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Policy options and risks of an extension of the ECB’s quantitative easing programme: An analysis

Gerba, Eddie, Macchiarelli, Corrado, (2016), “Policy options and risks of an extension of the ECB’s quantitative easing programme: An analysis”, European Parliament, Φεβρουάριος During the press conference on 3 December 2015, president Mario Draghi reiterated the readiness of the ECB to adopt additional measures in order to maintain an appropriate degree of monetary accommodation. Different options are available, including the increase in the amount of monthly purchases of assets, currently set at 60 …Read More

Economic Survey of Greece 2016

OECD, (2016), ” Economic Survey of Greece 2016“, OECD, 10 Μαρτίου The Economic Survey of Greece says poverty has risen since the crisis to reach one third of the population. Tackling poverty and inequality must be urgent policy priorities, it adds. The survey sees the recovery strengthening in 2017 as ongoing reforms and external demand benefit investment and jobs. It stresses that successful negotiations to address public debt sustainability are …Read More

Reality Check for the Global Economy

Acalin, Julien, Blanchard, Olivier, et al., (2016), “Reality Check for the Global Economy”, PIIE Briefing 16-3, Μάρτιος. After five years of disappointing recovery throughout the major economies, almost everyone is ready to believe the worst. The widespread large declines in global asset prices indicate a significant divergence between what financial markets fear and what most mainstream macroeconomic forecasts are showing for the world economy. Having some clarity to distinguish between the more solid underlying economic …Read More

Working time developments in the 21st century: Work duration and its regulation in the EU

Cabrita, Jorge, Boehmer, Simon, Galli da Bino, Camilla, (2016), “Working time developments in the 21st century: Work duration and its regulation in the EU”, Eurofound, Publications Office of the European Union, 1 Μαρτίου. This report examines the main trends and milestones characterising the evolution of the most important aspects of collectively agreed working time in the European Union during the first decade of the 21st century. Drawing primarily on information collected by Eurofound across all …Read More

Economic Policy Reforms 2016

OECD, (2016), “Economic Policy Reforms 2016-Going for Growth Interim Report”, OECD Publishing, 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Going for Growth is the OECD’s regular report on structural reforms in policy areas that have been identified as priorities to boost incomes in OECD and selected non-OECD countries (Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Russian Federation and South Africa). Policy priorities are updated every two years and presented in a full report, which includes individual country notes with …Read More

Europe’s Untapped Capital Market: Rethinking integration after the great financial crisis

Valiante, Diego, (2016), “Europe’s Untapped Capital Market: Rethinking integration after the great financial crisis”, Final Report of the European Capital Markets Experts Group, Ceps, Φεβρουαρίος In the aftermath of the great financial crisis, the lack of risk diversification in the European financial system, i.e. limited cross-border banking and capital markets activities, is the main cause of the fast retrenchment of capital flows within national boundaries. Europe needs private risk sharing …Read More

Unemployment, internal devaluation and labour market deregulation in Europe

Myant, Martin, Theodoropoulou, Sotiria, Piasna, Agnieszka, (2016), “Unemployment, internal devaluation and labour market deregulation in Europe”, European Trade Union Institute, Ιανουάριος Unemployment rates in the EU rose after the economic crisis of 2008, passing 10% in 2012, but with big variations between countries. The worst afflicted had been subject to so-called policies of internal devaluation, aimed at curing unemployment by reducing wage costs. This book provides a comparative study of countries that to varying degrees …Read More

European Bank Resolution: Making it work!

Ceps, (2016), “European Bank Resolution: Making it work!”, Interim Report of the Ceps Task Force on Implementing Financial Sector Resolution, Ιανουάριος From the start of 2016, new rules for bank resolution are in place – as spelled out in the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) – across the EU, and a new authority (the Single Resolution Board, or SRB) is fully operational for resolving all banks in the eurozone.The …Read More

Fiscal Sustainability Report 2015

European Commission, (2016), “Fiscal Sustainability Report 2015”, Institutional Paper 018, European Commission’s publications, Ιανουάριος The Fiscal Sustainability Report 2015 provides an overview of the challenges to public finance sustainability faced by Member States in the short, medium and long term. Although public finances in the EU today are more sustainable than they were at the onset of the crisis, significant challenges remain over the medium and long term because of …Read More

World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update-Subdued Demand, Diminished Prospects

World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update, (2016), “Subdued Demand, Diminished Prospects“, IMF, Ιανουάριος. Global growth, currently estimated at 3.1 percent in 2015, is projected at 3.4 percent in 2016 and 3.6 percent in 2017. The pickup in global activity is projected to be more gradual than in the October 2015 World Economic Outlook (WEO), especially in emerging market and developing economies. In advanced economies, a modest and uneven recovery is expected to …Read More