Quarterly Report on the Euro Area (QREA), Vol. 20, No. 4 (2021)

Focussing on the euro area, QREA Volume 20 No. 4 (2021) provides an analysis of i) the protection of household’s income by existing and newly implemented tax-benefit instruments during the COVID-19 pandemic, ii) the pandemic’s impact on gross fixed capital formation, iii) how reforms of recurrent taxes on residential property can be an important element of a tax mix promoting inclusive sustainable growth, iv) the responsiveness of sovereign interest rate spreads of euro area Member States (vis-à-vis Germany) to fundamental factors, as well as a brief overview of major policy developments at the euro area level in recent months. 

Information and identifiers

Institutional Paper 168. January 2022. Brussels. PDF. 54pp. Tab. Graph. Bibliogr. Free.

KC-BC-22-005-EN-N (online)
ISBN 978-92-76-43937-0 (online)
ISSN 2443-8014 (online)
doi:10.2765/619470 (online)

JEL classification : H3, J3, F22, E50, E60, D1, D3, D31, H2, H21, H22, H22, H24 , H63, E43,  E62, C23, O52.

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European Economy Institutional Papers are important reports analysing the economic situation and economic developments prepared by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, which serve to underpin economic policy-making by the European Commission, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament. Views expressed in unofficial documents do not necessarily represent the views of the European Commission.