Blog post
18 November 2021
Fiscal arithmetic and risk of sovereign insolvency
The record-high debt levels in advanced economies increase the risk of sovereign insolvency. Governments should start fiscal consolidation soon in an
Blog post
18 November 2021
The record-high debt levels in advanced economies increase the risk of sovereign insolvency. Governments should start fiscal consolidation soon in an
Podcast
20 October 2021
A look at the past, present and future of fiscal policy in the European Union with Chief economist of the European Stability Mechanism, Rolf Strauch.
Podcast
14 July 2021
What should we do about the increase in public spending due to COVID-19? Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff and Former Deputy Secretary-General of OECD Lu
Opinion piece
03 June 2021
The Biden administration's promises to 'think big' and rebuild the country seem like a major historical departure from decades of policy orthodoxy.
Blog post
27 May 2021
International corporate tax reform is coming closer if countries can set aside their differences and work for progress rather than the perfect deal.
Opinion piece
27 May 2021
The pandemic has shown that the EU’s spending framework reflects an outdated economic orthodoxy.
Event
19 May 2021
This event was part of the T20 Spring Roundtables and focused on strategies for a swift and sustainable economic recovery for Europe.
Podcast
05 March 2021
Summary of the macro outlook based on Commission forecasts and analysis of the global picture.
Blog post
04 March 2021
Joint EU borrowing to boost the recovery, if not treated as national deficit and debt, will substantially ease rules-based fiscal adjustment needs in
Opinion piece
02 March 2021
The spine of the letter represents the fall in activity at the start of the pandemic. Then there is a split, which leads to the two ‘arms’ that captur
Working paper
24 February 2021
This paper assesses COVID-19 credit-support programmes in five of the largest European economies, and examines how countries have dealt with trade-off
Opinion piece
22 February 2021
Ce qui est malsain, avec la proposition d’annuler la dette, c’est le déni de réalité consistant à affirmer que l’Etat peut effacer une partie de ses e
Blog post
17 February 2021
Ongoing fiscal support in the United States is not expected to provoke inflation risks. There are no immediate inflationary risks in the euro area eit
Event
11 February 2021
How could additional regulation incentivise investment while upholding the integrity of sustainable finance?
Blog post
03 February 2021
Europe’s policymakers will have to take a series of decisions in the months ahead, in order to reinstate, and possibly reform, the bloc’s fiscal ruleb
Event
26 January 2021
What will happen to infrastructure financing in a post-COVID world?