We critically review the fiscal situation in Europe and the key elements of the fiscal reform proposal put forward by the European Commission.

We discuss how the Euro Area construction sector will perform given the record speed at which interest rates have been increasing. Can it derail the Euro Area economic recovery?

We discuss about

• the current state of the Italian economy,

Francesco Giavazzi is Professor of Economics at Bocconi University and was widely seen to be the most important economic advisor to former Prime Mario Draghi.

Europe needs to boost its growth potential - but how? We discuss with Professor Ludger Wößmann (University of Munich & ifo Institute), one of the most eminent researchers in education economics worldwide, about the role of human skills and schools in economic growth.

We discuss the main announcements and possible reasons for why the market wasn't buying them.

Policy rates have increased by 2,5% already since the summer of 2022, but how much more is needed to get Euro Area inflation back to 2%? We discuss:

• the inflationary situation in Europe,

The Euro Area has faced one its most dramatic energy price shocks, is operating in an increasingly hostile international trade environment, and experienced a negative confidence shock following the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Yet, a recession has been avoided. We shed some light on why this is the case and what this means going forward.

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has recently been signed into law by U.S. President Biden. We discuss its economic consequences for European industry and how the EU might have to respond to the IRA.

We review and discuss the important decisions taken by the ECB in its December 2022 monetary policy meeting.

We discuss about inflation, fiscal policy and labor markets in France and about the future of European fiscal rules.