Country-specific recommendations for fiscal policies under the 2018 European Semester

Stephan Haroutunian, Sebastian Hauptmeier and Nadine Leiner-Killinger

Economic Bulletin Boxes, 2018, vol. 4

Abstract: On 23 May the European Commission issued its 2018 European Semester Spring Package of policy recommendations for Member States. The package includes country-specific recommendations (CSRs) for economic and fiscal policies for all EU Member States. It also covers recommendations regarding the implementation of the European Union's Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) for a number of countries. With regard to fiscal policies, the recommendations focus in particular on Member States' compliance with the SGP on the basis of the Commission's 2018 spring forecast and the Commission's assessment of countries' policy plans as reflected in the updates of the stability and convergence programmes released in April. This year's European Semester exercise is important particularly with a view to avoiding any repetition of mistakes made prior to the financial crisis when sufficient fiscal buffers were not built up in economic good times and the ensuing recession was aggravated by the sudden necessity of pro-cyclical fiscal tightening. Against this background, this box examines the fiscal policy recommendations that are addressed to 18 euro area countries (i.e. excluding Greece). JEL Classification: H60, H68

Keywords: European Semester; fiscal developments; fiscal governance; Stability and Growth Pact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-06
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