The Sound of Economics

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The Sound of Economics brings you insights, debates, and research-based discussions on economic policy in Europe and beyond.

The podcast is produced by Bruegel, an independent and non-doctrinal think tank based in Brussels. It seeks to contribute to European and global economic policy-making through open, fact-based, and policy-relevant research, analysis, and debate.

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355 episodes

Capital Markets Union - why now?

* European Union leaders want to breathe new life into the Capital Markets Union, the decade-old project to reduce fragmentation and put finance to work for the single market. In this episode of the Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie sits down with Thomas Wieser https://www.bruegel.org/people/thomas-wieser, former President of the Eurogroup Working Group and chair of the EU's 2019 High Level Group on financial architecture, and Nicolas Véron https://www.bruegel.org/people/nicolas-veron, Senior fellow at Bruegel and a veteran observer of the financial markets, to discuss how Europe can attract private investment and help fund the costly green and digital transition. Relevant publication: European capital markets union: make it or break it https://www.bruegel.org/first-glance/european-capital-markets-union-make-it-or-break-it, Nicolas Véron, Bruegel first glance, March 2024

42m
Mar 27
Key take-aways from China’s Two Sessions

* In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Yuyun Zhan https://www.bruegel.org/people/yuyun-zhan sits down with Alicia García-Herrero https://www.bruegel.org/people/alicia-garcia-herrero and Zichen Wang https://www.bruegel.org/people/zichen-wang to talk about China’s Two Sessions, the Chinese government's annual plenary sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), held from 5–11 March 2024. They discuss the growth targets which were given during the sessions and what they might mean for the Chinese economy. This episode is part of the ZhōngHuá Mundus series of The Sound of Economics. ZhōngHuá Mundus is a newsletter by Bruegel, bringing you monthly analysis of China in the world, as seen from Europe. Sign up now https://bruegel.secure.force.com/events/UpdateAcc?sf=1&s4=1 to receive it in your mailbox! RELEVANT EPISODE: Understanding local government debt in China https://www.bruegel.org/podcast/understanding-local-government-debt-china, Bruegel podcast episode

26m
Mar 20
How war in Ukraine brought Europe together

* Two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Union has held together rather than let the conflict divide it. Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie discusses the EU’s shifts on trade, energy security and economic cooperation with André Sapir https://www.bruegel.org/people/andre-sapir and Ben McWilliams https://www.bruegel.org/people/ben-mcwilliams. They discuss how the bloc weaned itself off Russian fossil fuels in record time, adjusted its relationship with China, and managed relations between Western Europe and countries in Central and Eastern Europe closer to the front. 

39m
Mar 13
The complexities of AI regulation

* In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie is joined by Bertin Martens https://www.bruegel.org/people/bertin-martens, Bruegel Senior fellow and Werner Stengg https://www.bruegel.org/people/werner-stengg, expert of EVP Margrethe Vestager’s cabinet. They explore the complexities of artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, focusing on the European Union's AI Act. They discuss the goals and potential effectiveness of the new artificial intelligence rules, including in areas like data use, copyright, antitrust and global competitiveness. 

40m
Mar 06
South Korea's semiconductor strategy

* In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Yuyun Zhan https://www.bruegel.org/people/yuyun-zhan sits down with Alicia García-Herrero https://www.bruegel.org/people/alicia-garcia-herrero and June Park https://www.bruegel.org/people/june-parkto talk about South Korea’s semiconductor industry, specifically how geopolitical tensions like China’s localisation needs and US export controls could impact the sector. They also discuss South Korea’s economic relations with both of those countries and how they are affected by the semiconductor industry. They discuss if Europe can become an optimal destination for South Korean chipmakers’ diversification strategy, whether the bloc can keep up with the pace of technological innovation and if it can compete with regions like the US and Japan. This episode is part of the ZhōngHuá Mundus series of The Sound of Economics. ZhōngHuá Mundus is a newsletter by Bruegel, bringing you monthly analysis of China in the world, as seen from Europe. Sign up now https://bruegel.secure.force.com/events/UpdateAcc?sf=1&s4=1 to receive it in your mailbox!

36m
Feb 28
What to do with frozen Russian assets

* In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie invites MEP Johan Van Overtveldt https://www.bruegel.org/people/johan-van-overtveldt and Bruegel Senior fellow Nicolas Véron https://www.bruegel.org/people/nicolas-veron to talk about the impact of the sanctions on Russian assets in the global financial system and what that means in terms of systemic risk for Belgium, for Europe and for the world. They discuss possible avenues where the EU could utilise 200 billion frozen Russian assets, in particular a recently proposed plan to use the assets as collateral and take out a loan to help fund Ukraine. Explore more of Bruegel's research on Ukraine. https://www.bruegel.org/country/ukraine 

42m
Feb 21
Strengthening EU competitivenss

* In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie sits down with Oya Celasun https://www.bruegel.org/people/oya-celasun, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s European Department, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer https://www.bruegel.org/people/jeromin-zettelmeyer, Director of Bruegel, to talk about EU competitiveness. They define what the term means; discuss whether the EU has a competitiveness problem; and if so, how it can be fixed.

44m
Feb 14
Skills anticipation for the green transition

* In the final episode of The Skills podcast series, Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie discusses with Duygu Güner https://www.bruegel.org/people/duygu-guner and Francesca Rosso https://www.bruegel.org/people/francesca-rosso on skills anticipation. They talk about the new skills that are emerging and the impact of skills anticipation on education and training. They also talk about providing the required skills needed for the green transition and about creating a smooth process for all workers, regardless of their skill level. This is part of a special Skills https://www.bruegel.org/podcast-series/skillsseries of The Sound of Economics, where we discuss how we can utilise upskilling and reskilling initiatives to protect vulnerable groups of the workforce, how to build a resilient workforce and create a better functioning EU labour market. 

30m
Feb 07
Ten years of Europe’s banking union

* In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie sits down with Nicolas Véron https://www.bruegel.org/people/nicolas-veron and Harald Waiglein https://www.bruegel.org/people/harald-waiglein to look at the status of Europe’s banking union. They discuss how the project started, how it is going and the political climate that has brought us to this stage of the project. They also point out the unfinished business including insurance, the crisis management framework and more.

50m
Jan 31
Industrial strategies for Europe’s green transition

* In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie invites Chiara Criscuolo https://www.bruegel.org/people/chiara-criscuolo and Reinhilde Veugelers https://www.bruegel.org/people/reinhilde-veugelers. The speakers argue that the current pace of innovation is too slow to face the challenge of climate change and that a range of barriers and market failures remain at the root of the problem. To resolve these, a mission-oriented industrial strategy for the green transition is needed. RELEVANT PUBLICATION: __ Industrial strategies for Europe’s green transition https://www.bruegel.org/sites/default/files/2023-08/Bruegel%20Blueprint%2033_chapter%207.pdf, Chapter by Chiara Criscuolo, Antoine Dechezlepretre and Guy Lalanne, Bruegel Blueprint (Sparking Europe’s new industrial revolution: A policy for net zero, growth and resilience https://www.bruegel.org/book/sparking-europes-new-industrial-revolution-policy-net-zero-growth-and-resilience), July 2023 __

36m
Jan 24
China’s third attempt to internationalise its currency

* In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Yuyun Zhan https://www.bruegel.org/people/yuyun-zhan invites Alessia Amighini https://www.bruegel.org/people/alessia-amighini and Alicia García-Herrero https://www.bruegel.org/people/alicia-garcia-herreroto discuss China’s latest push to internationalise its currency, the Renminbi. They talk about China’s previous two attempts, its approach to internationalise the RMB this time around and the wider implications of a strengthened RMB. This might prompt other countries to try and strengthen their own currencies, which could lead to a more fragmented financial system. Our experts discuss how the euro, compared to the dollar, might be more affected by this. RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS: __ China’s second attempt to internationalise the RMB by launching its own digital currency https://mailchi.mp/00477df675e4/zhnghu-mundus-bruegels-monthly-china-newsletter, ZhōngHuá Mundus newsletter, __ * This episode is part of the ZhōngHuá Mundus series of The Sound of Economics. ZhōngHuá Mundus is a newsletter by Bruegel, bringing you monthly analysis of China in the world, as seen from Europe. Sign up now https://bruegel.secure.force.com/events/UpdateAcc?sf=1&s4=1 to receive it in your mailbox!

28m
Jan 17
Taking stock of EU economic security

* In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie sits down with Isabelle Mejean https://www.bruegel.org/people/isabelle-mejean and Niclas Poitiers https://www.bruegel.org/people/niclas-poitiers to discuss EU economic security. They start with the various definitions of the term, how their research fits into the current knowledge gap and they give policy recommendations on how to strengthen economic security in the bloc in areas like diversification, industrial policy, anti-coercion instruments and so on.

41m
Jan 10
A year in review

* In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie invites Heather Grabbe https://www.bruegel.org/node/845/speaker/nojs?event=9173, Jean Pisani-Ferry https://www.bruegel.org/people/jean-pisani-ferry, Fiona M. Scott Morton https://www.bruegel.org/people/fiona-m-scott-morton and Jeromin Zettelmeyer https://www.bruegel.org/people/jeromin-zettelmeyer to do a yearly round-up of significant economic policy developments from Europe and the world. They discuss the implication of wars and recent European elections, interest rate hikes, green investment, industrial policy, EU fiscal rules reform and digital regulations.

48m
Dec 20, 2023
Expectations and outcomes of the 24th EU-China summit

* On 7 December 2023, the 24th EU-China Summit took place in Beijing, where President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council, Charles Michel, met with China’s President, Xi Jinping and Premier, Li Qiang. Although both sides had various topics they wanted to address, there appeared to be minimal results. In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Yuyun Zhan https://www.bruegel.org/people/yuyun-zhan and Alicia García-Herrero https://www.bruegel.org/people/alicia-garcia-herrero invite Liwei Wang https://www.bruegel.org/people/liwei-wang to take a deep dive into the expectations and outcomes of the Summit. They talk about the EU’s anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles, the EU’s trade deficit with China and China’s market access among various other topics. They also look at the road forward on EU-China dialogues and discuss the areas on which the two powers can work together more such as climate transition and artificial intelligence regulation. This episode is part of the ZhōngHuá Mundus series of The Sound of Economics. ZhōngHuá Mundus is a newsletter by Bruegel, bringing you monthly analysis of China in the world, as seen from Europe. Sign up now https://bruegel.secure.force.com/events/UpdateAcc?sf=1&s4=1 to receive it in your mailbox!

29m
Dec 14, 2023
Ukraine’s future with the EU

* Ukraine is an official EU candidate since June 2022. In mid-December 2023, the leaders of EU countries are meeting to discuss whether to start official accession talks. In this episode of the Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie invites Zsolt Darvas https://www.bruegel.org/people/zsolt-darvas and Heather Grabbe https://www.bruegel.org/people/heather-grabbe to look at the timeframe for the talks, the procedures and the criteria needed for Ukraine’s accession into the EU. They also discuss the costs of enlargement and what it might mean for the EU. Finally, they acknowledge the necessity for the union to show its solidarity with Ukraine, by opening official accession talks, helping the country to improve and reconstruct itself; and welcoming it to the EU when it has met the accession requirements.

38m
Dec 13, 2023
The state of play in global tax deal

* About 140 nations have come together to agree on a 15% global minimum corporate tax rate and a way to make sure tech companies and other multinational giants pay their fair share. Putting these hard-won agreements into practice brings new difficulties and delays may mean a flurry of new digital services taxes. Furthermore, developing nations have pushed to put tax talks on the United Nations' agenda. In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie is joined by Benjamin Angel https://www.bruegel.org/people/benjamin-angel and Pascal Saint-Amans https://www.bruegel.org/people/pascal-saint-amans to talk about the state of play in OECD’s global tax deal. They discuss the role that different stakeholders play in the developments, including the OECD, the EU, the US and the Global South. 

38m
Dec 06, 2023
The role of civil society in skills development

* Civil society plays an important role in skills development. In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie and Duygu Güner https://www.bruegel.org/people/duygu-guner are joined by two stakeholders from the civil society sector: Deputy Secretary General and Head of Policy of the European Association for the Education of Adults, Raffaela Kihrer https://www.bruegel.org/people/raffaela-kihrer and Sertaç Yerlikaya https://www.bruegel.org/people/sertac-yerlikaya, the country manager of 42 İstanbul https://42istanbul.com.tr/en/, a coding school in Türkiye, Director of Türkiye Open Source Platform https://www.geleceginbecerileri.com/en/gelecegin-becerileri-programi/ and Country Coordinator for the World Economic Forum's "Closing the Skills Gap Accelerator" programme. They discuss the need for cooperation and partnership among different stakeholders (industry, academia, government and civil society) in skills development, the role of civil society in building this partnership, and the importance of advocating for more involvement of civil society to help close the skills gap. This is part of a special Skills https://www.bruegel.org/podcast-series/skills series of The Sound of Economics, where we discuss how we can utilise upskilling and reskilling initiatives to protect vulnerable groups of the workforce, how to build a resilient workforce and how to create a better functioning EU labour market. Relevant publications: __ Life skills and participation in adult learning https://eaea.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Life-skills-and-participation-in-adult-learning_December-2019.pdf, EAEA policy paper Partnerships and cooperations in adult education https://eaea.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Policy-paper-on-partnerships-and-cooperations_final.pdf, EAEA background paper __ * https://www.bruegel.org/future-work-and-inclusive-growth-europe

37m
Nov 29, 2023
Greening EU fiscal rules

* In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie is joined by Ester Barendregt https://www.bruegel.org/people/ester-barendregt, Zsolt Darvas https://www.bruegel.org/people/zsolt-darvas and Jeromin Zettelmeyer https://www.bruegel.org/people/jeromin-zettelmeyer to discuss how to finish the new fiscal rules for the European Union before next year's European elections. They speak about whether the emerging fiscal rules might help or hurt efforts to fund the green transition. Also on the agenda is the latest developments towards fiscal rules reform, with the speakers giving their feedback on the current proposals. They also debate how to balance debt and environmental sustainability and whether there is enough political will to achieve fiscal rules reform. RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS: __ Zettelmeyer, J. (2023) ‘Are the emerging EU fiscal rules green enough?’, , 16 November, available at https://www.bruegel.org/first-glance/are-emerging-eu-fiscal-rules-green-enough __

36m
Nov 22, 2023
The evolution of EU-China relations

* In this episode of ZhōngHuá Mundus, Yuyun Zhan https://www.bruegel.org/people/yuyun-zhan sits down with Alicia García-Herrero https://www.bruegel.org/people/alicia-garcia-herrero and Giuseppe Porcaro https://www.bruegel.org/people/giuseppe-porcaro, founders of the podcast and newsletter series, to reflect on their journey exploring China's economic dynamics and its implications for Europe. The hosts candidly discuss their motivations behind launching the podcast, explaining their original aims of providing a global audience with a nuanced understanding of China's international impact. They also discuss Europe's transformation and assertiveness in global affairs, expressing hopes for a more proactive approach, especially in areas like industrial policy and strategic foresight. This episode is part of the ZhōngHuá Mundus series of The Sound of Economics. ZhōngHuá Mundus is a newsletter by Bruegel, bringing you monthly analysis of China in the world, as seen from Europe. Sign up now https://bruegel.secure.force.com/events/UpdateAcc?sf=1&s4=1 to receive it in your mailbox!

19m
Nov 15, 2023
Can/Should robots look after the young and the old?

* The future of work has become a prominent topic for research and policy debate. However, the debate has focused entirely on paid work, even though people in industrialised countries spend on average comparable amounts of time on unpaid work. This ranges from simple daily chores like sweeping the floor and cooking, to more complicated and controversial issues like robots looking after kids or the elderly.   In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Giuseppe Porcaro sits down with Ekaterina Hertog https://www.bruegel.org/people/ekaterina-hertog and Fabian Stephany https://www.bruegel.org/people/fabian-stephany to investigate the road less travelled, Ekaterina’s research on the potential and the willingness of people to automatise unpaid domestic work. Around this topic, they discuss the aspect of work/life balance, the gender aspect, the question of services oriented towards the domestic work market and more. https://www.bruegel.org/future-work-and-inclusive-growth-europe

42m
Nov 08, 2023
EU financial stability in times of war

* Geopolitical conflicts like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the recent Israel-Hamas war have added uncertainties to the global energy and financial markets. In this episode of The Sound of Economics, our podcast host Rebecca Christie /Rebecca%20Christie sits down with Senior fellows Simone Tagliapietra https://www.bruegel.org/people/simone-tagliapietra and Nicolas Veron https://www.bruegel.org/people/nicolas-veron to talk about the intersections of war and markets. Together they discuss the energy and financial implications of the Israel-Hamas war and the ongoing EU budget debate on the bloc’s financing needs such as the green transition and investments. They also explore how Europe may navigate through current geopolitical conflicts and keep its resistance moving forward. 

33m
Oct 31, 2023
Charting Poland’s post-election path

* The 15 October Polish elections showed that the opposition leader Donald Tusk, former European Council president and a former Polish prime minister, has a decent chance of forming a new coalition government to take over from the right-wing Law and Justice Party that has been in power since 2015.  In this episode of The Sound of Economics, recorded 20 Oct., our podcast host Rebecca Christie https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie sits down with Non-resident fellow Marek Dabrowski https://www.bruegel.org/people/marek-dabrowski, a former deputy finance minister during Poland’s transition away from communism, and visiting fellow Paweł Karbownik https://www.bruegel.org/people/pawel-karbownik, a Visiting fellow who has been an adviser to Tusk in Brussels and during the campaign.  Together they unpack how the elections turned out and what might happen next: what political and economic challenges the new government will be facing, the progress it might have in the standoff over the EU budget. They also discuss how Poland will play a more important role in policymaking as the EU looks toward new rounds of enlargement in coming years.

37m
Oct 25, 2023
Understanding local government debt in China

* China's growth model, marked by excessive investment and a high savings rate, has led to the accumulation of local government debt and a skewed balance between consumption and investment. In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Giuseppe Porcaro https://www.bruegel.org/people/giuseppe-porcaro and Alicia García-Herrero https://www.bruegel.org/people/alicia-garcia-herrero explore this debt burden with Michael Pettis https://www.bruegel.org/people/michael-pettis, exposing the structural problem in China’s growth model which over-relies on investment. This episode is part of the ZhōngHuá Mundus series of The Sound of Economics. ZhōngHuá Mundus is a newsletter by Bruegel, bringing you monthly analysis of China in the world, as seen from Europe. Sign up now https://bruegel.secure.force.com/events/UpdateAcc?sf=1&s4=1 to receive it in your mailbox!

30m
Oct 18, 2023
Skills-based hiring: bridging the labour gap

* There is a huge skill mismatch and skills shortages in the EU labour market. In 2022, despite the all-time high employment rate (74.6%), we are still seeing the highest job vacancy rate of 2.9%, which more than doubled compared to 2012 (1.3%). In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Giuseppe Porcaro https://www.bruegel.org/people/giuseppe-porcaro discusses the importance of skills-based hiring with Duygu Güner https://www.bruegel.org/people/duygu-guner and Mona Mourshed https://www.bruegel.org/people/mona-mourshed. How can this practice help remove the barriers between workers and the job market and how can it further assist digital transformation in our economy? They also discuss how to motivate workers as well as employers to adopt this new system. This is part of a special Skills https://www.bruegel.org/podcast-series/skillsseries of The Sound of Economics, where we discuss how we can utilise upskilling and reskilling initiatives to protect vulnerable groups of the workforce, how to build a resilient workforce and create a better functioning EU labour market.  RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS: Launching a Tech Hiring Revolution https://www.generation.org/tech/, Report by Generation Gotti, G., T. Schraepen and D. Güner (2023) ‘Technology Adoption dashboard https://www.bruegel.org/dataset/technology-adoption-dashboard’, Bruegel Datasets https://www.bruegel.org/future-work-and-inclusive-growth-europe

37m
Oct 11, 2023
Read with Bruegel: Ways of being

* What can we learn from other forms of intelligence and personhood, and how can we change our societies to live more equitably with one another and the non-human world? In this episode of Read with Bruegel https://www.bruegel.org/podcast-series/read-bruegel series, Giuseppe Porcaro https://www.bruegel.org/people/giuseppe-porcaro welcomes James Bridle https://www.bruegel.org/people/james-bridle to discuss his latest book ‘Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374601119/waysofbeing.’ They discuss the effects of Artificial Intelligence and new technologies on our society, economics, politics and everyday life. They delve into the relationship human beings have with the other beings we share the planet with. They also discuss the contribution of art and of artistic practices and why we should build more bridges between artists, economists, and political scientists.

38m
Oct 04, 2023
The state of play in EU-LATAM trade

* The EU has been using trade policy to export its standards on competition policy, environmental protection and human rights among other policy areas, which has famously become known as ‘The Brussels Effect’. But this could eventually get in the way of trade deal negotiations. For example, the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement is bogged down by Amazon deforestation concerns since 2019.  But can the EU afford to prolong the trade deal negotiations with Latin America countries, given Latin America’s increasingly important role in global economics, from the reconfiguration of the global supply chains to being a key component for critical raw materials, which is a strategic emerging consumer’s market and an indispensable natural resource for the planet? In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Giuseppe Porcaro https://www.bruegel.org/people/giuseppe-porcaro invites Alan Beattie https://www.bruegel.org/people/alan-beattie, Alicia García-Herrero https://www.bruegel.org/people/alicia-garcia-herrero and David Kleimann https://www.bruegel.org/people/david-kleimann to discuss the state of play of EU-LATAM trade relations and how the EU should proceed to showcase its commitment to trade openness and economic engagement.

42m
Sep 27, 2023
Evaluating the European Commission’s fiscal governance proposal

* At the start of the Covid-19 crisis, the European Commission suspended the fiscal rules that applied to member states to allow countries to use fiscal policy domestically to deal with health emergency. This suspension was further extended when Russia invaded Ukraine and cause a great energy crisis in the European Union. The suspension is now meant to be lifted in 2024 when the rules will come back into full operation. In this three-year period, the European Commission has also tried to update and modernise the fiscal framework in a proposal they put forward in April 2023. In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Maria Demertzis https://www.bruegel.org/people/maria-demertzis invites Jeromin Zettelmeyer https://www.bruegel.org/people/jeromin-zettelmeyer and Zsolt Darvas https://www.bruegel.org/people/zsolt-darvas to evaluate this proposal. As they present in a recent paper, in this framework, medium-term fiscal adjustment requirements would be determined by country-by-country debt sustainability analysis (DSA), the 3 percent deficit ceiling and simple rules requiring minimum deficit and debt adjustments (‘safeguards’). These elements are controversial, with some EU countries (and us) preferring a DSA-based approach, while others prefer to stick to simple rules.   RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS __ The economic governance review and its impact on monetary-fiscal coordination https://www.bruegel.org/external-publication/economic-governance-review-and-its-impact-monetary-fiscal-coordination, Zsolt Darvas, Jeromin Zettelmeyer, In-Depth analysis, European Parliament __

49m
Sep 20, 2023
Assessing the State of the Union 2023

* On 13 September 2023, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, delivered this year’s State of the Union address before the European Parliament. This is the last address of her current mandate. In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Giuseppe Porcaro https://www.bruegel.org/people/giuseppe-porcaro hosts André Sapir https://www.bruegel.org/people/andre-sapir, Simone Tagliapietra https://www.bruegel.org/people/simone-tagliapietra and Jeromin Zettelmeyer https://www.bruegel.org/people/jeromin-zettelmeyer to evaluate von der Leyen’s address regarding the European Green Deal, industrial policy, economic security, Ukraine and more.

56m
Sep 13, 2023
Backstage at BAM 23: Assessing the risks and prospects of European banking system

* European banking supervision has developed and matured by moving from being predominantly rules-based and heavily codified, to becoming more risk-focused and adaptable to rapidly changing economic circumstances.  Backstage at the Bruegel Annual Meetings 2023 https://www.bruegel.org/annual-meetings/bruegel-annual-meetings-6-7-september-2023, Giuseppe Porcaro https://www.bruegel.org/people/giuseppe-porcaro and Nicolas Véro https://www.bruegel.org/people/nicolas-veronn speak with Sharon Donnery https://www.bruegel.org/people/sharon-donnery, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Ireland, to discuss the evolution of European banking supervision, the increasingly central role of risk assessment, as well as the prospects for the near future.

33m
Sep 07, 2023
What to expect from the BRICS expansion

* This year’s BRICS annual summit delivered the headline announcement of the group’s expansion: in January 2024, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates will join the grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa . In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Giuseppe Porcaro https://www.bruegel.org/people/giuseppe-porcaro and Alicia García-Herrero https://www.bruegel.org/people/alicia-garcia-herrero are joined by Jim O’Neill https://www.bruegel.org/people/jim-oneill, who coined the acronym BRIC, to discuss how the grouping has developed since its formation in 2009, the reasons behind this new expansion and the consequences it may have on the global economic and geopolitical landscape.

24m
Aug 31, 2023