Adjustment Difficulties in the GIPSY Club

In his latest analysis of the euro area countries currently under financial market pressure (Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and ItalY = GIPSY), CEPS Director Daniel Gros describes the key economic variables and mechanisms that will determine the necessary adjustment process. His key finding is that the adjustment will be particularly difficult for Greece and that failure cannot be excluded unless there is significant adjustment of wages in the private sector.

CEPS proposal for a European Monetary Fund taken up by German government and Commission

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that "Germany expressed support for creating a "European Monetary Fund" that could bail out indebted nations in the euro zone, showing how Greece's debt crisis is forcing Europe to rethink the institutional design of its common-currency area". The proposal, which, according to another paper has been "widely discussed among EU diplomats" was launched by CEPS Director Daniel Gros and Deutsche Bank's Chief Economist Thomas Mayer in this recent CEPS Policy Brief.

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