We assess the time varying features of fiscal sustainability in the euro area via revisiting the empirical relationship … shows that the 2008-2009 global economic and financial crisis exerted a sizeable negative impact on fiscal sustainability …; iv) expenditure-based fiscal rules are strong determinants of fiscal sustainability. All in all, we found some evidence …

deficits and public debt). We address the sustainability of public finances in Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP … the sustainability of their corresponding fiscal positions, leading these economies to be set on unsustainable public …

We assess the sustainability of the current account (CA) balance, net international investment position (NIIP) and net … sustainability of the CA balance mainly in a few surplus countries whereas there is more concern about the sustainability of the NIIP …