General public debates on international relocation in the EU-15 generally focus on the process in its narrow sense: a company closing a plant in one of EU-15 countries while simultaneously opening a plant in a low-wage emerging country where it will produce goods at lower costs to be offered on...

The 10th EUROFRAME1 Conference on economic policy issues in the European Union was held in Warsaw on 24 May 2013. The Conference topic was: “Towards a better governance in the EU?”. Twelve of the papers given at the Conference are released in this issue of the Revue de l’OFCE/Debates and...

This paper presents a critical assessment of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). Section 2 recalls the fiscal policy framework in the euro area. Section 3 provides an assessment of the first five years of the SGP. Section 4 addresses the weaknesses of the procedures: arbitrary criteria,...

The September 11th attacks on the United States and the consequent combat against international terrorism have clouded the short-term outlook for the world economy. World economic growth had already slowed considerably from the final quarter of last year. This was in part the consequence of past...

Prospects for the European Union and the Euro Area look sound, but there is a risk of a significant slowdown in the US. Central banks in the European Union should stand ready to offset any deflationary impacts from abroad. The appreciation of the euro and lower oil prices should help moderate...

The economic crisis which started in 2008 led to a strong rise in public debts. The sovereign debt crisis in euro area southern countries broke the unity of the euro area and weakened the “single currency” concept. The paper shows that this situation is not due to a lack of fiscal discipline...

We intend to point out three issues. Disparities in growth, inflation and current account balances are a problem in the euro area. The current functioning of the euro area increases growth disparities between the Member States. It is not only domestic problems which could be improved by...

Le PIB britannique a baissé de 0,2 % au quatrième trimestre 2011 après avoir augmenté de 0,5 % au trimestre précédent. Au-delà de ces fluctuations trimestrielles, la reprise a clairement marqué le pas au second semestre (...).

Compte rendu de la 9ème Conférence EUROFRAME qui s'est tenue à Kiel le 8 juin 2012.

La crise financière, déclenchée par la faillite de la banque Lehman Brothers fin 2008 est derrière nous, comme l’indique l’apaisement des marchés financiers. Pour autant, la crise n’est pas encore terminée. La croissance prévue en 2010-2011 ne permettra pas de retrouver le niveau...