The 2020 Stability and Convergence Programmes: an Overview, with an Assessment of the Euro Area Fiscal Stance (06/07/2020)
An overview of the 2020 Stability and Convergence Programmes of EU Member States and an assessment of their implications for the euro area’s fiscal stance.
The COVID19-Pandemic in the EU: Macroeconomic Transmission and Economic Policy Response (06/07/2020)
This paper uses a macroeconomic model to analyse the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated containment measures and to quantify the stabilising effects of the economic policy response.
Quarterly Report on the Euro Area (QREA), Vol. 19, No. 1 (2020) (26/06/2020)
Volume 19 No. 1 (2020) of the Quarterly Report on the Euro Area examines growth-friendly revenue-neutral tax shift, public debt sustainability, the sovereign-bank nexus, and the institutional determinants of the natural rate of unemployment.
A Global Economy Version of QUEST: Simulation Properties (16/06/2020)
The paper presents the structure and simulation properties of QUEST, a multi-region New Keynesian DSGE model developed and maintained by the European Commission.
Enhanced Surveillance Report – Greece, May 2020 (20/05/2020)
This is the sixth enhanced surveillance report on Greece monitoring the commitments made by the Greek government at the Eurogroup of 22 June 2018.
Post-Programme Surveillance Report - Cyprus, Spring 2020 (20/05/2020)
This report by the European Commission presents the findings of the eighth post-programme surveillance mission to Cyprus and identifies remaining challenges for the Cypriot economy.
Post-Programme Surveillance Report - Spain, Spring 2020 (20/05/2020)
This report by the European Commission presents the findings of the thirteenth post-programme surveillance mission to Spain and identifies remaining challenges for the Spanish economy.
This report by the European Commission presents the findings of the eleventh post-programme surveillance mission to Portugal and identifies remaining challenges for the Portuguese economy.
European Business Cycle Indicators - 1st Quarter 2020 (08/04/2020)
This edition of the EBCI takes a closer look at the drivers of the Economic Sentiment Indicator.
This report by the European Commission presents the findings of the twelfth post-programme surveillance mission to Ireland and identifies remaining challenges for the Irish economy.