Author/Editor: Mercedes Vera-Martín, Dominique Fayad, Rayah Al-Farah, Sergejs Saksonovs, Wei Shi, Fang Yang.

Release Date:May, 2019

CCA countries achieved gains in inclusiveness over the past 20 years as incomes increased and poverty, inequality, and unemployment declined. Most of the progress occurred before the 2008–09 global more...

Author/Editor: Angana Banerji, Bergljot Barkbu, James John, Tidiane Kinda, Sergejs Saksonovs, Hanni Schoelermann, Tao Wu.

Release Date:September, 2015

The momentum for structural reforms is waning in the euro area at a time when even faster progress is needed to boost productivity and growth, achieve real economic convergence, and improve the more...

Author/Editor: Bergljot B Barkbu, Pelin Berkmen, Pavel Lukyantsau, Sergejs Saksonovs, Hanni Schoelermann.

Release Date:February, 2015

Investment across the euro area remains below its pre-crisis level. Its performance has been weaker than in most previous recessions and financial crises. This paper shows that a part of this more...

Author/Editor: Angana Banerji, Huidan Huidan Lin, Sergejs Saksonovs.

Release Date:January, 2015

The crisis has intensified what was previously a chronic unemployment problem in Europe; youth unemployment is now at unprecedented highs in some European countries. This paper assesses the main more...

Author/Editor: Angana Banerji, Sergejs Saksonovs, Huidan Huidan Lin, Rodolphe Blavy.

Release Date:December, 2014

The SDN will assess the youth unemployment problem in advanced European countries, with a special focus on the euro area. It will document the main trends in youth and adult unemployment in 22 more...

Author/Editor: Sally Chen, Philip Liu, Andrea M Maechler, Chris Marsh, Sergejs Saksonovs, Hyun S Shin.

Release Date:October, 2012

This paper explores the concept of global liquidity, its measurement and macro-financial importance. We construct two sets of indicators for global liquidity: a quantity series distinguishing between more...