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Economic growth is projected to be strengthening from mid-2011 onwards, but will be insufficient to restore the … increased. This will require cuts in public spending, improving efficiency of policies, containing the growth of ageing …-related costs and making the tax system more conducive to growth. While past experiences, such as in the 1990s, have shown that …
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The European Union has weathered a number of turbulent storms in recent years from the COVID-19 pandemic to the ongoing war in Ukraine. These crises have highlighted the limitations of the EU budget and the need for the flexibility to adequately respond to challenges in real time. They have also...
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will face increasing challenges to remain globally competitive and maintain high living standards. Future growth will need … rate, which potentially harm economic activity. To improve the sustainability of growth, revenues from non …
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In a majority of OECD countries, GDP growth over the past three decades has been associated with growing income … disparities. To shed some lights on the potential sources of trade-offs between growth and equity, this paper investigates the … long-run impact of structural reforms on GDP per capita and household income distribution. Pro-growth reforms can be …
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Accumulating debt raises concerns about its implications for macroeconomic stability. This paper sheds light on the implications of high indebtedness for the macroeconomic volatility by identifying the main drivers of the evolution of debt in a set of countries. The country choice was based on...
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The ongoing coronavirus pandemic crisis as well as demographic and climate change pose major challenges for public finances. This article deals with the implications of demographic trends in Switzerland, i.e. the progressive ageing of the population and its impact on the country’s public...
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Frequent recourse to large one-off operations in a number of OECD countries has undermined the accuracy of cyclically adjusted fiscal balances as a measure of both the sustainability of public finance and the fiscal stance. This paper first provides detailed information on the nature and amount...
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Measuring cyclically-adjusted budget balances for OECD countries An important tool in the analysis of fiscal policy is the distinction between structural and cyclical components of the budget balance. This paper describes work undertaken to re-estimate and re-specify the elasticities underlying...
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foundation for economic growth. As a result, GDP growth has been strong and stable, inflation has fallen, and the public debt …
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