Special topic: Using fat survey data to nowcast euro area GDP growth. After losses in 2018-Q1 and a broad sideways movement in Q2, the euro-area (EA) and EU Economic Sentiment Indicators (ESI) posted moderate decreases of 0.9 (EU) and 1.4 (EA) points in the third quarter. In both cases, the...

Building on the vision set out in the Five Presidents' Report, the Commission presented its roadmap for deepening Europe's Economic and Monetary Union in December 2017. As a next step, in the Multiannual Financial Framework, the Commission is proposing a Reform Support Programme alongside a...

The European Commission's Communication sets out a vision of how certain budgetary functions that are essential for the euro area and the EU as a whole can be developed within the framework of the EU's public finances of today and tomorrow. In this Communication, the Commission presents some key...

The European Commission's Communication sets out a vision of how certain budgetary functions that are essential for the euro area and the EU as a whole can be developed within the framework of the EU's public finances of today and tomorrow. In this Communication, the Commission presents some key...

The Structural Reform Support Programme finances tailor-made technical support to Member States to help them with their reform plans. The support is available to all EU Member States, is demand-driven and requires no co-financing. The Structural Reform Support Programme is implemented by the...

As part of its Roadmap for deepening Europe's Economic and Monetary Union, the European Commission sets out how a future European Minister of Economy and Finance could play a role in the governance architecture of the EU and euro area. Specifically, the Communication details the possible key...

This tenth surveillance report provides an assessment of Spain's economic and financial situation following its exit from the financial assistance programme in January 2014. A team from the European Commission (EC), in liaison with staff from the European Central Bank (ECB), carried out the...

This report presents the findings of the third post-programme surveillance (PPS) mission of European Commission staff, in liaison with staff from the European Central Bank (ECB), which took place in Cyprus from 25 to 29 September 2017. Given that Cyprus has been identified as experiencing...