Macroeconomics & the euro
Europa en riesgo de deflación
19 November 2013
Realidad Economica (IADE)
A nadie le gusta que suban los precios, pero hoy los 17 países de la Eurozona temen lo contrario: la deflación. En octubre, la inflación interanual se redujo hasta el 0,7 por ciento, el nivel más bajo desde 2009, muy lejos de la meta del 2 por ciento que tiene el Banco Central Europeo.
Video interview on 'The future of Europe's economy: Disaster or deliverance?'
18 September 2013
Simon Tilford discusses the CER's latest report 'The future of Europe's economy: Disaster or deliverance?' by Paul De Grauwe, George Magnus, Thomas Mayer and Holger Schmieding.
UK has cut too deeply, but don't misread Greece's hardship
26 June 2013
Financial Times
From Mr Simon Tilford.Sir, The UK Treasury may well be guilty of many of the failings Philip Stephens attributes to it (“The best spending cut of all? Shut down the Treasury”, June 24).
Commentary on Irene Finel-Honigman's article: And the key question is whether a stronger eurozone will split the EU apart
20 June 2013
Europe's world
The friction between what Irene Finel-Honigman calls "economic rationale" and "political will" has been the driving force behind European integration. But now the eurozone crisis has transformed the nature of this interaction; its underlying spirit is no longer positive and optimistic – "how can we bring Europe closer together?"...
Video interview on 'How the EU's legitimacy has suffered since the euro crisis'
12 June 2013
Charles Grant discusses how the euro crisis has hit the EU's legitimacy.
Britain could reshape Europe if it would only try
14 May 2013
Financial Times
Is there any point in Britain staying in the EU if it is outside the euro? No, according to increasing numbers of British eurosceptics and European federalists.
Britain should abandon hope of a revival in EU demand
04 February 2013
The Guardian
The British government's attempt to rebalance the UK economy has failed. In 2012, the deficit on the country's current account (the broadest measure of foreign trade) was larger than in any year since 1990.