IMF Country Report No. 19/340, (2019), «2019 ARTICLE IV CONSULTATION—PRESS RELEASE; STAFF REPORT; AND STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR GREECE», 15 November Greece’s economic recovery continues, but it has fallen far short of expectations. The new government elected in July has pledged to follow pro-growth policies while honoring fiscal and structural policy commitments to Euro Area (EA) member states, but its ability to overcome vested interests has yet to …Read More
Greece Sees Growth in 2020, Putting It on Track for Fiscal Goals
Sotiris Nikas (2019), «Greece Sees Growth in 2020, Putting It on Track for Fiscal Goals» Bloomberg, 7 October Greece’s government is forecasting 2.8% economic growth in 2020, which it says puts it on track to meet a budget target agreed with creditors while still enacting tax relief measures.The creditors, however, have warned that the cost of polices to which Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s government has committed will create a shortfall of …Read More
European champion-ships: industrial champions and competition policy
Heim, Mathew, Midoes, Catarina, (2019), “European champion-ships: industrial champions and competition policy“, Bruegel.org, July This blog post investigates the debate on whether European competition rules should foster European industrial champions, or allow national champions to grow to a European scale. It explores the criteria that one would intuitively ascribe to industrial champions, illustrating the difficulties in defining either ‘European’ or ‘Champion’. It then conducts a brief look into whether EU …Read More
The waking giant goes back to sleep: European integration in the Greek elections
Verney, Susannah, (2019)”The waking giant goes back to sleep: European integration in the Greek elections“, Blogs Lse, July The prospect of Greece leaving the eurozone once dominated the country’s political agenda. Yet as Susannah Verney writes, in the 2019 Greek elections, relations with the EU were simply not an issue. She argues this quick change in the political climate demonstrates that unlike in the UK, Greek citizens were not motivated by a …Read More
Productivity and competitiveness in the euro area: A view from France
Blanchard, Olivier et. al., (2019)”Productivity and competitiveness in the euro area: A view from France“, Vox CEPR Policy Portal, July In September 2016, the European Council invited all euro area members to set up a National Productivity Board to focus on productivity and competitiveness. This column summarises the main findings of the first report of the Conseil National de Productivité, which analyses the causes of the French productivity slowdown that are …Read More
Monetary policy and bank equity values in a time of low and negative interest rates
Ampudia, Miguel, Van den Heuvel Skander, (2019), “Monetary policy and bank equity values in a time of low and negative interest rates“, Vox CEPR Policy Portal, July The effects of interest rate surprises on banks are different when nominal interest rates are very low. This column reveals how, in ‘normal’ times, policy rate announcements that are below market expectations tend to boost banks’ stock prices on average. When interest rates are very …Read More
Greek elections: The view from across Europe
Brown, Stuart, (2019), “Greek elections: The view from across Europe“, July Greece held legislative elections on 7 July. The preliminary results indicated New Democracy had won a majority of seats, with Syriza in second place. El País describes the result as the “end of a cycle” for Greece, with the four years of Syriza in government coming to an end and the mainstream centre-right winning a majority “worthy of another era”. The Financial …Read More
Greek elections: The view from across Europe
Brown, Stuart, (2019), “Greek elections: The view from across Europe“, Blogs.Lse , July Greece held legislative elections on 7 July. The preliminary results indicated New Democracy had won a majority of seats, with Syriza in second place. El País describes the result as the “end of a cycle” for Greece, with the four years of Syriza in government coming to an end and the mainstream centre-right winning a majority “worthy of another …Read More
Preparing for uncertainty
Papadia, Fransesco, (2019), “Preparing for uncertainty“, Bruegel.org, July Monetary policy must reinvent itself in the wake of the crisis. Reinvention is particularly important because the system is riddled with uncertainties and the scope for applying both conventional and unconventional instruments is limited. The architecture of Economic and Monetary Union makes the challenge even greater because alignment of preferences and policies can only go so far. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Kontogeorgos et all, …Read More
Financial crises and the dynamics of financial de-liberalisation
Blogs.lse, (2019), “Financial crises and the dynamics of financial de-liberalisation”, June Financial crises play a key role in changing existing policies concerning financial markets and institutions. Orkun Saka, Nauro Campos, Paul De Grauwe, Yuemei Ji and Angelo Martelli provide new evidence for the negative impact of financial crises on the process of financial liberalisation. They also show that such interventions are only temporary and that the liberalisation process restarts quickly after a financial crisis. These results support …Read More