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Germany's choice: Higher inflation or sovereign defaults
Insight by Simon Tilford, 09 May 2012
Governance reforms have left the euro's flawed structure intact
Insight by Philip Whyte, 18 April 2012
Stable public finances require stronger business investment
Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 26 March 2012

Germany's choice: Higher inflation or sovereign defaults

Insight by Simon Tilford, 09 May 2012

Germany faces a choice between higher inflation or a wave of sovereign defaults culminating in either a transfer union or the collapse of the eurozone.
Governance reforms have left the euro's flawed structure intact

Insight by Philip Whyte, 18 April 2012

European leaders have presided over a major overhaul of the way the eurozone is run. But the eurozone's basic institutional configuration remains as unstable as ever.
Stable public finances require stronger business investment

Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 26 March 2012

Economic recovery in Europe is being held back by the unprecedented weakness of business investment. Despite a secular decline in business taxation and labour market reforms that have boosted the power of capital relative to labour, the ratio of investment-to-GDP across the EU is at a 60 year low.
Eurozone policy-makers place a big bet

Insight by Simon Tilford, 13 March 2012

The ECB's decision to lend almost unlimited amounts of money to Europe's banks has bought the eurozone some time. But there is risk that time will be wasted.
Europe's growth strategy: All supply and no demand

Insight by Philip Whyte, 27 February 2012

Europe's growth performance since 2008 has been abject. The reason is that fiscal policy has done too little to offset the impact of deleveraging in the private sector.
France: Why the self-flagellation?

Insight by Simon Tilford, 10 February 2012

France has its economic weaknesses. But in some important respects its model holds out better prospects for a return to economic growth across the eurozone than does Germany's.
Greece's real challenge

Insight by Katinka Barysch, 03 February 2012

Greece's new bail-out package needs less austerity and more structural reforms. A bloated and immobile public sector remains a drag on growth.
The European fallacy of Ireland and the Baltics

Opinion piece by Ambrose Evans-pritchard
The Daily Telegraph, 27 January 2012

Another excellent paper by Simon Tilford from the Centre for European Reform.

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