Friends of acronyms, here comes the OMT
By Jérôme Creel and Xavier Timbeau We had the OMD with its Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark, and now the OMT with its Orchestral Manœuvres […]
Monetary policy
Banking union: a solution to the euro crisis?
By Maylis Avaro and Henri Sterdyniak The European summit on 28th and 29th June marked a new attempt by Europe’s institutions and Member states to […]
The euro zone in crisis: challenges for monetary and fiscal policies
By Catherine Mathieu and Henri Sterdyniak The 9th EUROFRAME conference [1] was held on 8 June 2012 in Kiel on issues concerning the economic policy […]
Would returning to the drachma be an overwhelming tragedy?
by Céline Antonin Following the vote in the Greek parliamentary elections on 17 June 2012, the spectre of the country leaving the euro zone has […]
Underlying deflation
Christophe Blot, Marion Cochard, Bruno Ducoudré and Eric Heyer A look at the latest statistics on price trends indicates that the risk of deflation seems […]
A letter to President François Hollande
by Jérôme Creel, Xavier Timbeau and Philippe Weil [1]
The financial markets: Sword of Damocles of the presidential election
By Céline Antonin Although some of the candidates may deny it, the financial risk linked to the fiscal crisis in the euro zone is the […]
Towards a major tax reform?
By Guillaume Allègre and Mathieu Plane (eds.) Taxation is more at the heart of the current election campaign and public debate than ever before. The […]
Must balancing the public finances be the main goal of economic policy
By Henri Sterdyniak The financial crisis of 2007-2012 caused a sharp rise in public deficits and debt as States had to intervene to save the […]
The new European treaty, the euro and sovereignty
By Christophe Blot On 2 March 2012, 25 countries in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) adopted a new treaty providing for greater fiscal discipline. […]