The OFCE optimistic about growth – “As usual”?
By Magali Dauvin and Hervé Péléraux In the spring of 2019, the OFCE forecast real GDP growth of 1.5% for 2019 and 1.4% for 2020 (i.e. […]
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Europe’s fiscal rules – up for debate
By Pierre Aldama and Jérôme Creel At the euro zone summit in December 2018, the heads of state and government hit the brakes hard on […]
The imperative of sustainability economic, social, environmental
OFCE[1], ECLM[2], IMK[3], AKW[4] It was during the climax of the so-called Eurozone sovereign debt crisis that we engaged into the independent Annual Growth Survey […]
Business investment hurt by Brexit
By Magali Dauvin At a time when the outlook for world trade outlook remains glum [1], British domestic demand is struggling to remain dynamic: household […]
On French corporate immaterial investment
By Sarah Guillou A note on the immaterial singularity of business investment in France from 26 October 2018 highlighted the significant scale of investment in […]
The euro is 20 – time to grow up
By Jérôme Creel and Francesco Saraceno [1] At age twenty, the euro has gone through a difficult adolescence. The success of the euro has not been aided […]
Brexit: the November 25th agreement
By Catherine Mathieu and Henri Sterdyniak The United Kingdom will leave the European Union on 29 March 2019 at midnight, two years after the UK […]
Non-performing loans – A danger for the Banking Union?
By Céline Antonin, Sandrine Levasseur and Vincent Touzé The establishment of the third pillar of the Banking Union, namely the creation of a European deposit […]
Why some countries have fared better than other after the Great Recession
by Aizhan Shorman and Thomas Pastore The European labor market is characterized by a great economical and institutional divergence. On the one hand, there is […]
Italy’s debt: Is the bark worse than the bite?
By Céline Antonin The spectre of a sovereign debt crisis in Italy is rattling the euro zone. Since Matteo Salvini and Luigi di Maio came […]