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454 - Benchmarking Unemployment Benefit Systems

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

This paper proposes a methodology for benchmarking unemployment benefits systems, with a view to assess reform needs and priorities.

The 2012 Ageing Report: Economic and budgetary projections for the 27 EU Member States (2010-2060)

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

15/05/2012

This report analyses the economic and budgetary impact of an ageing population over the long-term.

Statistical annex to European Economy. Spring 2012

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

11/05/2012

The statistical annex of European Economy contains the main body of macroeconomic data underlying two annual publications in the series "European Economy" of the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs. Tables are derived from AMECO, the macroeconomic working database of the Directorate General. They include long historical series and the Directorate's forecasts for EU Member States, the candidate countries, USA and Japan.

The data coverage includes:

population
labour market
output
national final uses
prices
wage costs
foreign trade and current balance
saving
monetary indicators, and
public finance

159 - Quarterly note on the euro-denominated bond markets - December 2011

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

160 - Quarterly note on the euro-denominated bond markets - March 2012

Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

4 Price and Cost Competitiveness - 4th quarter 2011

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200

453 - Evaluating the Macroeconomic Effects of Government Support Measures to Financial Institutions in the EU - Jan in 't Veld (European Commission), Werner Röger (European Commission)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Evaluating the Macroeconomic Effects of Government Support Measures to Financial Institutions in the EU

452 - Automatic Fiscal Stabilisers: What they are and what they do. - Jan in 't Veld (European Commission), Martin Larch (European Commission), Marieke Vandeweyer (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200

This paper analysis the size and effectiveness of automatic fiscal stabilisers.

1 - European Business Cycle Indicators

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200

01 - Quarterly report on the euro area. April 2012

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200

95 -The Economic Adjustment Programme for Portugal. Third review – Winter 2011/2012

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0200

94 - The Second Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece - March 2012

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100

450 - Securities Transaction Taxes: Macroeconomic Implications in a General-Equilibrium Model - Julia Lendvai, Rafal Raciborskiz and Lukas Vogel

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model with secondary financial market and non-fundamental trade to assess the impact of a securities transaction tax on levels and volatilities of financial and real economic variables.

451 - Inflation forecasting and the crisis: assessing the impact on the performance of different forecasting models and methods - Christian Buelens

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100

This paper analyses how the economic and financial crisis has affected the accuracy of euro area inflation forecasting, by providing a comparative evaluation of different inflation forecast models and methods before and during the crisis.

93 - Economic Adjustment Programme for Ireland — Winter 2011 Review

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100

91 - Fiscal frameworks across Member States: Commission services country fiches from the 2011 EPC peer review

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

This Occasional Paper gathers country fiches from Commission services describing and analysing fiscal frameworks of EU Member States in the context of the 2011 EPC peer review

449 - Corporate balance sheet adjustment: stylized facts, causes and consequences - Eric Ruscher

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Using national account data, the paper analyses corporate balance sheet adjustment episodes in a sample of 30 countries.

Scoreboard for the surveillance of macroeconomic imbalances

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Potential risks for home and host countries stemming from activities of multinational banks in the CEE10 region

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

This policy brief analyzes whether the exposure to the CEE10 region is a risk for parent banks. Simultaneously, risks for the CEE10 countries implied by the strong presence of foreign-owned banks as well as possible feedback loops are discussed.

447 - The impact of state guarantees on banks' debt issuing costs, lending and funding policy - Study on behalf of EC DG Economic and Financial Affairs - London Economics Authors: Patrice Muller, Shaan Devnani and Rasmus Flytkjaer

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The effectiveness of state guarantees given to banks in 2008-10 on banks' debt issuing costs, lending and funding policy.