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EU – Fateful Year 2017

Vorbach, Judith, (2017), “EU-Fateful Year 2017“, Social Europe, 29 Ιουνίου Economic policy has predominantly been run on neoliberal lines, notably since the 1970s. This trend has manifested itself in the liberalization of markets, cuts in public investment, de-regulation, privatization and marginalization of trade unions. The credo runs: The less government interferes in the market and the more it improves the framework conditions for companies (aka supply side), the better for …Read More

Do the Troika’s financial assistance programs reduce systemic risk? Evidence from Eurozone countries

Moutsianas, Konstantinos A., Kosmidou, Kyriaki, (2016), “Do the Troika’s financial assistance programs reduce systemic risk? Evidence from Eurozone countries”, International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, 7(2), pp. 149-171 The European sovereign debt crisis has forced many countries in the Eurozone to request financial assistance from the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to prevent the contagion of the crisis to national banking systems. In the …Read More

Where Does Italy’s Bank Recapitalization Stand?

Setser, Brad W., Smith, Emma, (2017), “Where Does Italy’s Bank Recapitalization Stand?”, Council for Foreign Relations, 21 Ιουνίου Italy is now willing to use the public sector’s balance sheet for recapitalization, which has allowed a bit of forward movement. But public injections of capital need to be consistent with European banking union and state aid rules. Europe seems to have created binding rules that limit national sovereignty (though probably only …Read More

Η αναβίωση του γαλλογερμανικού άξονα

Barkin, Noah, (2017), “Η αναβίωση του γαλλογερμανικού άξονα”, Reuters, Η Καθημερινή, 27 Ιουνίου Τον περασμένο Ιανουάριο, όταν οι πιθανότητες να κερδίσει τις γαλλικές προεδρικές εκλογές θεωρούνταν μικρές, ο Εμανουέλ Μακρόν πήγε στο Βερολίνο και εξέφρασε τις απόψεις του για όσα πρέπει να κάνει η Ευρώπη ώστε να ανανεωθεί. «Οπως είχε πει ο Ζακ Ντελόρ, για την Eυρώπη χρειαζόμαστε ένα όραμα και ένα κατσαβίδι», δήλωσε ο Εμανουέλ Mακρόν σε ομιλία του …Read More

Μήνυμα Ντράγκι για συνέχιση της νομισματικής στήριξης της οικονομίας στην Ευρωζώνη

Η Καθημερινή, (2017), “Μήνυμα Ντράγκι για συνέχιση της νομισματικής στήριξης της οικονομίας στην Ευρωζώνη”, 27 Ιουνίου Το μήνυμα ότι η Ευρωπαϊκή Κεντρική Τράπεζα (ΕΚΤ) θα συνεχίσει τη νομισματική στήριξη της οικονομίας της Ευρωζώνης και ότι η προσαρμογή της θα γίνει σταδιακά, έστειλε ο πρόεδρος της κεντρικής τράπεζας Μάριο Ντράγκι, μιλώντας στο ετήσιο συνέδριο της ΕΚΤ στη Σίντρα της Πορτογαλίας. «Όλες οι ενδείξεις συγκλίνουν τώρα σε μία ενίσχυση και διεύρυνση της …Read More

How To Get Rid Of Germany’s Excessive Current Account Surplus

Horn, Gustav, (2017), “How To Get Rid Of Germany’s Excessive Current Account Surplus”, Social Europe, 26 Ιουνίου The demand is frequently made that wages in Germany should grow more strongly than up till now. The hope is that this would raise the price of exports and, thereby, foreign demand for German goods would drop. This alone would reduce the surplus in the current account. There would be an even stronger effect …Read More

Unemployment insurance and reservation wages

Le Barbanchon, Thomas, Rathelot, Roland, Roulet, Alexandra, (2017), “Unemployment insurance and reservation wages”, Vox Eu, 27 Ιουνίου Pinpointing the right level of generosity of an unemployment insurance system is a delicate exercise. The main objective of the unemployment system is to provide insurance for workers who lose their jobs. The system should be generous enough to smooth income shocks and allow workers to look for a job when economic conditions …Read More

Understanding The Productivity Puzzle

Davies, Howard, (2017), “Understanding The Productivity Puzzle”, Social Europe, 26 Ιουνίου According to the UK’s Office for National Statistics, output per hour in France was 14% lower in 2015 than it would have been had the previously normal trend growth rate been matched. Output was 9% lower in the United States and 8% lower in Germany, which has remained the top performer among developed economies, albeit only in relative terms. …Read More

Economic Bulletin Issue 4

European Central Bank, (2017), “Economic Bulletin”, Issue 4, Ιούνιος At its monetary policy meeting on 8 June 2017, the Governing Council concluded that a very substantial degree of monetary accommodation is still needed for underlying inflation pressures to build up and support headline inflation in the medium term. The information that has become available since the previous monetary policy meeting in late April confirms a stronger momentum in the euro …Read More

Financial globalisation, monetary policy spillovers and macro-modelling: tales from 1001 shocks

Georgiadis, Georgios, Jančoková, Martina, (2017), “Financial globalisation, monetary policy spillovers and macro-modelling: tales from 1001 shocks”, ECB, Ιούνιος A salient feature of the global economy since the 1990s has been the dramatic rise of financial globalisation. Whether measured by capital flows or indicators reflecting the extent of legal capital account restrictions, economies’ financial markets have been exhibiting an increasing degree of interdependence. As a result, the global economy has become …Read More