European Commission, (2017), “European Business Cycle Indicators 4th Quarter 2016”, European Commission Publications, January 2017 The latest EU-wide Investment Survey was conducted in October-November 2016. The results indicate that euro-area and EU real manufacturing investment has risen in 2016 (by 1.2% and 3.1%, respectively) and is foreseen to increase further in 2017 (at rates of 2.4% and 2.7%, respectively). At country level, manufacturing managers assessed their investment in 2016 to have …Read More

Lanvin, Bruno, Evans, Paul,(2017), “The Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2015-16”, INSEAD-Adecco Group-HCLI, January 2017 Since the release of the last edition of the Global Talent Competitiveness Index in January 2015 in Davos, Switzerland, much has changed with regards to talent migration, labour markets, and talent development and flow. Over the last 12 months, the many presentations that were made of the report’s findings around the world have generated significant comments …Read More

  Darvas, Zsolt, Efstathiou, Konstantinos, Huttl, Pia, Schoenmaker, Dirk,  (2017), “Analysis of developments in EU capital flows in the global context (3rd annual report)”, Bruegel, 10 January Free movement of capital, which is one of the four fundamental economic freedoms of the European Union, can enhance welfare if it leads to better allocation of financial and productive resources. However, it can also be a source of vulnerability, with far-reaching spillovers. …Read More

European Commission, (2017), “Debt Sustainability Monitor 2016”, European Commission, January 2017 The economic and financial crisis has left a legacy of high public debt burdens in a number of EU countries, in some cases accompanied by contemporaneously high debt in the private sector, thus making deleveraging more difficult. Furthermore, the current macroeconomic context of moderate GDP growth and very low inflation (well below the ECB objective of below but close …Read More