Publications

This Economic Brief shows how Sweden’s fiscal framework restored discipline and lowered public debt, and how it is being adapted to meet new spending needs, including on defence.

This Economic Brief analyses the surge in Baltic banks’ profitability following ECB rate hikes, reviews the distinct national policy responses through windfall taxation, and draws lessons on their design, fairness, and effectiveness.

This Economic Brief analyses the euro area fiscal stance over the period 2024-2026, i.e. the impulse that national budgets and the EU budget have been providing to the euro area economy since the pandemic.

The joint implementation of structural reforms and investments has gained traction in policy initiatives and recommendations, including those aimed at supporting productivity growth and the competitiveness of the European economy.

This paper identifies three key investment barriers - legislative, skills-related, and operational - and outlines potential policy measures and market-based solutions to address them.

This Economic Brief examines recent developments in Dutch exports to Germany.

This paper examines the fiscal implications of the global transition to climate neutrality, focusing on government expenditures, revenues, and the need for a comprehensive fiscal strategy within country-level transition plans.

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.

This Economic Brief focuses on challenges related to recurrent immovable property and labour taxation during periods of high inflation. It discusses the update of property values and liquidity issues on the side of property tax payers as well as the bracket creep (or fiscal drag) in labour taxation.