Economic Survey of the Euro Area 2012

The euro area must restore sustainable and balanced growth. Decisive action is needed to stabilise vulnerable euro area debt markets in the short run. But, a sustainable recovery can only be achieved with a sound financial sector and structural reforms to boost growth and ease the debt burden.

Economy: Bigger euro bailout fund needed to create space to boost growth, OECD says

Euro area finance ministers meeting this week need to boost the firepower of the European stability funds to at least one trillion euros in order to restore market confidence, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said today.

Overview - Euro Area Survey 2012

Overview - Euro Area Survey 2012

The short-term effects of structural reforms: an empirical analysis

This paper sheds light on the impact of reforms over time, identifies the horizon over which their full effects materialise, and investigates whether such effects vary with prevailing economic conditions and institutions.

Economy: Further reform needed to raise growth prospects in Poland

Poland has been a strong performer across the OECD through the global economic crisis, growing much faster than most other countries and making impressive steps toward reducing the income gap with its European Union partners, according to the OECD’s latest economic survey.

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Short-term gain or pain? A DSGE model-based analysis of the short-term effects of structural reforms in labour and product markets

This paper explores the short-term effects of labour and product market reforms through a dynamic general equilibrium model that features endogenous producer entry, equilibrium unemployment and costly job creation and destruction.

Overview - European Union Survey 2012

Overview - Eeuropean Union Survey 2012

The Unfinished Business of Making Europe Work

Weak financial conditions, fiscal consolidation and economic adjustment are restricting demand in the short-term before the long-term benefits on stability and growth are felt, Mr Gurría said. Decisive action to restore confidence and support demand is needed now, he added.

Economic Surveys 2012 of the European Union and the Euro Area

Economic Surveys of the European Union and the Euro Area