Potential output estimates and their role in the EU fiscal policy surveillance

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Series Details April 2016
Publication Date April 2016
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The surveillance of fiscal policies of EU Members States makes extensive use of estimates of the potential output and related concepts, including output gap and structural balance. This note provides an overview of these concepts, of their use and of the main issues related to them.

Author: M. Ciucci and A. Zoppè
Source Link http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2016/574407/IPOL_BRI(2016)574407_EN.pdf
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European Commission: : DG Economic and Financial Affairs: EU economic governance http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/economic_governance/index_en.htm
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