Does the flagging eurozone need a fiscal boost as well as a monetary one? The debate in policy circles is slowly shifting.
I’m quoted right at the start of this excellent analysis piece by Mark John for Reuters.
“There is a shift towards talking about stimulus but there is no dramatic leap forward,” said Philippe Legrain, adviser to the European Commission during the aftermath of Europe’s 2009 sovereign debt crisis and author of the book “European Spring”, a diagnosis of Europe’s economic failings.
“There is no sense of urgency so far … That might happen when the euro zone enters recession.”
Read the full piece.