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The fiscal imperative

15-Feb-2011

Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank

The crisis has left a legacy of nearly bankrupt governments. There is little doubt that all countries among the advanced economies are now in urgent need of implementing a credible medium-term fiscal consolidation ...

Launch of Euro area economic survey

14-Jan-2009

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

According to Mr. Gurría, the first decade of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has been a success, but the onset of recession amid ongoing financial turmoil has created new challenges for monetary and ...

Seizing the Opportunities of a New Economy: Challenges for the European Union

03-Oct-2001

The economic performance of the EU has taken on a new dimension with the notion of a "new economy". While ICT has become a major factor in explaining the prolonged, non-inflationary boom in the United ...

Economic Survey of Australia 2010

Economic Survey of Australia 2010