Macroeconomic policy and governance
Rigorous and diligent analysis of monetary and fiscal policy as well as structural policies that contribute to economic policy post-pandemic.
Bruegel’s work in macroeconomic policy focuses on issues such as inflation, economic growth, fiscal framework, the EU budget and European governance.
Under the 2025-2026 research programme, Bruegel fellows explore the design of the next Multiannual Financial Framework, the implications of EU rearmament on industry, institutions and macroeconomics, tax policy and the next Multiannual Financial Framework.
Macroeconomic policy and governance
Tracking the EU Clean Industrialisation Process: A Focus on Batteries and Electric Vehicles
The right balance: how to fix European Union artificial intelligence regulation
EU AI regulation should trade lower ex-ante burden for robust ex-post monitoring, judicial review and liability to curb harms without stifling markets
When oil is scarce and debt is binding: policy sequencing under a severe energy supply shock
With inflation still binding and fiscal space thin, the 2026 Iran shock revives the case for pre-committed, conditional yield anchors with clear exit
What you need to know about ETS
How does the EU’s emissions trading system work and what changes are coming?
Europe’s economic outlook: managing short-term shocks is no longer enough
Researchers
Ravi Balakrishnan
Bruegel Non-resident Fellow
Marco Buti
Bruegel Non-resident Fellow
Hans Geeroms
Bruegel Non-resident Fellow
Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Annamaria Lusardi
Bruegel Non-resident Fellow
Ruth Mason
Bruegel Non-resident Fellow
Lucio Pench
Bruegel Non-resident Fellow
Lucrezia Reichlin
Bruegel Non-resident Fellow
Elina Ribakova
Bruegel Non-resident Fellow
Armin Steinbach
Bruegel Non-resident Fellow (on leave for public service)
Nina Vujanović
Bruegel Affiliate Fellow
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Bruegel Director
Events
National pension reforms: what has worked and what hasn’t?
How to design transformational national reforms?
European governance
Where is the growth?
What do the EU’s spring forecasts say about higher prices, a changing job market and rising uncertainty?
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
Defence innovation and procurement reform: an empirical evaluation of the US Defense Innovation Unit
Ireland’s 2026 EU Presidency: a conversation with Minister Thomas Byrne
What to expect ahead of the upcoming Irish presidency?
Reducing dollar vulnerabilities
Invitation-only roundtable focusing on Europe's dependence on the dollar and the possible risks it poses
Podcasts
Money, stablecoins and the dollar
The past, present and future of money
The European project
Valdis Dombrovskis, Jeromin Zettelmeyer and Anne Bucher talk Ukraine, political will and Europe’s quest for better regulation
Weapons, war and confusion
How will Europe and the US build and pay for the arsenals of the future?
Hungary’s future
How Hungary’s historic election changes the EU and the economic outlook