Bricongne, Jean-Charles, Demertzis, Maria, Pontuch, Peter, Turrini, Alessandro, (2016),  “Macroeconomic Relevance of Insolvency Frameworks in a High-debt Context: An EU Perspective”, European Commission, Discussion Paper 032, Ιούνιος The high level of private debt in many EU countries has put a spotlight on the role that insolvency frameworks can play in helping to address debt overhangs and clean bank balance sheets of nonperforming loans. This paper reviews the macroeconomic relevance of insolvency frameworks from an …Read More

European Central Bank, (2016), “The international role of the euro”, ECB, Ιούνιος This 15th annual review of the international role of the euro published by the ECB is an interim version that presents a concise overview of developments in the use of the euro by non-euro area residents. The period covered by this report is 2015 and early 2016. The developments seen in the international role of the euro during …Read More

Eurofound, (2016), “Eurofound yearbook 2015: Living and working in Europe”, Publications Office of the European Union, Μάιος Eurofound celebrated the 40th anniversary of its founding in 2015. In 1975, the then European Community set up the Agency, charging it with the task of contributing to the planning and design of better living and working conditions in Europe. The social policy agenda and priorities may have changed over those 40 years, …Read More

European Commission, (2016), “Convergence Report 2016”, European Commission, Institutional Paper 026, Ιούνιος Convergence Reports examine whether Member States satisfy the conditions for adopting the single currency. The 2016 Convergence Report, adopted on 7 June 2016, is a regular biennial report and examines progress with convergence in seven Member States with a derogation – Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden. The report concludes that none of the …Read More