Health
Across Europe, the promise of universal healthcare is under renewed scrutiny. Even in systems with near-universal coverage, policymakers face growing concerns about equity and access.
March 5, 2026
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Finance
While the European Commission launches new legislative proposals to reform EU capital markets (European Commission 2025a), as part of its plan to implement the Savings
March 3, 2026
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International Trade
Global trade has become risky. Geopolitical conflict, trade policy uncertainty, and the risk of shipping disruptions are now on the rise, implying that access to
March 3, 2026
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Banking
Deposits are US banks’ primary funding source; they are typically cheap, abundant, and slow to reprice. Many households keep substantial balances in bank accounts that
March 1, 2026
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Digital Technology
Artificial intelligence promises to reshape economies worldwide, but firm-level evidence on its effects in Europe remains scarce. This column uses survey data to examine how
March 1, 2026
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Digital Technology
The extraordinary rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has moved to the centre of policy, market, and academic debate. The key macroeconomic question is whether –
February 26, 2026
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Education
A fundamental challenge in education is that students are different. The average fifth-grade class contains students working at levels ranging from third grade to eighth
February 26, 2026
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Energy
A silver lining to the European energy crisis: Energy efficiency, productivity, and potential output
European natural gas prices surged in the summer of 2022 to more than ten times their early 2021 levels, and by 2025 remained about twice
February 25, 2026
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Economy
China’s place within international trade networks and global supply chains makes the propagation of Chinese shocks a global phenomenon. This column discusses the channels of
February 25, 2026
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Innovation
Digital design increasingly confers a competitive edge in global tech markets. This column examines how the award to Apple of damages for, among other things,
February 24, 2026
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