Buti, Marco, Leandro, José, Berti, Katia, (2017), “An unusual recovery: Charting the way forward for European policymakers”, 12 Μαϊου
As the recovery in the Eurozone approaches its fifth year, this column presents the latest economic forecast from the European Commission, which projects a continuation of the recovery at a steady pace (1.7% in 2017 and 1.8% in 2018). Nevertheless, over the next two years, wage growth is expected to remain constrained, the investment gap is expected to persist, the current account surplus is forecast to remain high, and core inflation to stay subdued. This suggests that there is still scope for higher growth without triggering inflationary pressures, and the Spring forecast shows that maintaining the current supportive macroeconomic policy environment is the right approach, while implementing comprehensive and productivity-enhancing structural reforms. The main immediate priority should be cleaning up the banking sector.
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- European Commission, (2017), “Spring 2017 Economic Forecast: steady growth ahead”, Μάιος
- Onado, Marco, (2017), “In search of a European solution for banks’ non-performing loans”, VoxEu, 21 Φεβρουαρίου