Publications

This paper explores how government fiscal room to manoeuvre —known as “fiscal space”— affects spending on research and development (R&D), which is crucial for innovation and long-term economic growth.

Using firm-level financial statements, this paper provides the first joint assessment of markups, fixed costs, and profitability in the EU, documenting broadly stable market power and contained profitability over 2007-2022.

This Economic Brief analyses the budgetary and distributional impact of the Belgian unemployment benefit reform based on the EUROMOD simulation model.

Potential output is a key measure to assess an economy’s productive capacity and cyclical position. This paper describes the current version of the EU’s commonly agreed methodology (EUCAM) for estimating and projecting potential output up to 50 years ahead (T+50).

This discussion paper includes three case studies discussing how the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility acted as a catalyst to deliver structural reforms in Slovenia.

This quarterly report focuses on inflation and the labour market, examining inflation perceptions and dynamics, a new estimate of the Phillips Curve in the euro area, and the impact of migration and mobility on the euro area labour market.

An overview of economic developments in candidate and pre-candidate countries.

The EBCI's special topic examines how EU manufacturers are adapting to geopolitical tensions and trade disruptions, based on the results of an ad hoc survey.

This paper employs advanced model selection methods to identify the most robust fundamental factors driving real effective exchange rates in a large sample of 76 countries.