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Diverging current account balances in the euro area
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While the current account of the euro area is broadly in balance, there are huge divergences among the member states. |
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Bertie's legacy
06.04.2008
By: Alan Ahearne, Bruegel and NUI Galway
As Bertie Ahern's ten-year tenure comes to an end, so does Ireland's extraordinary economic boom.
Spain on the verge of a nervous breakdown
26.03.2008
By: Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort
An anticipated slowdown may become a sudden halt with a severe correction for Spain's economy. As the Almodovar girls, many Spaniards are on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Genuine reforms please, not more taxis
18.03.2008
By: Wolfgang Münchau
The Attali Commission repeated all the mistakes economic reformers made in the past. It produced a list that is too long and too unfocused.
What Spain needs to do
16.03.2008
By: Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort
The Spanish economy faces real challenges that will have to be confronted with creative economic policy with better education, research and development, and a larger allocation of public spending to infrastructure building.