In recent years, a new type of crisis has been dynamically emerging in Europe: a crisis of the European social and political model with profound consequences for fiscal and financial stability. France’s problem The big problem starts with exceeding the budget deficits in France and Italy, over 7% and over 5% for 2024 respectively. These …
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The Economic Conclusions of Tomorrow from the Pandemic of Today
World economic activity has reached its nadir due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Both governments and central banks responded with unprecedented fiscal liquidity measures (the former) and increased expansionary monetary policy combined with near-zero interest rates and mass securities markets (the latter). Combined with the easing measures of commercial banks taken by supervisors, they provided ample …