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Mid-tech Europe? : sectoral patterns of total factor productivity growth in the EU vs the US

Nikolov, Plamen; Simons, Wouter; Turrini, Alessandro; … - 2026

This article analyses patterns in total factor productivity (TFP) in the EU in comparison with the US using the EU-KLEMS dataset. TFP growth in both regions has been largely driven by a few key sectors. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis (2013-2019), services played a major role in...

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Editorial: stablecoins, the GENIUS Act and Europe's monetary dilemma

Eichengreen, Barry - 2026

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Strategic direction for Europe in the new economic geography

Posen, Adam Simon - 2026

ue to Trump Administration policies, Europe faces a new economic geography. In essence, European economies have lost insurance of various types previously provided by the U.S. The European Union has more agency to shape its new environment and more opportunities for gains than is commonly...

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Momentum builds for strong and deep European safe assets

Janse, Kalin Anev; Beetsma, Roel - 2026

An enlarged EU budget is needed with own resources to finance European public goods and create a savings and investment union. This article argues that Europe's weak productivity, strategic vulnerabilities and fragmented capital markets call for a coherent EU-level investment strategy. European...

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The missing foundations of EU private capital mobilisation

Arnal, Judith - 2026

Europe's investment needs linked to the green and digital transitions - and increasingly to security and defence - will have to be met primarily through private capital. This paper argues that difficulties stem less from a lack of EU-level initiatives than from structural constraints rooted in...

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The missing foundations of EU private capital mobilisation

Arnal, Judith - 2026

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Protect imports, rebalance exports : the future of extra-EU trade

Demertzis, Maria; Fiorito, Alejandro - 2026

Debates on the EU's economy focus on the competitiveness gap, a narrative that encourages export-first policies. This is the wrong focus, as prosperity depends mainly on domestic productivity. Therefore, the EU's key challenges are weak productivity and, more recently, economic security. Trade...

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The need for a new policy approach to European capital flows

Nielsen, Erik F. - 2026

The ruptured geopolitical world has accentuated the urgency for Europe to strengthen its economy through productivity-enhancing investment, including in new technologies and defence. The roadmap is laid out in the Draghi and Letta reports, but additional new aspects have been added because of US...

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Services at the core : the missing piece of transatlantic trade talks?

Bickenbach, Frank; Görg, Holger; Liu, Wan-hsin - 2026

In August 2025, the European Union and the United States announced that they had agreed on a "Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade". The Framework Agreement remains vulnerable due to unresolved conflicts over the EU's treatment of US service providers, however. This...

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Trump's tariffs, global trade and Europe's strategic choice

Gros, Daniel - 2026

The return of trade policy as an instrument of geopolitics has raised concerns about the future of the global trading system. But Trump's tariffs of 2025 have not led to a collapse of global trade. The key reason for this resilience is that Trump's tariffs are discriminatory, i.e. the US has a...

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Fed independence : safe for now, but under long-term threat

Furman, Jason - 2026

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