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26-Jan-2012
The Danish economy displays a number of strengths but continuing with reforms is required to secure the necessary space for policies to cope with potential further adverse shocks and to bring about strong, sustainable and greener growth.
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24-Jan-2012
Switzerland’s recovery has been broadly balanced but the drastic appreciation threatens exports. At the same time, there is a risk that a housing bubble could develop linked to unusually low interest rates. This survey discusses policies that would help Switzerland deal with this situation.
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24-Jan-2012
Despite some deleveraging, the Big-2 Swiss banks remain too-big-to-fail, representing a major potential risk for the economy. This survey discusses to which extent the recently approved legislation to address the “too-big-to-fail” problem will be able to reduce these risks.
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24-Jan-2012
There is scope for Switzerland to increase growth and equity through reforms of the tax system on all levels of government. See this survey of how this could be achieved in detail.
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24-Jan-2012
While the recovery has been broadly balanced, risks to Switzerland’s outlook increase. This Survey discusses policies to increase growth more durably, reduce incentives to leverage wealth, reduce financial market risks, and render environmental policy more cost-effective.
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17-Jan-2012
Chile’s vigorous recovery after the global recession of 2008-09 and the devastating earthquakes and tsunamis of early 2010 has lost some momentum. This Survey discusses policies to strengthen economic growth, strengthen the fiscal framework, lower poverty and inequality and improve the functioning of the housing market.
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02-Jan-2012
The Czech fiscal position is generally sound and policy making is prudent. However, the fiscal framework was not strong enough to contain spending in the upturn and it would benefit from independent budget oversight. An anchor for the fiscal policy would be helpful, in the form of an explicit debt target coupled with corresponding spending ceilings and deficit targets.
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