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A dynamic and cyclical approach to the global economy

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Employment is on the rise in the Eurozone but productivity is a drag

  • 15 February 2022
  • Euro Area

Philippe Waechter

Employment in the Eurozone increased by 0.5% in the last quarter of 2021. Over one year, it increased by 2.1%. The level of employment is now higher than that seen…
  • Employment
  • Productivity
  • Wages
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  • 375 views

GDP, Employment and Productivity in the Euro Area

  • 15 May 2019
  • Euro Area

Philippe Waechter

Employment increased in the euro area during the first quarter (+ 1.4% annualized). The pace of job creations is solid. However, since the beginning of 2018, productivity has lost momentum…
  • Employment
  • Growth
  • Productivity
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  • 328 views

The Macro 2 pagers – Low interest rates for a long time

  • 26 March 2019
  • Macro 2 pager

Philippe Waechter

The Macro 2 pager explains how the interest rates profile will remain low for an extended time. The central banks’ stimulus after the 2008 crisis has been caught up by an…
  • Interest Rate
  • Long Term Inflation Expectations
  • Monetary Policy
  • Productivity
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  • 277 views

The UK low productivity momentum: the real issue

  • 20 August 2018
  • United Kingdom

Philippe Waechter

John van Reenen, a professor of economics at the Massachusets Institute of Technology, said if the UK could not boost productivity growth, wages would not increase, tax receipts would not…
  • Austerity
  • Low Wages
  • Productivity
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  • 267 views

Jobs and the machine

  • 27 June 2018
  • Employment

Philippe Waechter

As long ago as 1984, in his Paths to Paradise, André Gorz, a self-proclaimed “revolutionary-reformist” stated, baldly, that the “micro-economic revolution heralds the abolition of work”. He even argued that…
  • Growth
  • Productivity
  • Robots
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  • 339 views

Six major changes since the financial crisis – My Monday column

  • 27 February 2018
  • World Economy

Philippe Waechter

Developed countries’ economies were enjoying robust growth in the first half of 2008, despite some initial cracks that had been appearing since the previous summer. That was ten years ago,…
  • Crisis’ Impact
  • Income distribution
  • Political Equilibrium
  • Productivity
  • World Trade
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  • 283 views

The new French president and growth at 1%

  • 2 April 2017
  • France

Philippe Waechter

This is my weekly column for Forbes.fr. The French version is available here The new French president will have to deal with an economy that is growing at a spontaneous…
  • Presidential Elections
  • Productivity
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  • 240 views

Mario Draghi and the technological change

  • 20 March 2017
  • Monetary Policy

Philippe Waechter

In a recent speech, March the 13th, Mario Draghi the ECB president explains the link between monetary policy and technological changes perceived as sources of productivity improvements. This might at…
  • New Technologies
  • Productivity
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