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The fiscal side of Europe’s energy crisis: the facts, problems and prospects
Europe needs to move beyond emergency fiscal responses and focus on structural changes to allow the EU to accelerate its decoupling from fossil fuels.
Is Europe failing on import diversification?
Despite a goal of economic self-reliance, the European Union’s imports are generally sourced from an increasingly limited set of suppliers.
The difficulty of designating gatekeepers under the EU Digital Markets Act
The European Commission should be more precise and transparent when designating gatekeepers under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.
Europe’s half a million barrels per day diesel supply question
A new European Union embargo on Russian oil products should not affect EU diesel supplies and prices, but could encourage re-routing by Russia.
Web3: the next internet revolution
Tokenisation based on blockchain technology could bring radical changes to markets for goods and services.
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25 August 2014
Blogs review: The renationalization of European finance
What’s at stake: The financial crisis brought the era of rapid financial globalization to a halt. While qualitatively similar than for the rest o
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25 August 2014
Keynote address from Enrico Letta, Prime Minister of Italy for the Bruegel Annual Dinner 2013
"I do not intend to deliver a standard speech on where the euro area stands and what is the “to do list” for the next months. Rather, if you will
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25 August 2014
Blogs review: The global dimension of tapering
What’s at stake: Emerging markets have had a tough summer, as central banks of advanced economies have made clear that the normalization of monet
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25 August 2014
Blogs review: Ordoliberalism and Germany’s approach to the euro crisis
What’s at stake: The debate over the legacy of ordoliberal ideas in Germany’s approach to the euro crisis has gained renewed interests ahead of t
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25 August 2014
A review on Germany’s minimum wage debate
Unlike many other EU countries, Germany does not have a national minimum wage even though specific industrial sectors have one. The upper chambe
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25 August 2014
Wealth distribution in the eurozone
The eurosystem has worked for a number of years now on a very comprehensive survey, called Household Finance and Consumption Network (HFCN). Data will
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25 August 2014
The Third Arrow of Abenomics: What economic picture will it draw in the middle-term?
The seriousness of Abe cabinet on revitalising Japan’s growth potential should be reassessed, paying close attention to the “bureaucratic wording” use
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08 August 2014
Chart: The UK reaching pre-crisis GDP levels
Last week the UK Office for National Statistics announced that British GDP had reached its pre-crisis levels in the second quarter of 2014. Howev
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06 August 2014
Fact: Banco Espirito Santo gets a 4 billion euro recap
Over the weekend, Portuguese authorities announced the recapitalisation plan for Banco Espirito Santo, involving a 4.4 bn euro capital injection. BES
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05 August 2014
Are financial conditions in China too lax or too stringent?
The pronounced slowdown in China’s GDP growth in recent years has raised the important question of what might be its principal causes.
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04 August 2014
Blogs review: The new proposed IMF lending framework
If introduced, the new framework would most likely eliminate the systemic risk waiver, which allowed the Fund to lend large amounts to countries whose
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31 July 2014
Fact of the week: Russia sanctioned from all sides
Yesterday, the EU introduced new sanctions targeted at specific sectors of the Russian economy. This came one day after an international arbitration c
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29 July 2014
Blogs review: The economics of big cities
What’s at stake: An intriguing paradox of our age is that the global economy is becoming increasingly local, with super-productive cities driving
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29 July 2014
India torpedoes the Bali Trade Facilitation deal
Citing concerns over food security, after a Cabinet meeting headed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, India reportedly decided a
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28 July 2014
Chart of the Week: The Big Mac (index) and euro area adjustment
Following up on previous blog-posts on the Big Mac index and euro area adjustment, the latest data-update suggests a slow-down in the price adjus
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26 July 2014
Is the BRICS rise over?
The BRICS name is certainly here to stay, and in terms of global governance, their influence is likely to rise as a group because of this development.
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