Europe's economy Single market EU & US recovery
  • The future of Europe's economy: Disaster or deliverance?
    Report by Paul De Grauwe, George Magnus, Thomas Mayer, Holger Schmieding, 18 September 2013
    The future of Europe's economy: Disaster or deliverance?
  • The CER commission on the UK and the single market
    Insight by John Springford, 07 June 2013
    The CER commission on the UK and the single market
  • Why has the eurozone's recovery been weaker than the US's?
    Bulletin article by Philip Whyte, 24 May 2013
    Why the has eurozone's recovery been weaker than the US's?
  • Time for the Export-Weltmeister to start consuming
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 13 February 2008

    Too many Europeans are blaming the US for the economic slowdown in Europe, as if everything would have been fine if only the Americans were not so irresponsible. This is complacent.
  • Growing old gracefully: How to ease population ageing in Europe
    Essay by Alasdair Murray, 17 January 2008

    Europe stands on the cusp of a demographic revolution. Rising life expectancy and low fertility are radically transforming Europe’s demographic profile. Ageing populations pose profound political, economic and social challenges for Europe.

  • European retail banking: Will there ever be a single market?
    Policy brief by David Shirreff , 03 December 2007

    Integrated markets for entertainment and communications, as well as nearly all goods, stretch from the Arctic to Cyprus. By contrast, Europe’s retail banking industry remains largely segmented along national lines.

  • Politics, Sarkozy and the euro
    Bulletin article by Philip Whyte, 03 December 2007

    Not long after its launch, the euro was famously dismissed by a disgruntled currency trader as a “toilet currency”. How things have changed. Since 2003, the euro’s external value has soared, particularly against the US dollar.
  • Can the EU learn to live with Chinese mercantilism?
    Insight by Philip Whyte, 29 October 2007

    Not long after its launch, the euro was famously dismissed by a disgruntled currency trader as a “toilet currency”. How things have changed.
  • What should Europe do about sovereign wealth funds?
    Bulletin article by Philip Whyte, 01 October 2007

    Several EU governments have become alarmed about sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). Germany, for example, is thinking of preventing such funds from buying local companies in sensitive sectors.
  • Why Europeans don’t have babies
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 29 June 2007

    Europeans live longer, work less and have fewer babies. On current trends, the EU will not have enough workers to pay for its growing number of pensioners.
  • EU business and Turkish accession
    Essay by Katinka Barysch, Dr Rainer Hermann, 22 June 2007

    Many EU politicians and their voters are unsure about the merits of Turkish accession. Europe’s entrepreneurs are not. They are showing confidence by investing billions into the fast-growing Turkish economy, partly because they expect that EU accession will continue to change the country for the better.