The Sound of Economics

Europe needs a plan for making autos in the era of tough Chinese competition

What happens to local governments’ balance sheets now that the property boom that funded them is over?

How can new European companies find funding without getting a loan?

How the EU’s RRF plan changed the public investment paradigm

How do Brazil, Russia, India and China influence today’s global economy?

China's approach to AI governance and what it means for US-China coordination, AI safety and Europe's role

Dutch Central Bank chief Olaf Sleijpen and Jeromin Zettelmeyer on risks, rates and responses

What are Europe’s priorities and how did Ursula Von der Leyen make the EU case?

As the EU’s top trading partners fight, what are the lessons for the single market?

What should the European Union offer to nearby countries that do not want to become member states?

How will AMLA help the EU crack down on financial crime?

How has great wealth transformed society and economic policy in the US and Europe?

How do AI, technology and contracting change the way companies and workers relate?

Why would the euro area need common debt and will new proposals help?

Europe’s options for AI in the midst of US-China strategic competition

A decade after Brexit, the UK has to compete with other prospects for EU attention

A record surplus, a fractured response and the limits of Brussels' ambitions

How young economists see the big challenges of our times

How does the EU’s emissions trading system work and what changes are coming?

What do the EU’s spring forecasts say about higher prices, a changing job market and rising uncertainty?

A complex region, persistent assumptions and the limits of Beijing's ambitions

The past, present and future of money

Valdis Dombrovskis, Jeromin Zettelmeyer and Anne Bucher talk Ukraine, political will and Europe’s quest for better regulation

How will Europe and the US build and pay for the arsenals of the future?

How EU sustainable finance can find a way forward

How much of what China can no longer sell to the United States ends up on Europe's doorstep?

How Hungary’s historic election changes the EU and the economic outlook

Is the dollar at risk? Is China the new Germany? How to manage rising external deficits and surpluses

What to do about Chinese overcapacity, EU subsidies and the electric transition

How do Montenegro and the Western Balkans manage electricity, CBAM and the green transition?

The European Commission’s new plan for business law, in context

Slow growth, high debt and the paradox of Giorgia Meloni

Can Beijing's new economic blueprint deliver in an era of deflation, demographic decline, and technology warfare?

Klaas Knot and Jeromin Zettelmeyer tackle the key issues facing Europe

What does the conflict mean for inflation, oil prices, the economy and Ukraine?

Vestager and Brasso Sørensen discuss competitiveness, tech and the EU

China’s vast banking system remains deeply shaped by the state. What does that mean for growth, stimulus and the Yuan’s global ambitions?

How can public money and financial markets work together to protect the environment?

How will Europe manage the collision of money, politics and global reform?

The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism is live! What happens next?

How exchange rates, overcapacity and price divergence are reshaping EU–China trade and why Europe may need new policy tools

The EU Parliament’s Johan Van Overtveldt and Bruegel's Zsolt Darvas lay out the two years of tough talks ahead

How can the EU adapt its rulebook to meet tomorrow's technology environment?

The European Union’s quest for innovation, competitiveness, self defence and economic security

Can Brussels and New Delhi work together to improve economic ties?

A story of semiconductors, geopolitics and Europe’s struggle to define its economic security in a world of rising US-China tensions

How should the EU manage negotiations with Ukraine, the US and Russia?

How do citizens keep track of their finances and investments, and how can the European Commission help?

How does the European Union manage public-sector procurement, and is there room for environmental goals?

Why economists need to take the costs of climate change more seriously

Why have workers from the six countries been heading to Germany, and will they keep going or start to stay home?

The EU’s next seven-year budget grapples with agriculture, defence and public goods

Is China turning into an “electrostate” — and how will that change the balance of global energy?

How can the EU coordinate national screening procedures in key sectors when outside investors want to buy in?

What does it mean to be an independent and credible central bank, and how do the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank stack up?

Beyond external threats, persistent fragmentation continues to hinder Europe’s ability to respond

What investment funds tell us about euro-zone fragility

An empirical analysis of evolving European business strategies in China amid rising economic uncertainty and geopolitical tension.

As Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, how are the EU and international partners helping to finance recovery and support reconstruction in a conflict zone?

Europe needs long-term, patient capital to meet its investment needs. Where is the money going and how can policymakers help?

How to accelerate European green transition while cooperating with the Global South

Enrico Letta and Nicolas Véron discuss prospects for common EU financial supervision

Comparing the evolution of frontier innovation in quantum computing, semiconductors and artificial intelligence in the three economies

ECB’s Cipollone and Spain’s Hernández de Cos talk timing and strategic arguments for a new Central Bank Digital Currency

Blended finance, marine bonds and green borrowing all play a role in how the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation works with Europe and other developed countries to strengthen emerging economies

What’s in the new EU-UK trade agreement and how does it fit with the tariff threats from Washington?

A closer look at China's strategic economic footprint in the Eastern Mediterranean and the lessons it holds for the EU

Ways for Europe to seize the moment and win over top-tier researchers

Germany has amended its constitutional debt brake to free up room for much needed defence investments. How does this align with EU law?

As trade tensions between Washington and Beijing intensify, where does that leave Europe?

How Brussels can regulate big tech in a time of trade wars

New reflections on Europe's electricity grid system after the outage in Spain and Portugal

Stalled integration but a new growth plan for six countries bound to the EU by culture and geography

Ten years after: economic growth, political change and the path forward for Greece

A special live episode of The Sound of Economics podcast on tariffs

How the war is influencing Europe’s strategic and economic ties with China and Russia

A conversation on Ireland’s economic recovery, housing crisis, and international role

A conversation with Peter Praet and Jeromin Zettelmeyer about the global economy

Europe at a crossroads: security, strategy, and the future of Ukraine

Comparing China and Japan’s economic slowdowns

Federal elections expose Germany’s economic struggle

How the global economy must adapt to the costs of climate change

Stakeholders, demands, and funding of Europe’s space sector

Why economic security could be another reason to accelerate the Western Balkan's EU accession process

Bruegel’s founders recount the think tank’s creation and its journey to becoming a key player in Europe’s economic policy landscape

How should the EU regulate Big Tech and Artificial Intelligence?

Does multilateralism have a future?

How can businesses, governments and financial institutions work together to tackle the global biodiversity crisis?

Can the EU deliver on its ambitious vision?

How Europe has tackled the challenge of a common budget

Why moving to a circular economy is essential in the fight against climate change

In an increasingly fragmented world, China is actively positioning itself to influence global governance

What was daily life like in Germany before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall? And how did reunification change everything?