France Lauds State Aid Plan as Post-Crisis Model for Europe
Bloomberg· 3 days agoThe so-called participative loans adopt some of the advantages of equity and debt and are a central plank of President Emmanuel Macron’s stimulus. “In terms of power and amount ...
Brussels Edition: Mind the Pay Gap
Bloomberg· 3 days agoWelcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloomberg’s daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union. The European Commission will today...
Pandemic won't cause euro debt crisis, but a North-South divide
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects debt in the 19 countries sharing the euro to jump by...
Pandemic Sets Stage for Euro-Area Showdown Over Debt Rules
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 3 weeks agoThe Stability and Growth Pact requires countries to aim for budget deficits of less than 3% and debt...
How much debt is too much?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIt has not been this high as a share of national income since the 1960s, when the nation was still battling those war debts. As with a household, this...
Eurozone tries to patch up its broken debt rules
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 2 weeks agoSince coronavirus struck, we have become used to the rules swiftly changing, with stiff penalties for breaching them too. The eurozone was founded on...
EU seeks multi-trillion euro fund to recover from coronavirus
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDivided European Union leaders began their search on Thursday for a joint financial fund of up to 2...
Spain's daily coronavirus deaths decline as testing increases
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSpain's daily number of deaths from the coronavirus fell to 523 on Wednesday from 567 the day...
Coronavirus deaths and swelling public sector debt share a data-quality problem
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIt’s something I’ve observed closely for many years in studying public sector debt. The pandemic has...
EU budget rules guardian wants them simpler, focussed on cutting debt
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoPierre Moscovici in charge of enforcing the rules said on Thursday. "We should find a robust and...