Analysis
16 December 2024
Incorporating political risk into analysis of sovereign debt sustainability
Political risk is not taken into account when assessing whether countries can manage their debts, but it could be and should be
Analysis
16 December 2024
Political risk is not taken into account when assessing whether countries can manage their debts, but it could be and should be
First glance
20 September 2024
Viktor Orban, by delaying EU aid to Ukraine, may have inadvertently helped make the case for more EU fiscal federalism
Analysis
18 September 2024
European public goods should be the linchpin of a new political and institutional contract
Memo
04 September 2024
Memo
04 September 2024
Analysis
27 June 2024
A case can be made for financing European air defence through issuance of EU debt
First glance
12 June 2024
Three overarching economic policy trade-offs will set the context for the new Commission from the beginning of its mandate
Opinion piece
03 June 2024
First glance
29 May 2024
European Union borrowing could help fund air defence for the continent, while taking pressure off national defence budgets
Event
08 May 2024
What are the prospects for medium-term global growth, and what role can productivity reforms play in reversing the slowdown?
Podcast
17 April 2024
A warming planet poses new risks to European sovereign debt. How can the continent protect itself?
First glance
30 November 2023
There are ways around Germany’s debt brake, which limits government borrowing and is seen as a threat to the climate transition.
Analysis
09 October 2023
Servicing the EU debt until 2058 seems feasible, despite increased borrowing costs, but member countries must make choices about budget funding
Working paper
12 September 2023
The paper investigates the legal feasibility of the EU borrowing on the capital market to finance European public goods.
External publication
04 July 2023
This paper examines the economic case for debt-for-climate swaps: partial debt relief in return for climate investment/policies by the debtor country
Podcast
08 June 2023
As interest costs rise, the EU should review how they are accounted for in its budget and financial framework.