The National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, China’s top legislative body, will convene in Beijing on Monday to discuss a wide range of issues. A large fiscal stimulus, recommended by several prominent economists and hotly anticipated by investors, is likely to be among them. As markets speculate over the potential size of a fiscal package … Read more
El fiscal general del Estado ha aprovechado su primera comparecencia pública tras saberse que el Tribunal Supremo lo investigará por revelación de secretos para negar la mayor. “Yo sé lo que hice; por lo tanto, tengo muy claro que el resultado de la investigación solo puede ser uno. Hacia dónde y el acopio de pruebas … Read more
Do European fiscal rules make it easier for governments to “sell” spending cuts to their voters? Drawing on a survey experiment in Italy, Alessia Aspide finds such rules have little impact on domestic support for austerity policies. The NextGenerationEU initiative, launched amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with its focus on investments, represented a ground-breaking departure from … Read more
