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Blog post
20 January 2021
Memo to the European Commissioner for Financial Services Policy
The Commissioner for Financial Services Policy should define and promote a vision for a sustainable global financial regulatory and supervisory order,
Blog post
13 January 2021
A matter of life and death: governments must speed up vaccination
COVID-19 vaccination in Europe and the United States is moving too slowly and is failing to prevent avoidable death and economic disruption. More must
Blog post
12 January 2021
The double irony of the new UK-EU trade relationship
The Trade and Cooperation Agreement signed between the European Union and the United Kingdom goes against six decades of UK efforts to avoid being eco
Blog post
07 January 2021
Corporate insolvencies during COVID-19: keeping calm before the storm
Measures in major economies have protected companies from COVID-19 related insolvency, but have also protected weak firms. Nevertheless, support shoul
Policy brief
06 January 2021
The productivity paradox: policy lessons from MICROPROD
The objective of MICROPROD, an EU-wide research project that runs until the end of 2021, is to understand what is driving the current productivity slo
Blog post
06 January 2021
Has the European Union squandered its coronavirus vaccination opportunity?
The European Union’s purchases of frontrunner coronavirus vaccines are insufficient for the population’s near-term needs. The shortfall could have hea
Blog post
05 January 2021
When the future changes the past: fiscal indicator revisions
The 2020 pandemic economic shock has led to reassessment of fiscal policy measures in 2018 and earlier, because of faulty measurement of unobserved ou
Blog post
23 December 2020
Happy New Year?
A recovery from the COVID-19 recession is underway though the suffering is far from over, especially for the most vulnerable. Inequality is both a con
Policy brief
21 December 2020
Deglobalisation in the context of United States-China decoupling
After decades of increasing globalisation, there now seems to be a slowing, or even a turn to deglobalisation, meaning decelerating trade and investme
Blog post
17 December 2020
When and how should the European Union conclude an investment agreement with China?
A look into the potential Comprehensive Agreement on Investment between China and the European Union.
Book
17 December 2020
A green industrial policy for Europe
This Blueprint examines how the European Union can develop a coherent green industrial policy that will serve the goals of the European Green Deal.
Blog post
16 December 2020
Economic recovery after COVID-19 requires a clear vision for a healthy banking sector
The EU framework for crisis management and state aid in the banking sector urgently needs updating.
Blog post
09 December 2020
Thinking big: debt management considerations for the EU’s pandemic borrowing plan
If not handled correctly, the European Union’s transition to take on a new role as an issuer of public debt risks crowding out existing markets. Manag
Blog post
07 December 2020
Can the gap in the Europe’s internal market for banking services be bridged?
The European Union has made significant progress to a more unified banking market but frictions remain between euro and non-euro countries. Without a
Blog post
03 December 2020
COVID-19 has widened the income gap in Europe
Workers with low-educational levels suffered far worse than others in terms of COVID-19 related job losses during the first half of 2020 in the EU. Jo
Blog post
28 November 2020
The scarring effect of COVID-19: youth unemployment in Europe
Even before the pandemic, youth unemployment in the European Union was three times higher than among the over-55s. COVID-19 threatens to undo the last