OECD Economic Surveys European Union and Euro Area 2023

The European recovery has been disrupted since the onset of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. Co-ordinated and timely policy action helped avoid a severe downturn, but the near-term outlook is clouded by uncertainty and downside risks. Monetary and fiscal policy need to become suffici...

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Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (author)
Autor Corporativo: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing [2023]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:OECD Economic surveys (Series)
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Glossary of acronyms
  • Executive summary
  • The economic recovery has been disrupted by external shocks
  • Monetary policy needs to reduce inflation durably
  • Fiscal spending must be targeted and sustainable
  • Boosting inclusive growth through a stronger and deeper Single Market
  • Accelerating the green transition
  • Limiting reallocation costs from the green transition
  • Basic statistics of the European Union, 2022
  • Basic statistics of the Euro Area, 2022
  • 1 Key Policy Insights
  • The European Union is tackling critical challenges
  • Economic recovery has been slow and uneven
  • The recovery has been hampered by the energy crisis and high inflation
  • A forceful policy response helped to reduce the fallout from the energy crisis
  • Growth will slow down in 2023, gradually picking up in 2024
  • Monetary policy is broadly appropriate but financial risks are increasing
  • The ECB should continue its data-dependent approach to policy
  • Inflation has distributional implications, but they are beyond the ECB's mandate
  • Unconventional policies should be gradually withdrawn
  • Higher interest rates are beginning to weigh on the economy
  • Financial sector integration needs to be stepped up
  • Fiscal policy needs to become sufficiently restrictive
  • Planned public investment may be delayed
  • A broad reform of economic governance is needed
  • Stronger fiscal councils could help improve compliance more than reliance on sanctions
  • The Single Market must be protected and deepened
  • Improving product market regulations further would deepen the Single Market
  • Strong state aid framework is needed to protect the level playing field
  • The EU can help increase resilience
  • Avoiding market fragmentation to spur progress towards a digital and green economy.
  • Increased labour mobility can mitigate skills shortages and deepen the Single Market
  • Strengthening the anti-corruption framework of EU countries and institutions
  • References
  • 2 Accelerating the green transition
  • Progress towards net zero
  • The EU's climate mitigation policies
  • Towards more efficient mitigation policies
  • Free allowances reduce the effectiveness of carbon pricing
  • Strengthen carbon markets for sectors not covered by the ETS
  • Effective carbon rates vary across countries and sectors
  • An internal carbon price can improve efficiency of public spending
  • Making financial markets work for the green transition
  • Targeting mitigation policies to sectors
  • Ramping up mitigation in agriculture
  • Accelerating the energy transition
  • Bringing down emissions in transportation
  • Limiting reallocation costs from the green transition
  • References.