After decades of trial, error, and occasional regress, the pieces of a successful Latin American economic model can be seen scattered among the leading economies of the region. The most traditional macroeconomic maladies of the emerging world, such as chronic fiscal imbalances and monetary...

In the recent decades, the budget deficit has become one of the characteristics of national economies. Furthermore,it finds its dimensions amplification. Despite this, more and more are the economists who dispute the need to balance the budget,arguing the need even the deficit and systematic use...

Unstable Balkans (by Vladimir Gligorov; pp. 1-4) Keywords political tensions, unemployment, austerity Countries covered SEE Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Not a very Greek tragedy (by Jan Toporowski; pp. 5-7) Keywords public debt, financial market, monetary policy, currency union...

The study discusses the issue of fulfillment by Poland of the so-called fiscal convergence criteria, concerning public debt and public deficit, based on the regulations of the European and Polish financial laws, as well as in the context of their economic character.

The study discusses the issue of fulfillment by Poland of the so-called fiscal convergence criteria, concerning public debt and public deficit, based on the regulations of the European and Polish financial laws, as well as in the context of their economic character.

Simple but serious books have an important role to play. So Krugman’s book on ‘depression’ is very welcome. The emphasis of this book is on unemployment (and distribution more generally, including high compensation for finance ‘experts’). The analysis is...

Im Sommer 2011 haben sich die Aussichten für die Weltwirtschaft deutlich verschlechtert. Insbesondere droht sich in Europa die Staatsschuldenkrise zu einer Bankenkrise auszuweiten. Dies belastet zunehmend auch die deutsche Konjunktur. Die stark erhöhte Unsicherheit wird die inländische...

Für Jens Bullerjahn, Minister der Finanzen des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, ist es entscheidend, wie die neuen Länder aus der gegenwärtigen Krise herauskommen. Es gehe zunächst darum, die in den letzten 20 Jahren erfolgreich aufgebaute wirtschaftliche Substanz zu sichern, um dann den...