The EFB is an independent body mandated to advise the European Commission on the application of EU fiscal rules and the overall direction of fiscal policy.
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The European Fiscal Board Annual Conference 2026 will take place on 4 December, with the registration deadline closing on 7 October.
A limited number of places remain available.
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Lifting the curtain on the EU’s debt
Martin Larch & Alice Lucius @EFB_EU
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📢 New EFB report
How are EU countries progressing with the implementation of their national medium-term fiscal-structural plans?
Our latest report assesses progress to 2025 and looks ahead to 2026.
Read the report 👉commission.europa.eu/europea…
Registration is now open for the European Fiscal Board’s 2026 Annual Conference!
Join us in Brussels on 4 December 2026 as we mark a decade of the EFB and bring together experts and policymakers to discuss the future of fiscal policy in the EU.
🔗Register: register.event-works.europa.…
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New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP21709
Addressing the EU’s fiscal dilemma: From ex-post transfers to ex-ante resilience
Georg Kirchsteiger @ecares_ulb @ULBruxelles, Martin Larch @EFB_EU
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Fiscal rules compliance and sovereign borrowing costs: Some evidence from the euro area
Alicia Cuesta Bartolomé @collegeofeurope, Martin Larch @EFB_EU
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The EFB today issued its assessment of the appropriate fiscal stance for the euro area in 2027: commission.europa.eu/documen… It recommends that Members States follow their medium term expenditure plans. Energy measures should be financed by compensating interventions.
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📡 Esta herramienta del @EFB_EU puede ser muy útil en clases y para medios y políticos.
👉Mide cómo de precisas son las previsiones de algunas variables macro y fiscales en los países de la UE
👉A partir de ahí, comparativas y tamaños de los sesgos👇
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Some chickens are coming home to roost: EU fiscal policies in 2025
Martin Larch @EFB_EU
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2024 reform of EU Stability & Growth Pact introduced medium-term expenditure paths as centrepiece of new country-specific surveillance framework; timely & even-handed enforcement is essential for the rules to earn the credibility they need, @EFB_EU @voxeu cepr.org/voxeu/columns/eus-n…
📣📣📣 our COMPLIANCE TRACKER has been updated: commission.europa.eu/europea… It now includes 2025 and reflects the changes introduced with the 2024 reform of the EU fiscal framework.
Our extended and updated Forecast Tracker is out commission.europa.eu/europea… It is a one-stop-tool for all researchers and interested parties who want to assess a key element of fiscal policymaking in the EU: official macroeconomic and fiscal projections.
The EFB’s latest report takes stock of whether and how Member States are on track to strengthen national independent fiscal institutions (IFIs): commission.europa.eu/documen… Conclusion: work in progress and still some way to go.
A new VoxEU.org column with the EFB chair, Pieter Hasekamp, reviews the implementation of the new EU fiscal rules: cepr.org/voxeu/columns/eus-n…
Just published: a new report by the European Fiscal Board commission.europa.eu/publica… Under the new EU Fiscal Framework, the EFB will publish its analysis and policy advice more frequently during the course of the year:
A new piece with Prof. Eckhard Janeba, member of the EFB, in @Zeitschrift_WD offers an assessment of the rollout of the new EU fiscal rules: wirtschaftsdienst.eu/inhalt/…
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Trailing with a margin: Official macro forecasts in EU fiscal surveillance
Martin Larch @EFB_EU, Antonino Barbera Mazzola @EU_Commission
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A new VoxEU article promotes the first extension of our Forecast Tracker: cepr.org/voxeu/columns/trail…
The Forecast Tracker is available here: commission.europa.eu/europea…
Important update on the 2025 EFB annual conference: papers and presentations are now available on our website, including the keynote speech by Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis. Check them out!
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The 7thannual conference of the EFB took place today. It was kicked off with a keynote speech by Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis. Leading economists and experts explored the implications of national escape clauses in the EU’s new fiscal framework:
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