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Europe’s new regime for macroeconomic policy coordination : a first look
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Spanish and international economic and financial outlook, 2024, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 5-12
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JONES, Erik, Europe’s new regime for macroeconomic policy coordination : a first look, Spanish and international economic and financial outlook, 2024, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 5-12 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76467
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The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) announced the Council’s agreement on a new framework for macroeconomic policy coordination on 21 December 2023. The agreement marks the culmination of a pan-European debate over macroeconomic policy and fiscal adjustment that started during the pandemic, as governments took stock of the role of macroeconomic policy coordination in shielding Europe’s economies from the full impact of restrictive measures imposed to fight the spread of COVID-19. The new framework places emphasis on the need for national ownership over efforts at fiscal consolidation. It also builds on the recognition that the fiscal positions of member state governments are different from one country to the next. At the same time, it acknowledges that all EU member states should have incentives to invest in areas of common interest, including responding to climate change, fostering the digital and green transitions, and bolstering national defence. It also takes steps to simplify the design and the monitoring of fiscal consolidation measures to make them more credible and more transparent, which should bolster efforts to curtail macroeconomic imbalances and reduce unwanted volatility in financial markets.
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Published online: January 2024