The infinite clumsiness of the French budget
By Xavier Timbeau, @XTimbeau In the draft budgetary plan presented to the European Commission on 15 October 2014, it is clear that France fails to […]
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Regulating the financial activities of Europe’s banks: a fourth pillar for the banking union
By Céline Antonin, Henri Sterdyniak and Vincent Touzé At the impetus of EU Commissioner Michel Barnier, on 29 January 2014 the European Commission proposed new […]
Austerity in Europe: a change of course?
By Marion Cochard and Danielle Schweisguth On 29 May, the European Commission sent the members of the European Union its new economic policy recommendations. In these […]
France: why such zeal?
By Marion Cochard and Danielle Schweisguth On 29 May, the European Commission sent the members of the European Union its new economic policy recommendations. As part […]
The strange forecasts of the European Commission for 2014
By Mathieu Plane The figures for French growth for 2014 published by the European Commission (EC) in its last report in May 2013 appear to […]
Cyprus: a well-conceived plan, a country in ruins…
By Anne-Laure Delatte and Henri Sterdyniak The plan that has just been adopted sounds the death knell for the banking haven in Cyprus and implements […]
So far so good …
By Christophe Blot The euro zone is still in recession. According to Eurostat, GDP fell again in the fourth quarter of 2012 (‑0.6%). This figure, […]
Revising the multipliers and revising the forecasts – From talk to action?
By Bruno Ducoudré Following on the heels of the IMF and the European Commission (EC), the OECD has also recently made a downward revision in […]
iAGS, independent Annual Growth Survey 2013
by OFCE (Paris), ECLM (Copenhagen) and IMK (Düsseldorf) The independent Annual Growth Survey (iAGS) brings together a group of internationally competitive economists from three European […]