Quarterly Report on the Euro Area (QREA)

2012 - 2024

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Volume 23, issue 2_3, 2024

Scene setter: the value of unity@25 pp. 7-23

Leonor Coutinho and Matteo Salto

The resilience of euro area labour markets to recent economic shocks pp. 25-35

Áron Kiss, Alessandro Turrini and Kristine van Herck

The Recovery and Resilience Facility: promoting investments and driving reforms pp. 37-46

Daniel Schulz, Fabrice Orlandi and Magdalena Spooner

Robust and dynamic financial markets pp. 47-59

Kalojan Hoffmeister, Stephen Ryan and Ulrich Clemens

An evolving euro area policy mix pp. 61-77

Alessandra Cepparulo, Guillaume Cousin, Allen Monks and Vito Ernesto Reitano

Volume 23, issue 1, 2024

Terms-of-trade-driven inflation and monetary-fiscal policie pp. 7-22

Gergő Motyovszki

Climate change and its implications for prices and inflation pp. 23-40

Christian Buelens

Sectoral wage shock and inflation in the euro area pp. 41-54

Áron Kiss, Giulia Maravalli, Matteo Salto and Kristine Van Herck

Volume 22, issue 4, 2024

What’s behind the spike in food inflation – recent developments, drivers and outlook in the euro area pp. 7-18

András Rezessy and Giulia Maravalli

The economic impact of Covid-19 learning deficits pp. 21-33

Joana Elisa Maldonado, Anneleen Vandeplas and Lukas Vogel

Large-scale EU issuance: 3 years on pp. 37-47

Daniel P. Monteiro

Volume 22, issue 3, 2023

Drivers of bank profitability in the euro area pp. 7-22

Mario Bellia and Guillaume Cousin

When it rains, does it still pour? Quantifying contingent fiscal liabilities risks stemming from EU banks in times of severe stress pp. 23-34

Mario Bellia, Francois Courtoy and Adja Awa Sissoko

Euro Area Household Debt pp. 35-49

Leonor Coutinho, Vitor Martins and Matteo Salto

Volume 22, issue 2, 2023

The great dispersion: euro area inflation differentials in the aftermath of the pandemic and the war pp. 7-22

Christian Buelens

Pass-through in EU electricity and gas markets pp. 23-34

Helena Hernnäs, Åsa Johannesson-Lindén, Ruben Kasdorp and Magdalena Spooner

Corporate vulnerability and the energy crisis pp. 35-47

Elizaveta Archanskaia, Plamen Nikolov, Wouter Simons, Alessandro Turrini and Lukas Vogel

Volume 22, issue 1, 2023

Inflation and its diverse social consequences across the euro area pp. 7-16

Balint Menyhert

Short- and long-run determinants of labour shortages pp. 17-30

Alfonso Arpaia and Anita Halasz

Prospects for long-term productivity growth pp. 31-42

Ben Deboeck

The direct effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on exports across the euro area pp. 43-58

Eric Meyermans

Volume 21, issue 4, 2023

How to ensure fiscal sustainability in a growth-friendly manner? pp. 13-24

Eloïse Orseau, Henk Van Noten, Pedro Arevalo, Alessandra Cepparulo, Gilles Mourre and Stéphanie Pamies

Enhancing the Ability of Fiscal Policy to Ensure Macroeconomic Stabilisation pp. 25-36

Olivia Galgau, Philipp Mohl, Gilles Mourre and Diana Radu

The role of the fiscal framework to foster public investment, including in light of the green and digital transitions pp. 37-48

Sven Langedijk, Åsa Johannesson-Lindén, Paul Brans, Alessandra Cepparulo, Helena Hernnäs, Alexander Ioannidis, Clíona McDonnell, Philipp Mohl and Vito Ernesto Reitano

Improving compliance with the EU fiscal framework through stronger ownership and enforcement pp. 49-58

Henk Van Noten, Elva Bova, Gilles Mourre and Christian Weise

Volume 21, issue 3, 2022

Convergence in GDP per capita in the euro area and the EU at the time of COVID-19 pp. 7-18

Mirko Licchetta and Giovanni Mattozzi

Links between housing and real economy in the euro area pp. 19-28

Bořek Vašíček and Václav Žďárek

The exchange rate elasticity of import prices across the euro area pp. 29-42

Eric Meyermans

Croatia joining the euro area pp. 43-52

Arian Perić and Adriana Reut

Volume 21, issue 2, 2022

Estimates of corporate cleansing during COVID-19 – using firm-level data to measure its productivity impact pp. 7-18

Liza Archanskaia, Plamen Nikolov and Wouter Simons

Slack vs. tightness in euro area labour markets: growing mismatch after COVID-19? pp. 19-28

Áron Kiss, Alessandro Turrini and Anneleen Vandeplas

The SURE Instrument: an updated assessment pp. 29-40

Clíona McDonnell, Jocelyn Boussard, Isabelle Justo, Philipp Mohl, Gilles Mourre and Klara Stovicek

Stress tests on the fiscal impact of extreme weather and climate-related events pp. 41-52

Nicola Gagliardi, Pedro Arevalo and Stéphanie Pamies

Volume 21, issue 1, 2022

Euro area inflation shaped by two years of COVID-19 pandemic pp. 7-20

Christian Buelens and Vaclav Zdarek

Potential output and output gaps against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 21-30

Anna Thum-Thysen, François Blondeau, Francesca d’Auria, Björn Döhring, Atanas Hristov and Kieran Mc Morrow

The market performance of EU bonds pp. 31-42

Daniel Monteiro

The ‘exorbitant privilege’ of an international-currency status: theory and evidence pp. 43-56

Eric Meyermans

Volume 20, issue 4, 2022

Assessing the cushioning role of tax-benefit systems on households’ income in the euro area during the COVID-19 pandemic: a microsimulation analysis pp. 7-16

Michael Christl, Silvia De Poli, Francesco Figari, Tine Hufkens, Chrysa Leventi, Andrea Papini and Alberto Tumino

Gross fixed capital formation in the euro area during the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 17-28

Mirko Licchetta and Eric Meyermans

Taxation of residential property in the euro area with a view to growth, equality and environmental sustainability pp. 29-38

Alexander Leodolter, Savina Princen and Aleksander Rutkowski

Revisiting the link between government debt and sovereign interest rates in the euro area pp. 39-46

Stéphanie Pamies, Nicolas Carnot and Anda Patarau

Volume 20, issue 3, 2021

An overview of the economics of the Recovery and Resilience Facility pp. 7-16

Emiel Afman, Steven Engels, Sven Langedijk, Philipp Pfeiffer and Jan in 't Veld

COVID-19: the stabilising impact of EU bond issuance on sovereigns and banks pp. 17-28

Mario Bellia, Ludovic Calès, Lorenzo Frattarolo, Daniel Monteiro and Marco Petracco Giudic

The 2021 Ageing Report: pension reform reversal and adequacy risks in the EU pp. 29-36

Eloïse Orseau and Ben Deboeck

The economic consequences of central bank digital currencies pp. 37-48

Ulrich Clemens, Guillaume Cousin, Jean-Baptiste Feller, Daniel Monteiro and Matteo Salto

Volume 20, issue 2, 2021

The macroeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the euro area pp. 7-16

Olga Croitorov, Giulia Filippeschi, Mirko Licchetta, Philipp Pfeiffer, Adriana Reut, Wouter Simons, Anna Thum-Thysen, Anneleen Vandeplas and Lukas Vogel

The uneven impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across the euro area pp. 17-30

Eric Meyermans, Virgilijus Rutkauskas and Wouter Simons

International tourism decline and its impact on external balances in the euro area pp. 31-40

Leonor Coutinho, Goran Vukšić and Stefan Zeugner

The SURE instrument – key features and first assessment pp. 41-49

Clíona McDonnell, Jocelyn Boussard, Isabelle Justo, Philipp Mohl, Gilles Mourre and Klara Stovicek

Volume 20, issue 1, 2021

The structural economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the euro area: a literature review pp. 7-21

Maya Jollès and Eric Meyermans

Economic impacts of climate change and mitigation pp. 23-38

Anna Dimitríjevics, Björn Döhring, Janos Varga and Jan in 't Veld

Fiscal policy implications of uncertain fiscal outcomes pp. 39-45

Philipp Mohl and Gilles Mourre

Economic benefits of the euro pp. 47-61

Paul Brans, Ulrich Clemens, Christina Kattami and Eric Meyermans