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The EU’s long-term fiscal challenges

The Sound of Economics

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The Fiscal Needs of Countries

The recent changes over the past few years can make it more difficult for countries to achieve sustainable public debt positions. Interest rates are real interest rates, nominal interest rates adjusted by expected inflation, they have went up. However, before the pandemic saturates were rather negative and even though they increased, currently they are not relatively high in a historical comparison.

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