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Jürgen Stark
Member of the Executive Board
and the Governing Council of the European Central Bank
5.0 210.0
United States United States
Japan Japan
Euro area
185.0 Euro area
United Kingdom United Kingdom
0.0
160.0
135.0
-5.0
110.0
85.0
-10.0
60.0
-15.0 35.0
'96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11
Source: European Commisson's European Economic Forecast of autumn 2009 Source: European Commisson's European Economic Forecast of autumn 2009
General government fiscal development
10
-5
FI MT LU
IT DE
NL SK BE CY AT
SI
-10 PT
FR
ES
GR
-15
IE
2007 2010
-20
Io w a
New M exic o
Haw aii
A laska
W y o m ing
O rego n
M isso uri
L o uisiana
K ansas
A rkansas
S o uth D ako ta
O klaho m a
and West Virginia. Total Budget Gaps refer to the gap before the budget was adopted plus the additional Mid-Year Gap.
T exas
W est V irginia
Source: Center of Budget and Policy Priorities. Note: Estimates as of December 2009. 2009 estimates are not available for Texas
(as a percentage of the respective General Fund budget)
Fiscal developments: US budget gaps by State
Euro area government debt scenarios:
assumptions on adjustment paths
•Three scenarios:
• Red: no policy change
(annual change in primary balance ∆pt = 0)
180
160
percentage of GDP
140
120
100
80
60
40
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026
2028
2030
red scenario orange scenario
green scenario 60 % of GDP
percentage of GDP
percentage of GDP
240 320
percentage of GDP
220 300
220 280
200
200 260
180 240
180 220
160
160 200
140 180
140 160
120
120 140
100 120
100 100
80
80 80
60 60
60
40 40
40
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026
2028
2030
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026
2028
2030
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026
2028
2030
16 16 16
14 14 14
12 12 12
10 10 10
8 8 8
6 6 6
4 4 4
2 2 2
0 0 0
2007Q2 2009Q4 2007Q2 2009Q4 2007Q2 2009Q4
ECB Fed BoE
Sources: ECB, Fed, BoE.
Background slides
Further risks to fiscal sustainability
arising from population ageing
Public pension expenditure in the euro area and the EU, 2007-60
15
Euro area
14.5 EU27
14
13.5
13
% of GDP
12.5
12
11.5
11
10.5
10
2007 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060
1) The initial debt ratio is equal to the value for 2010 published in European Commission’s autumn 2009 forecast.
2) The nominal GDP growth is equal to the average of nominal potential growth over 1995-2014 estimated in the IMF World Economic Outlook.
3) The nominal implicit interest rate on government debt is assumed constant at the value recorded in 2008 (as the values for the period 2009-10 could be
distorted by the financial crisis).
4) The initial primary balance is equal to the value for 2010 published in European Commission’s autumn 2009 forecast.