Otmar Issing: Der „Mister Euro“ wird 90 Jahre alt

FAZ Economic ImpactNews ReportDE 1 min read 100% complete by Christian SiedenbiedelMarch 26, 2026 at 08:18 PM

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Otmar Issing, ehemaliger Chefvolkswirt der Deutschen Bundesbank und der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB), wird 90 Jahre alt. Er war acht Jahre lang Chefvolkswirt beider Institutionen. Bekannt für seine einflussreichen Lehrbücher zur Geldtheorie, bleibt Issing auch nach seiner aktiven Zeit eine bedeutende geldpolitische Instanz. Selbst im hohen Alter publiziert er weiterhin Meinungsbeiträge zu aktuellen Themen wie Eurobonds, zuletzt gemeinsam mit dem ehemaligen Bundesbankpräsidenten Jens Weidmann in der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung. Seine Expertise und sein Einfluss auf die Geldpolitik erstrecken sich über mehrere Jahrzehnte.

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Issing and Jens Weidmann co-authored an opinion piece on Eurobonds in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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Otmar Issing was chief economist of the ECB for eight years.

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Otmar Issing was chief economist of the Bundesbank for eight years.

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Issing's textbooks were standard works for economics students in Cologne in the 1990s.

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Köln 40% Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 50% Jens Weidmann 60% Bundesbank ×270% European Central Bank 80% Otmar Issing ×390%

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otmar issing 100% geldpolitik 80% chefvolkswirt 70% bundesbank 70% ezb 70% geldtheorie 60% jens weidmann 50% eurobonds 50%

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