Showing posts with label Euro area competitiveness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Euro area competitiveness. Show all posts
Saturday, August 23, 2014

23/8/2014: Labour Costs and Euro area's myth of 'productivity' gains

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Looking back at July 2014 IMF Article 4 paper on Euro area (most of which I covered back when it was published), here is an interesting ch...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

15/6/2014: WEF Misses on Another 'Metric'...

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WSJ reported on Finland taking the lead in the EU competitiveness gains: Link here: http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2014/06/10/finland-...
Friday, September 27, 2013

27/9/2013: Internal Devaluation: Picking a Right Target?

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Conventional wisdom of the 'internal devaluation' theory goes as follows: if a country like Ireland were to experience a structural...
Friday, September 7, 2012

7/9/2012: Ireland is not exactly shining in Global Competitiveness terms

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Spot that Highly Competitive economy called Ireland? Yep, that's right: Ireland ranks 27th in the Global Competitiveness Index...
Friday, June 1, 2012

1/6/2012: Gains in Competitiveness? Much done, yet even more to do

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Much has been made of the fabled increases in Irish competitiveness in recent years. And to be honest, data does show some significant gai...
Friday, September 2, 2011

2/09/2011: Competitiveness in the long run: did the euro help?

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Another look at the evolution of euro area competitiveness: in the chart below I plot ECB’s Harmonized Competitiveness Indicators fo...
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