Growth

Europe’s economic outlook: managing short-term shocks is no longer enough

Ricky Li and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

28th regime: tool or branding?

Rebecca Christie

Where is the growth?

What do the EU’s spring forecasts say about higher prices, a changing job market and rising uncertainty?

Rebecca Christie, Andreas Billmeier and Mahmood Pradhan

Size versus allocation in capital market development: evidence from pension funds and insurance companies

EU capital markets stay small as savings sit in deposits, making insurers and pension funds pivotal if portfolios shift into productive assets

Marie-Sophie Lappe and David Pinkus

How could Hungary streamline public spending without undermining growth?

Zsolt Darvas

Hungary has room to streamline public spending without hurting growth

Cutting some state operating and economic spending to the average of its regional peers could save Hungary more than four percent of GDP

Zsolt Darvas

What future for the Hungarian economy?

Zsolt Darvas

Hungary’s new beginning – under tight fiscal constraints

The long-awaited change of government gives Hungary an opportunity to tackle tough economic and social challenges while re-aligning with Europe

Zsolt Darvas

Debt sustainability in Japan and the case for a fiscal council

Rising rates are testing Japan’s fiscal framework, with debt dynamics hinging on growth and pointing to the need for adjustment and a fiscal council

Tomomi Miyazaki, Marie-Sophie Lappe and Roel Dom

What will it take to make Japan’s debt sustainable?

Marie-Sophie Lappe

Italy and Europe

Slow growth, high debt and the paradox of Giorgia Meloni

Rebecca Christie, Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol and Francesco Papadia

Tackling India's jobs plight: underutilised levers and lessons from China

This paper contrasts the development trajectories of these two economies and identifies several underutilised jobs-growth levers in India

Alicia García-Herrero and Rajeswari Sengupta

China's banking goliath: from growth engine to economic drag

Alicia García-Herrero

China’s involution trap: profitless growth cannot last

Alicia García-Herrero

Taking the Pulse: Can the EU Attract Foreign Investment and Reduce Dependencies?

Rebecca Christie