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Niklas Florian Taft

Economist for monetary policy and financial markets

Tel: +49 221 4981-549 Mail: Taft@iwkoeln.de Niklas Florian Taft

At the IW since 2023
Studied economics at the Eberhardt-Karls University of Tübingen, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Cologne

Thematic clusters

International Economic Policy, Financial and Real Estate Markets

IW Publications

Demary, Markus / Taft, Niklas Florian, 2025, Stablecoins und US-Staatsverschuldung: Droht eine neue Finanzmarktkrise?, IW-Report, Nr. 44, Köln
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Demary, Markus / Taft, Niklas Florian, 2023, Die Energieabhängigkeit der Bankkredite, IW-Report, Nr. 31, Köln
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More from Niklas Florian Taft

IW-Report No. 44 2. October 2025 Markus Demary / Niklas Taft

Stablecoins and US national debt: Is a new financial market crisis looming?

Stablecoins are financial instruments which work similar to money market funds, and which invest in US government bonds. Stablecoins, however, issue cryptocurrencies instead of fund shares. Similar to the Eurodollar market in the 1960ies and the 1970ies are financial liabilities created, which are issued outside the US capital market.

IW-Report No. 31 26. May 2023 Markus Demary / Niklas Florian Taft

The Energy Dependence of Bank Loans

Russia's war against Ukraine has highlighted the vulnerability of the Federal Republic of Germany to Russian energy imports, especially natural gas.