Regional Economic Outlook: Europe -- Reassessing Risks, April 2008 -- Table of Contents
Europe, April 18, 2008
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- Published: April 18, 2008
- Series: Europe
Executive summary and thematic overview
- Europe is facing slower growth as a result of protracted financial turbulence and spillovers from the U.S.
- Inflation has risen sharply.
- Policymakers in advanced economies will have to continue to support financial markets and balance risks to real activity with the need to anchor inflation.
- Emerging Europe is well placed to continue to grow, albeit at a slower pace, amid concerns about overheating and external imbalances in several countries.
- Sound macroeconomic policies and structural reforms will be necessary to ensure a soft landing in these countries and smooth convergence throughout the region.
Outlook: Navigating turbulent waters
- Major subsections:
- Advanced Economies
- Emerging Economies
Financial turbulence: transmission and macro effects
- Major subsections:
- How Financial Turbulence Spread To Europe
- Impact On Financial System Resilience
- Impact on the Real Economy
- Included box: Financial Turbulence: Policy Lessons
Convergence in Emerging Europe: sustainability and vulnerabilities
- Major subsections:
- Overview
- Sustaining Growth
- Addressing Vulnerabilities
- Running Sound Macroeconomic Policies
- Policy Agenda
- Included boxes:
- Understanding Food Price Inflation in Emerging Europe
- Spillovers from Weaker U.S. Growth
Banking sector spillovers and regional contagion
- Dedicated chapters and analyses:
- Spillover Risks among Major EU Banks
- Regional Financial Interlinkages and Contagion Channels
- Banks' Risk Profile, Credit Growth, and the Real Economy
- Real Sector Implications of Financial Turbulence for an Emerging Market Economy
Growth, debt, and external vulnerability analyses
- Analytical chapters and appendices:
- Potential Growth Estimates in Emerging Europe Based on a Growth Model
- Current Account Sustainability in the EU-10
- Response of External Debt-GDP Ratio to Adverse Shocks, 2007-11
- Response of GDP Growth to a 10-Percentage-Point Decline in Credit Growth
Empirical material: tables
- Key tables listed:
- European Countries: Real GDP Growth and CPI Inflation, 2006-09
- European Countries: External and Fiscal Balances, Government Debt, 2006-08
- Measuring the Impact of Risk Repricing on Selected Markets
- Net Bank Exposure to U.S. Subprime Mortgage Markets
- Estimated Losses on Mortgage-Related Subprime Bank Exposures
- Output Response to Financial Shocks: Simulation Results
- Determinants of Growth in Emerging Europe, 2003-07
- Sustainability of Current Account Deficits Based on a Model of Regional Convergence, 2007
Empirical material: figures
- Selected figures and time spans (as listed):
- Europe and the United States: Real GDP Growth, 2001-09
- Key Short-Term Indicators
- Euro Area: Contribution of Food and Energy to Headline Inflation, January 2006-December 2007
- Euro Area: Cost of Financing, 2003-08
- Spreads of Three-Month Interbank Rates over Expected Policy Rates, 2007-08
- Changes in Credit Standards for Loans to Enterprises and Households, 2005-08
- Measures of the Euro Exchange Rate, 1999-2008
- Growth in Emerging Europe, 2001-09
- Emerging Europe: Confidence Indicators, January 2006-February 2008
- Emerging Europe: Sovereign and Corporate Bond Spreads, January 2007-March 2008
- Emerging Markets: Private Sector External Bond Issuance, 2006-08
- Emerging Europe: Bond Spreads and Current Account Deficits
- Central and Eastern Europe: Credit Growth and House Prices, 2002-06
- Estimating Shifts in the Global Price of Risk, 2007-08
- Reassessing Risks Across Asset Classes and Borders
- Euro Area Lending to Nonfinancial Corporations and Households, 2000-08
- Changes in the Balance Sheet of the European Banking System
- Expected Default Frequencies (EDF), 2007-08
- Implied Spreads, 2007-08
- Market Leverage Versus Asset Volatility of Exposed EU Banks, 2007-08
- European Banks: Market Evaluation of Assets in Distress
- Convergence in Emerging Europe and in the Rest of the World, 2002-06
- GDP per Capita and Current Account Balances, 2007
- Emerging Europe: Value Added by Sector, Contributions to Real GDP Growth, 2002-0
- Emerging Europe: Domestic and External Demand, Contributions to Real GDP Growth, 2002-06
- Emerging Europe: Growth Accounting, 2002-06
- Growth and Private Sector Credit Growth, 2002-06
- Emerging Europe: Contributions to Current Account Deficit, 2003-07
- Emerging Europe: FDI Coverage of Current Account Deficit, 2002-06
- Emerging Europe: Change in Current Account Balance and Real Effective Exchange Rate Appreciation, 2003-07
- Emerging Europe: Percentage Change in Export Market Shares in the World Economy, 2002-06
- Current Account Model Predictions and Actual Balances in Selected New EU Members
- Emerging Europe: Ratio of Short-Term Debt (Remaining Maturity) to Foreign Exchange Reserves, 2007
- Emerging Europe: Lending Interest Rate-Taylor Rule Interest Rate, 2003-07
- Emerging Europe: Monetary Conditions Index, 2007
- Change in Actual and Structural Fiscal Balances, 2003-07
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- Press Release: Regional Economic Outlook: Europe — April 21, 2008
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