Fiscal upside, economic downside to EU deficit procedure – study

Fiscal consolidation sometimes led to restrictive pro-cyclical stances, research finds

Croatian National Bank Croatia

The EU’s excessive deficit procedure (EDP) improved the fiscal stance of member states in the years leading up to the pandemic, according to a study by the Croatian National Bank but sometimes led to excessive fiscal tightening.

The paper finds that, over 10 quarters, being in the EDP improved a country’s cyclically adjusted primary balance (CAPB) by 1.69 percentage points on average.

The authors, Frane Banić and Ivan Žilić, say that between 2005 and 2019, EU members did not usually implement

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