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The EU’s Four Challenges

Ana Palacio, (2019), “The EU’s Four Challenges”, Project Syndicate, 22 Μαϊου Whatever the next European Parliament’s composition, the imperative will be the same: EU institutions must trade ambition for humility, focusing their attention not on their own power or status, but rather on upgrading and fortifying the project for which they claim to stand. If they fail, the road ahead will only become more perilous. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Gros, Daniel (2019), …Read More

Portugal’s lonely populists

Paul Ames, (2019), “Portugal’s lonely populists”, Politico, 21 Μαϊου The populist wind blowing across Europe seems to have run out of puff in western Portugal. A new radical-right party pledging to shake up Portuguese politics went campaigning in the streets of this blue-collar city late last week. By the time the party leader arrived, just 14 people had turned up. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Karl Aiginger, (2019), «Populism: Roots, consequences, and counter …Read More

A heterogenous response to unconventional monetary policy

Anne-Laure Delatte, Pranav Garg and Jean Imbs, (2019), “A heterogenous response to unconventional monetary policy”, VoxEU, 21 Μαϊου The ECB’s unconventional monetary policy package implemented in February 2012 changed collateral requirements. This column examines the effects in the French credit market, using data on corporate loans. Credit indeed increased after the liquidity injection, exclusively driven by supply. There was also strategic risk-taking by a group of banks, an unintentional implication …Read More

H διαμάχη ΗΠΑ, Κίνας πλήττει τις ευρωπαϊκές επιχειρήσεις

Η Καθημερινή, (2019), “H διαμάχη ΗΠΑ, Κίνας πλήττει τις ευρωπαϊκές επιχειρήσεις”, 21 Μαϊου Ο ΟΟΣΑ προειδοποιεί πως ο σινοαμερικανικός εμπορικός πόλεμος αποτελεί «εχθρό της ανάπτυξης» και, όπως φαίνεται, η διένεξη ανάμεσα στις δύο μεγαλύτερες οικονομίες του κόσμου πλήττει όχι μόνον τις ίδιες αλλά και τις ευρωπαϊκές επιχειρήσεις που δραστηριοποιούνται στην Κίνα. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις naftemporiki.gr, (2019), «Η Ευρώπη στα «χαρακώματα» λόγω εμπορικού πολέμου», 11 Μαϊου Ζωρζετ Ζολώτα, (2019), «Η Ευρωζώνη σε …Read More

The latest European growth-rate estimates

Konstantinos Efstathiou, (2019), “The latest European growth-rate estimates”, Bruegel, 20 Μαϊου The quarterly growth rate of the euro area in Q1 2018 was 0.4% (1.5% annualized), considerably higher than the low growth rates of the previous two quarters. This blog reviews the reaction to the release of these numbers and the discussion they have triggered about the euro area’s economic challenges. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις European Commission (2019), «European Economic Forecast – …Read More

Annual inflation up to 1.7% in the euro area

Eurostat/Annual inflation up to 1.7% in the euro area/17 Μαϊου 2019 The euro area annual inflation rate was 1.7% in April 2019, up from 1.4% in March 2019. A year earlier, the rate was 1.2%. European Union annual inflation was 1.9% in April 2019, up from 1.6% in March 2019. A year earlier, the rate was 1.5%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. …Read More

What is in store for the EU’s trade relationship with the US ?

Uri Dadush, (2019), “What is in store for the EU’s trade relationship with the US ?”, Bruegel, 16 Μαϊου If faced with a resurgent President Trump after the next US election, the EU will have some difficult decisions to make as it is compelled to enter a one-sided negotiation. Failure to strike a deal will imperil the world’s largest trade relationship and contribute to the progressive unravelling of the rules …Read More

The ECB Song Contest?

Stefan Gerlach, (2019), “The ECB Song Contest?”, Project Syndicate, 13 Μαϊου Choosing the next president of the European Central Bank should not be like picking the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. Instead, Europe should ask which criteria candidates must satisfy to be an effective ECB president, and then search for the person who best meets them. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Craig Stirling, (2019), «Draghi Makes Sure Stimulus Lives On Even After …Read More

Ενδείξεις ανάκαμψης της γερμανικής οικονομίας

Η Καθημερινή, (2019), “Ενδείξεις ανάκαμψης της γερμανικής οικονομίας”, 16 Μαϊου Την «πρώτη αχτίδα ελπίδας» αποτέλεσε, κατά τον Γερμανό υπουργό Οικονομικών Πέτερ Αλτμάιερ, ο ρυθμός ανάπτυξης 0,4% που κατέγραψε η γερμανική οικονομία κατά το α΄ τρίμηνο του 2019 ύστερα από δύο συναπτά τρίμηνα σταθερότητας. Ωστόσο, ο Αλτμάιερ, όπως και πολλοί οικονομολόγοι, παραμένει επιφυλακτικός όσον αφορά τις προοπτικές της γερμανικής οικονομίας, ενόψει των εξελίξεων στο διεθνές εμπόριο, οι οποίες θα μπορούσαν να …Read More

Germany’s even larger than expected fiscal surpluses: Is there a link with the constitutional debt brake?

Catarina Midoes and Guntram B. Wolff, (2019), “Germany’s even larger than expected fiscal surpluses: Is there a link with the constitutional debt brake?”, Bruegel, 13 Μαϊου Germany is having a political debate on the adjustment of its budgetary plans due to revised forecasts, and an academic debate on the debt brake. Yet, since 2011, general government revenues and surpluses have been systematically and significantly higher than forecast. The German surplus …Read More