The euro zone: A general recovery
By Christophe Blot This text is based on the 2017-2019 outlook for the global economy and the euro zone, a full version of which is […]
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The European economy in 2017 – or, the post-Brexit EU
By Jérôme Creel The just released L’économie européenne 2017 provides a broad overview of the issues being posed today by the European Union project. Brexit, […]
The ECB is extending its QE programme but mixes up its communications
By Paul Hubert On Thursday, March 10, after the meeting of its Governing Council, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced a series of additional measures […]
Do QE programmes create bubbles?
By Christophe Blot, Paul Hubert and Fabien Labondance Has the implementation of unconventional monetary policies since 2008 by the central banks created new bubbles that […]
The potential headache of measuring economies in public expenditure
By Raul Sampognaro Since 2009, the French budget deficit has been cut by 3.3 GDP points, from 7.2 percent of GDP in 2009 to 3.9 […]
The official introduction of the euro in Lithuania: does it really make no difference?
Sandrine Levasseur On 1 January 2015, Lithuania adopted the euro officially, becoming the 19th member of the euro zone. The adoption was in reality formal, […]
Recovery aborted
By Christophe Blot This text draws on the article “Le piège de la déflation: perspectives 2014-2015 pour l’économie mondiale” [The deflation trap: the 2014-2015 outlook for […]
Unemployment insurance for the euro zone?
By Xavier Timbeau In the latest publication of France’s Treasury Department, Lettre Trésor-Eco, no. 132, June 2014 (Ministère des Finances et des Comptes publics and […]
The French fiscal devaluation, or the French Achilles strives to catch the German tortoise
By Sarah Guillou In the 1980s, under the European Monetary System (EMS), France repeatedly carried out currency realignments – in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1986 […]
What Reforms for Europe?
by Christophe Blot [1], Olivier Rozenberg [2], Francesco Saraceno [3] et Imola Streho [4] From May 22 to May 25 Europeans will vote to elect the […]