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Jul 06, 2023

Eurozone convergence: two steps forward, one step back

The European Commission’s new Economic Security Strategy could not have come sooner, with its focus on boosting Europe’s competitiveness and deepening the Single Market as essential elements for safeguarding the bloc’s economic security. 

Jul 04, 2023

More emissions than meet the eye: Decarbonizing the ICT sector

More emissions than meet the eye: Even without taking into account the cryptocurrency boom, the global ICT sector emits as much greenhouse gases as the aviation sector. The information and communications technologies (ICT) sector drives economic growth, enables digital transformation, fosters innovation and promotes global collaboration and connectivity.

Jun 29, 2023

De-dollarization? No so fast…

Recent efforts by some emerging market (EM) countries to diversify their currency reserves away from the US dollar have raised questions about the beginning of the end of USD dominance. 

Jun 27, 2023

Toasted, roasted and grilled? Walking the talk on green monetary policy

At this week’s ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, climate change risks and their impact on monetary policy will feature prominently on the agenda. One of the awarded academic papers investigates how the transition to a net-zero emissions economy can affect the transmission of monetary policy. 

Jun 20, 2023

Climbing the wall of worries

Some larger economies slipped into recession earlier this year amid a difficult global economic outlook, with GDP growth averaging at only +2.5% and +2.3% in 2023-24, respectively.

 

Jun 16, 2023

Automotive industry unplugged?

New car registrations in Europe are accelerating but remain in the slow lane as the market consolidates.

Jun 14, 2023

Biodiversity loss part II: portfolio impacts and abatement measures

Portfolios most exposed to equities and the agriculture and food services sectors feel the pinch of biodiversity loss. The results of our pilot study on pollination-service loss (PSL) allow for quantitative estimates of financial institutions’ portfolio exposure to biodiversity-related risk.

Jun 09, 2023

Past the peak – European corporate margins down again?

Eurozone corporate profit margins reached 40.8% of gross value-added at end-2022 (+0.6pp above the long-term average). But the devil is in the details.

Jun 07, 2023

The right to work versus the right to retire

Ageism is still pushing older workers out of the labor market: In the EU only 51% of the population aged between 60 to 64 is still active on the labor market. The main causes are difficulties to find an adequate job and long-term unemployment in higher ages since negative stereotypes about older workers persist.

Jun 02, 2023

Sector vulnerability to rising financing costs

With a debt/EBITDA ratio of 3.8x on average, US firms are more leveraged than European ones (3.3x). But Europe has a higher proportion of total debt maturing in one year (20% vs 14% for the US).

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