Why can’t Greece get out of debt?
By Sébastien Villemot Between 2007 and 2015, Greece’s public debt rose from 103% to 179% [1] of its GDP (see chart below). The debt-to-GDP ratio […]
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From austerity to stagnation
By Xavier Timbeau Since 2010, the European Commission has published the Annual Growth Survey to stimulate discussion on the occasion of the European semester, during […]
The euro zone in crisis
By Catherine Mathieu and Henri Sterdyniak The 9th EUROFRAME Conference [1], which was held in Kiel on 8 June 2012, focused on economic policy issues in […]
The governance of public finances: from the Fiscal pact to France’s Organic law
by Henri Sterdyniak So the French government has had Parliament enact an “Organic law relating to the planning and governance of public finances” (loi organique relative […]
The misfortunes of virtue*
By Christophe Blot * This text summarizes the outlook produced by the Department of Analysis and Forecasting for the euro zone economy in 2012-2013, which […]
What new European austerity plans await us in 2012?
By Eric Heyer To meet French commitments vis-à-vis Brussels to a general government deficit in 2012 of 4.5% of GDP, the French Prime Minister Francois […]
The G20 Summit in Cannes: Chronicle of a Disappointment Foretold?
By Jérôme Creel and Francesco Saraceno Too long and too technical, the final declaration of collective action of the G20 Summit in Cannes shows that […]