Diversification has become more difficult in recent years. Stocks and bonds increasingly sell off together, weakening a core hedge that investors relied on for decades. This shift raises new risks for investors and financial stability. More in our new blog: https://t.co/xE0eQqQqg5
Without policy changes, government debt in the EU🇪🇺 would reach 100% of GDP over the next 10 years.
We have just published the 2025 Debt Sustainability Monitor stating that following the medium-term plans would put debt on a declining path.
🔎Read more: https://t.co/hkjAh3vVJJ
Argentina’s latest monetary scheme could work, especially if backed by bilateral & multilateral financial support & a timely return to financing from global capital markets, but it contains new vulnerabilities that make the path to price stability narrow: https://t.co/tqnPT5OWFl
How did euro area bank interest rates evolve in December 2025? How do they compare with November’s figures?
Find out more in the press release https://t.co/2Y4EaYKjcX
In December 2025, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2%, down from 6.3% in November 2025. 💼 📉
🔹The EU unemployment rate was 5.9% in December 2025, stable compared with November 2025.
Find out more 👉 https://t.co/NtOabxMdgT
Across the OECD, adults with parents who completed higher education earn 11% more.
But this gap almost disappears when comparing adults from different parental backgrounds that achieve the same education and skill levels.
🔗https://t.co/wbS5SN1dG8 | #OECDCentre4Skills
Average US tariffs on China: 47.5%
Average Chinese tariffs on US: 31.9%
Average US tariffs on the rest of the world: 18.5%
Average Chinese tariffs on the rest of the world: 6.5%
The AI tide won’t lift all boats equally in Europe. Higher‑income economies with more white-collar services could see larger gains. Lower-income economies will likely benefit less. Smart policies can narrow the gap. Read the new IMF blog: https://t.co/j219cucxFD
Global growth will remain uneven across regions as AI investment cushions the drag from trade tensions & policy uncertainty in the US, strong domestic demand sustains growth in India, Brazil faces slower growth with tight monetary policy, & more.
Read: https://t.co/2Ce22HS5pP
🇧🇬🇪🇺 From 20 to 21 – the euro area will expand in January as Bulgaria adopts our single currency!
I recently sat down with Bulgarian National TV to discuss this exciting moment and explain what it means for the Bulgarian people.
Watch the interview (in Bulgarian) https://t.co/qUDzAjWQnD
In 2024, 7.9% of people younger than 65 in the EU lived in households with very low work intensity.
Among EU regions, highest rates in:
🇫🇷 Guyane (35.4%)
🇮🇹 Campania (24.4%)
Lowest in:
🇷🇴 Bucureşti-Ilfov (0.6%)
🇸🇰 Bratislavský kraj (0.8%)
More ➡️ https://t.co/C07TnkbieG
[1/20] Comment stabiliser la dette publique ? Quel est le bon rythme d’ajustement ? Quels leviers budgétaires mobiliser ? C’est à ces questions ambitieuses que s’attaque la dernière publication @CAEinfo, pour nourrir le débat parlementaire 👇👇👇👇
https://t.co/KDpkPVIwu4
Growth in advanced economies is projected at 1.6% in 2025 and 2026. Elevated uncertainty and higher tariffs weigh on activity, though looser financial conditions provide some offset. Growth remains below potential in most economies.
https://t.co/bbUb7LaE1v
Technology advances rapidly and affects us all, with new products and production methods replacing old ones in a never-ending cycle. This is the basis for sustained economic growth, which results in a better standard of living, health and quality of life for people around the globe.
#NobelPrize
La Cour publie le second volet de son rapport sur les #FinancesPubliques locales. Alors qu’il est attendu que le solde des collectivités se dégrade, il pourrait au contraire se stabiliser, voire s’améliorer en 2025.
🔗 Lire le rapport 👉 https://t.co/jS9ug73kLR
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” and the other half jointly to Aghion and Howitt “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction.”
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Smart 🇪🇺 proposal by Natacha Valla: an ESM-backed insurance scheme against sovereign crises.
Operationally tricky — sizing the premium — and politically challenging - poke Italy, but conceptually smart in a world where ECB MMOLR capacities are limited, letting bond vigilantes do their job while capping market discipline.
https://t.co/Pl5BQsfOzf
🇨🇭SNB on Hold at zero, but NIRP is coming if the CHF remains so strong (up 12% against USD Ytd).
Focus shifting on communication now with minutes of this September meeting published in 4 weeks - we expect the SNB to give some form of guidance on its reaction function⤵️