Circular Economy: State of Play and Key Determinants of the EU Secondary Markets for Materials (25/07/2024)
This paper analyses the state of play and key determinants of EU secondary markets for materials and products/components in the context of increasing the circularity of the EU economy.
Mid-Tech Europe? A Sectoral Account on Total Factor Productivity Growth from the Latest Vintage of the EU-KLEMs Database (24/07/2024)
This paper analyses total factor productivity growth developments in the EU as compared to the US on the basis of the latest vintage of the EU-KLEMS database.
European Business Cycle Indicators: Low consumer confidence and the economy – Insights from the euro area. 2nd Quarter 2024 (18/07/2024)
The Special topic examines the relationship between consumer confidence and a number of measurable economic variables, focusing on the negative confidence gap observed since 2023.
Greece’s Loan Facility: Facilitating Corporate Investment through NextGenerationEU (17/07/2024)
This paper presents the main features of the Loan Facility, the loans component in Greece’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), and a first assessment of its economic impact using the European Commission’s QUEST model.
An Assessment of the Euro Area Fiscal Stance (16/07/2024)
This Economic Brief analyses the euro area fiscal stance since 2020, i.e. the impulse that national budgets and the EU budget have been providing to the euro area economy since the pandemic.
EU Candidate Countries’ & Potential Candidates’ Economic Quarterly (CCEQ) - Western Balkans and Türkiye. 2nd Quarter 2024 (16/07/2024)
An overview of economic developments in candidate and pre-candidate countries.
Assessing Green Job Dynamics in the EU: A Comparison of Alternative Methodologies (11/07/2024)
This paper reviews different methodologies to identify green jobs in cross-country comparable data that are regularly and timely available for EU Member States and assess their usefulness for policy-relevant labour market analysis.
Post-Programme Surveillance Report - Spain, Spring 2024 (19/06/2024)
This report by the European Commission presents the findings of the 21th post-programme surveillance mission to Spain and identifies remaining challenges.
Post-Programme Surveillance Reports - Cyprus, Spring 2024 (19/06/2024)
This report by the European Commission presents the findings of the 16th post-programme surveillance mission to Cyprus and identifies remaining challenges for the Cypriot economy.
Post-Programme Surveillance Report - Ireland, Spring 2024 (19/06/2024)
This report by the European Commission presents the findings of the 20th post-programme surveillance mission to Ireland and identifies remaining challenges.
Post-Programme Surveillance Report – Greece, Spring 2024 (19/06/2024)
This report by the European Commission presents the findings of the 4th post-programme surveillance mission to Greece and identifies remaining challenges.
Post-Programme Surveillance Report – Portugal, Spring 2024 (19/06/2024)
This report by the European Commission presents the findings of the 19th post-programme surveillance mission to Portugal and identifies remaining challenges.
2024 Economic Reform Programmes of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo*, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye: The Commission's overview and country assessments (13/06/2024)
This report contains the Commission's assessments of the 2024 Economic Reform Programmes (ERPs) of countries that are candidates or potential candidates for EU membership.