This paper reviews gender budgeting concepts and approaches in some EU and non-EU countries. It provides a definition of gender budgeting within the larger context of equality budgeting, based on the relevant literature. It then zooms into the various tools used for gender budget...
The COVID-19 crisis was a major economic shock to both the euro area and the United States. The US experienced a larger impact on human health but suffered a smaller economic contraction. Both regions experienced a faster pace of the recovery than during the global financial cris...
This paper assesses corporate financial distress in terms of liquidity and risk of insolvency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We develop a novel multivariate approach to obtain monthly data on sectoral turnover, exploiting real time data to capture the atypical character of industr...
This is the fourteenth enhanced surveillance report for Greece. The report is based on the findings of a mission held on 6 April 2022 and regular dialogue with the Greek authorities. The mission was conducted by the European Commission in liaison with the European Central Bank. T...
This study provides Members of the European Parliament and other interested stakeholders with an independent evaluation of the likely economic, social and environmental impacts from the 10 Flagship projects of the Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans (EIP), adopte...
In line with its roadmap for the risk reduction measures package, the EBA updated the SREP guidelines for credit institutions in 2021 to reflect regulatory and supervisory developments since the guidelines were first revised in 2017. This second review aligned the SREP guidelines...
The report contains a comprehensive account of the activities carried out by ESMA in the implementation of its mandate and work programme in 2021. ESMA provides in the annual report a detailed account of the results achieved in relation to the objectives set in the work programme...
The trade disruptions and inflation caused by the Ukraine war is weighing on firms and households and threatening to derail Europe’s recovery. Price rises could also push more people into poverty. Before the war, the European economy was experiencing a heady recovery. The one-two...
The capital markets union (CMU) is a long-term and ambitious policy initiative of the European Union, which was officially launched in September 2015 with the adoption of an action plan by the Commission. Its strategic goal is to create a more diversified and integrated financial...
The updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy from 2018 “A sustainable Bioeconomy for Europe: Strengthening the connection between economy, society and the environment” provides the policy frame for the deployment of a circular and sustainable bioeconomy in Europe. In November 2019, the Cou...