy from Harvard, as well as B.A. in political science and economics from the University of Pennsylvania.