Economic policy generally has many objectives. To increase income and employment, to keep prices stable, to ensure the sustainability of public finances, to provide adequate liquidity conditions and so on. Usually these goals relate to reactions to economic disturbances, such as an economic crisis, a pandemic, a war, or anything that threatens the financial well-being …
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Stagnant Inflation Management
In recent times, the global economy has entered a strong inflation component based on ever-increasing energy and food prices. If the causes of price increases are limited to the region of Europe, and given that the EU is purely an importer of energy, one could argue that this is an “imported inflation” over which monetary …
Emerging Stagnant-inflation in the Eurozone/EU & USA
Inflation begins to make a threatening appearance in the EU and US since last summer due to a combination of dynamic economic recovery in COVID-19 conditions, serious problems in international trade and supply chains and upward trend in international oil and mainly gas prices. Inflation had reached high levels before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. …
Big Problems for the European Economy
The development of the war in Ukraine leaves no room for optimism for the European economy. It is clear that the longer the war lasts, the greater its economic impact. At the moment we have the terrible accuracy that comes from inflation, which in turn is due in large part to the energy crisis intensifying …
New Challenges for EU Member-Countries Economies
The war in Ukraine has entered a new phase and according to the estimates of the Americans, who have shown that they correctly record and interpret the movements of the Russians, it is going to be quite long. The Russian war machine proves to be inferior to its reputation. A month of hostilities has been …
The German Economy Is Heading for a New Recession
The scenario of stagnant inflation in the German economy is visible, which is the worst possible at this time. Extremely worrying are the data for the German economy for the fourth quarter of 2021. In fact, the forecast of Trust Economics (https://trusteconomics.eu) is that, if the problem of the pandemic continues and Q22022 the next …
Boosting Inflation in the EU is Accelerating the Implementation of New Fiscal and Monetary Policies
Both the ECB and especially the governments of the EU member states must deal with two serious issues after the further strengthening of inflation in the Eurozone. The pressure that is already being exerted and will continue to be exerted most strongly on the actual disposable income of households. In weakening the competitiveness of companies …
Which Businesses Industries Will Win a Leading Role and Which Do Not During the Transition to Green Growth
The transition to the Green Economy will provoke chain reactions not only in the way energy is produced, stored, and channeled but also in the way that any type of activity will now be taxed. The EU is leading the way, followed by the US. China, realizing that if it does not implement the green …
Social Tensions and Zombie Companies in the EU
In the Euro-Zone and EU economy in general, two counterbalanced powerful forces are created after the end of the pandemic. On the one hand we have the net potential part of the economy that will include strong capital-intensive companies that will be driven without obstacles to their “green” transformation causing their explosive growth and gaining …
Magic Picture the Drastic Reduction in the Percentage of Bankrupt Businesses in the EU
The repeated economic shutdowns and social dimensions imposed on EU member countries during 2020, which will continue into the second half of 2021 and until 70% of their populations are vaccinated, have caused untold damage to millions of businesses (family, small and medium-sized and large) in the catering-hotel sectors, tourism, air transport, retail trade, etc. …