By Yvan Guillemette, OECD Economics Department The decline in economic activity associated with caution, lockdowns and other restrictions in response… Read More »Long-run fiscal challenges dwarf COVID’s fiscal legacy
By Patrick Lenain, Carl Romer and Ben Westmore The American Rescue Plan (ARP) submitted by President Biden and approved by… Read More »American Rescue Plan: A first package of President Biden’s transformative reforms
Laurence Boone, Chief Economist, OECD and Marco Buti, Director General, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission After years of… Read More »Right here, right now: The quest for a more balanced policy mix
Jan Stráský and Guillaume Claveres, OECD Economics Department, Euro Area/EU desk The euro area sovereign debt crisis has exposed important… Read More »A sustainable European currency needs a common fiscal stabilisation instrument
by Sean Dougherty, Senior Advisor, OECD Fiscal Network Over the last decade or more, many countries have experienced slowing productivity… Read More »Fiscal decentralisation and inclusive growth?
By Alessandro Maravalle and Lukasz Rawdanowicz, OECD Economics Department Low interest rates prevailing in many advanced economies in recent years… Read More »To shorten or to lengthen debt maturity to lower debt servicing costs?
By Álvaro S. Pereira, OECD Chief Economist ad interim, Economics Department After a lengthy period of weak growth, the world… Read More »Stronger Growth but Risks loom large
Álvaro S. Pereira, Chef économiste de l’OCDE par intérim, Département des affaires économiques Après une longue période de croissance atone, l’activité… Read More »La croissance s’affermit, mais des risques assombrissent fortement l’horizon
Álvaro S. Pereira, Economista Jefe interino, Departamento de Economía de la OCDE Después de un largo período de débil crecimiento, la… Read More »Un Mayor crecimiento, aunque se advierten importantes riesgos
by Catherine L Mann, OECD Chief Economist and Head of OECD Economics Department For the last five years the global… Read More »Deploy effective fiscal initiatives and promote inclusive trade policies to escape from the low-growth trap
