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Public Finances 23.6.2026 Author: Simona Gotsova

“A Pretext for Raising Social Security Contributions”: The Social Security Fund’s Budget Deficit Alarms the Fiscal Council

The trend of steadily rising expenditures in the State Social Security (SSS) budget exacerbates the risk to the fiscal sustainability of the entire social security system

Public Finances 14.10.2019 Author: Economy Magazine

The Puzzle of Economic Progress

Do we know how economies develop? Obviously not, it seems, or otherwise every country would be doing better than it currently is in these low-growth times

Public Finances 03.6.2019 Author: Economy Magazine

What’s Driving the Global Slowdown

The drumbeat of warnings about a looming worldwide recession is growing ever louder. According to the latest Brookings-Financial Times TIGER indexes

Public Finances 04.2.2019 Author: Economy Magazine

Shelter from the Storm in 2019

What would have to happen for this to be a tranquil year economically, financially, and politically? Answer: a short list of threats to stability would have to be averted

Politics 25.12.2018 Author: Economy Magazine

Angela Merkel’s New Momentum

Since German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that she will not seek another term and will step down as her party's leader at the end of this year